Occupation
VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS
With 199 biographies, Volleyball Players are the 55th most common occupation in Pantheon, behind Comic Artists, Pornographic Actors, and Linguists.
People
Pantheon has 273 people classified as volleyball players born between 1932 and 2004. Of these 273, 262 (95.97%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living volleyball players include Karch Kiraly, Giba, and Bernardo Rezende. The most famous deceased volleyball players include Vyacheslav Zaytsev, Josef Musil, and Masae Kasai. As of April 2024, 112 new volleyball players have been added to Pantheon including Zehra Güneş, Tomasz Wójtowicz, and Melissa Vargas.
Living Volleyball Players
Go to all RankingsKarch Kiraly
1960 - Present
HPI: 54.58
Giba
1976 - Present
HPI: 50.57
Bernardo Rezende
1959 - Present
HPI: 49.33
Lang Ping
1960 - Present
HPI: 49.14
Andrea Anastasi
1960 - Present
HPI: 47.45
Nikola Grbić
1973 - Present
HPI: 45.47
Vladimir Grbić
1970 - Present
HPI: 45.15
Yekaterina Gamova
1980 - Present
HPI: 44.05
Earvin N'Gapeth
1991 - Present
HPI: 43.99
Regla Torres
1975 - Present
HPI: 43.79
Kerri Walsh Jennings
1978 - Present
HPI: 43.33
Daniel Castellani
1961 - Present
HPI: 43.23
Deceased Volleyball Players
Go to all RankingsVyacheslav Zaytsev
1952 - 2023
HPI: 51.98
Josef Musil
1932 - 2017
HPI: 47.95
Masae Kasai
1933 - 2013
HPI: 45.82
Yuriy Poyarkov
1937 - 2017
HPI: 45.35
Yuri Chesnokov
1933 - 2010
HPI: 44.93
Tomasz Wójtowicz
1953 - 2022
HPI: 42.34
Ingrid Visser
1977 - 2013
HPI: 37.89
Vigor Bovolenta
1974 - 2012
HPI: 35.82
Vadim Khamuttskikh
1969 - 2021
HPI: 32.85
Agata Mróz-Olszewska
1982 - 2008
HPI: 28.78
TJ Sanders
2004 - 2022
HPI: 0.00
Newly Added Volleyball Players (2024)
Go to all RankingsZehra Güneş
1999 - Present
HPI: 42.82
Tomasz Wójtowicz
1953 - 2022
HPI: 42.34
Melissa Vargas
1999 - Present
HPI: 37.32
Monica De Gennaro
1987 - Present
HPI: 36.27
Andrija Gerić
1977 - Present
HPI: 35.77
Ebrar Karakurt
2000 - Present
HPI: 34.91
Fofão
1970 - Present
HPI: 34.30
Lucas Saatkamp
1986 - Present
HPI: 32.73
Erik Shoji
1989 - Present
HPI: 32.65
Meryem Boz
1988 - Present
HPI: 32.61
Hande Baladın
1997 - Present
HPI: 32.32
Margareta Kozuch
1986 - Present
HPI: 31.98
Places
Most volleyball players were born in United States (42), Brazil (28), and Serbia (21). By city, the most common birth places were Honolulu (6), Santo Domingo (6), and Belgrade (5).The most common death places of volleyball players were Russia (2), Czechia (1), and Ukraine (1). By city, these were Prague (1), Kharkiv (1), and Russia (1).
Places Over Time
The earliest biographies classified as volleyball players in Pantheon are Masae Kasai, Yuri Chesnokov, and Josef Musil. The concentration of volleyball players was largest during the Television Era, which lasted from 1950 to 1989. Some birth or death locations for earlier volleyball players are unknown, which may account for timeline differences below.
Lifespans
Which Volleyball Players were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 6 most globally memorable Volleyball Players since 1700.