Daugavpils
Daugavpils ranks 1,169th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Ichihara, Chiba, Valletta, and Krefeld. Memorable people born in Daugavpils include Mark Rothko, Abraham Isaac Kook, and Solomon Mikhoels. Daugavpils has been the birth place of many soccer players and painters. Daugavpils is located in Latvia.
Daugavpils is a state city in southeastern Latvia, located on the banks of the Daugava River, from which the city derives its name. The parts of the city to the north of the river belong to the historical Latvian region of Latgale, and those to the south lie in Selonia. It is the second-largest city in the country after the capital Riga, which is located some 230 kilometres northwest and is the ninth most populous city in the Baltic states. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1865 and 1999, Daugavpils was the birth place of 11 globally memorable people, including Mark Rothko, Abraham Isaac Kook, and Solomon Mikhoels.
People Born in Daugavpils
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Mark Rothko
1903 - 1970
HPI: 69.55
Rank: 1
Abraham Isaac Kook
1865 - 1935
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 2
Solomon Mikhoels
1890 - 1948
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 3
Yevgeny Miller
1867 - 1939
HPI: 54.34
Rank: 4
Anatole Abragam
1914 - 2011
HPI: 50.65
Rank: 5
Vitas
1979 - Present
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 6
Alfrēds Rubiks
1935 - Present
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 7
Grzegorz Fitelberg
1879 - 1953
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 8
Artjoms Rudņevs
1988 - Present
HPI: 36.08
Rank: 9
Deniss Vasiļjevs
1999 - Present
HPI: 29.44
Rank: 10
Aleksandrs Cauņa
1988 - Present
HPI: 28.19
Rank: 11
Newly Added People Born in Daugavpils
Go to all RankingsMost individuals born in present day Daugavpils were soccer players (2), painters (1), philosophers (1), actors (1), and military personnels (1), while most who died were .
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Daugavpils, including Artjoms Rudņevs and Aleksandrs Cauņa. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Daugavpils, including Artjoms Rudņevs and Aleksandrs Cauņa.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 6 globally memorable people born in Daugavpils since 1700.
