Gatchina
Gatchina ranks 2,192nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Güstrow, Fullerton, California, and Gibraltar. Memorable people born in Gatchina include Mikhail Chigorin, Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky, and Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov. Memorable people who died in Gatchina include Franz Walter Stahlecker. Gatchina has been the birth place of many chess players, and inventors and the death place of many politicians. Gatchina is located in Russia.
Gatchina is a town and the administrative center of Gatchinsky District in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It lies 45 kilometers (28 mi) south-south-west of St. Petersburg, along the E95 highway which links Saint Petersburg and Pskov. Population: 92,937 (2010 Russian census); 88,420 (2002 Census); 79,714 (1989 Soviet census). Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1808 and 1997, Gatchina was the birth place of 7 globally memorable people, including Mikhail Chigorin, Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky, and Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov. Additionaly, 1 globally memorable people have passed away in Gatchina including Franz Walter Stahlecker.
People Born in Gatchina
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Mikhail Chigorin
CHESS PLAYER
1850 - 1908
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 1
Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky
INVENTOR
1862 - 1919
HPI: 56.93
Rank: 2
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov
COMPOSER
1859 - 1935
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 3
Pyotr Chikhachyov
EXPLORER
1808 - 1890
HPI: 49.09
Rank: 4
Fyodor Vasilyev
PAINTER
1850 - 1873
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 5
Alexander Bublik
TENNIS PLAYER
1997 - Present
HPI: 38.35
Rank: 6
Svetlana Kolesnichenko
SWIMMER
1993 - Present
HPI: 28.90
Rank: 7
People Deceased in Gatchina
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Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Gatchina were chess players (1), inventors (1), composers (1), explorers (1), and painters (1), while most who died were politicians (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, tennis players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Gatchina, including Alexander Bublik. Whereas, throughout history, chess players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Gatchina, including Mikhail Chigorin.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 5 globally memorable people born in Gatchina since 1700.
