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Gomel (blr)

Belarus

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Gomel ranks 967th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Portsmouth, Virginia, Zaporizhzhia, and Kent. Memorable people born in Gomel include Andrei Gromyko, Marek Edelman, and Lev Schnirelmann. Gomel has been the birth place of many politicians and basketball players. Gomel is located in Belarus.

Gomel or Homyel is a city in Belarus. It serves as the administrative centre of Gomel Region and Gomel District, though it is administratively separated from the district. As of 2023, it is the second-largest city in Belarus with 501,802 inhabitants. Read more on Wikipedia

Between 1905 and 1994, Gomel was the birth place of 13 globally memorable people, including Andrei Gromyko, Marek Edelman, and Lev Schnirelmann.

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Most individuals born in present day Gomel were politicians (4), basketball players (2), mathematicians (1), businesspeople (1), and athletes (1),  while most who died were .

Over the past 100 years, politicians have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Gomel, including Sergei Sidorsky and Syarhey Rumas. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Gomel, including Andrei Gromyko, Marek Edelman, and Sergei Sidorsky.

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 3 globally memorable people born in Gomel since 1700.