Dnipro ranks 319th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Incheon, Trondheim, and Glendale, California. Memorable people born in Dnipro include Helena Blavatsky, Yulia Tymoshenko, and Oleksandr Turchynov. Memorable people who died in Dnipro include Vladimir Gelfand and Vadym Tyshchenko. Dnipro has been the birth place of many athletes and soccer players and the death place of many military personnels and soccer players. Dnipro is located in Ukraine.
Dnipro is Ukraine's fourth-largest city, with about one million inhabitants. It is located in the eastern part of Ukraine, 391 km (243 mi) southeast of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on the Dnipro River, after which its name is derived. Dnipro is the administrative centre of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. It hosts the administration of Dnipro urban hromada. Dnipro has a population of 968,502. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1831 and 2001, Dnipro was the birth place of 36 globally memorable people, including Helena Blavatsky, Yulia Tymoshenko, and Oleksandr Turchynov. Additionaly, 2 globally memorable people have passed away in Dnipro including Vladimir Gelfand and Vadym Tyshchenko.
1831 - 1891
HPI: 73.56
Rank: 1
1960 - Present
HPI: 69.04
Rank: 2
1964 - Present
HPI: 61.69
Rank: 3
1924 - 1982
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 4
1903 - 1976
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 5
1855 - 1888
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 6
1924 - 1943
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 7
1963 - Present
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 8
1908 - 1974
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 9
1964 - Present
HPI: 52.29
Rank: 10
1933 - 2023
HPI: 51.08
Rank: 11
1966 - Present
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 12
1938 - Present
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 13
1919 - 2021
HPI: 48.00
Rank: 15
1947 - Present
HPI: 43.00
Rank: 20
1905 - 1979
HPI: 42.26
Rank: 21
1946 - 2022
HPI: 41.65
Rank: 22
1988 - Present
HPI: 27.88
Rank: 30
1997 - Present
HPI: 24.83
Rank: 33
Most individuals born in present day Dnipro were athletes (6), soccer players (5), politicians (4), film directors (3), and skaters (3), while most who died were military personnels (1) and soccer players (1).
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Dnipro, including Oleh Protasov, Anatoliy Demyanenko, and Volodymyr Lyutyi. Whereas, throughout history, athletes have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Dnipro, including Inessa Kravets, Bobbie Rosenfeld, and Lidiya Alfeyeva.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 13 globally memorable people born in Dnipro since 1700.