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Belarus ranks 45th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Slovakia, Georgia, and Iraq. Memorable people born in present day Belarus include Marc Chagall, Lev Vygotsky, and Shimon Peres. Memorable people who died in Belarus include Stephen Báthory, Casimir IV Jagiellon, and Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia. Belarus has been the birth place of many politicians and athletes and the death place of many politicians and writers.
Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Covering an area of 207,600 square kilometres (80,200 sq mi) and with a population of 9.2 million, Belarus is the 13th-largest and the 20th-most populous country in Europe. The country has a hemiboreal climate and is administratively divided into six regions. Minsk is the capital and largest city; it is administered separately as a city with special status. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 0 and 2002, present day Belarus was the birth place of 330 globally memorable people, including Marc Chagall, Lev Vygotsky, and Shimon Peres. Additionaly, 53 globally memorable people have passed away in present day Belarus including Stephen Báthory, Casimir IV Jagiellon, and Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia.
1887 - 1985
HPI: 78.39
Rank: 1
1896 - 1934
HPI: 77.29
Rank: 2
1923 - 2016
HPI: 75.17
Rank: 3
1913 - 1992
HPI: 73.37
Rank: 4
1954 - Present
HPI: 71.23
Rank: 5
1877 - 1926
HPI: 70.88
Rank: 6
1746 - 1817
HPI: 70.77
Rank: 7
1732 - 1798
HPI: 70.62
Rank: 8
1909 - 1989
HPI: 70.10
Rank: 9
1874 - 1952
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 10
1901 - 1985
HPI: 67.97
Rank: 11
1915 - 2012
HPI: 67.31
Rank: 12
1515 - 1565
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 51
1745 - 1812
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 52
1918 - 1987
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 63
1893 - 1952
HPI: 54.09
Rank: 74
1795 - 1855
HPI: 51.46
Rank: 94
1914 - 1978
HPI: 51.28
Rank: 96
1838 - 1933
HPI: 50.96
Rank: 99
997 - 1044
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 103
1789 - 1866
HPI: 50.38
Rank: 107
1876 - 1947
HPI: 49.96
Rank: 115
1898 - 1939
HPI: 49.37
Rank: 117
1714 - 1767
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 118
1533 - 1586
HPI: 72.74
Rank: 1
1427 - 1492
HPI: 68.58
Rank: 2
1779 - 1831
HPI: 67.95
Rank: 3
1297 - 1382
HPI: 65.66
Rank: 4
1458 - 1484
HPI: 65.31
Rank: 5
1580 - 1623
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 6
1934 - 2022
HPI: 61.93
Rank: 7
966 - 1002
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 8
1882 - 1956
HPI: 60.03
Rank: 9
1460 - 1530
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 10
1476 - 1513
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 11
1924 - 2003
HPI: 57.94
Rank: 12
1460 - 1530
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 10
1828 - 1898
HPI: 51.39
Rank: 31
1838 - 1933
HPI: 50.96
Rank: 33
997 - 1044
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 34
1892 - 1937
HPI: 47.61
Rank: 41
1906 - 1941
HPI: 44.41
Rank: 46
1938 - 2000
HPI: 43.99
Rank: 47
1958 - 2022
HPI: 40.98
Rank: 48
1954 - 1992
HPI: 39.27
Rank: 51
1958 - 2020
HPI: 33.02
Rank: 52
Most individuals born in present day Belarus were politicians (56), athletes (50), soccer players (30), writers (24), and singers (19), while most who died were politicians (18), writers (7), religious figures (6), athletes (6), and chess players (3).
Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in present day Belarus, including Romuald Klim, Leonid Taranenko, and Tamara Tyshkevich. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Belarus, including Shimon Peres, Menachem Begin, and Alexander Lukashenko.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in present day Belarus since 1700.