Izhevsk
Izhevsk ranks 1,748th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Summit, New Jersey, Mtskheta, and Kaliningrad. Memorable people born in Izhevsk include Yevgeny Dragunov, Pavel Tonkov, and Andrei Kirilenko. Memorable people who died in Izhevsk include Mikhail Kalashnikov, Yevgeny Dragunov, and Vera Yevstafievna Popova. Izhevsk has been the birth place of many athletes, and cyclists and the death place of many engineers, and chemists. Izhevsk is located in Russia.
Izhevsk is the capital city of Udmurtia, Russia. It is situated along the Izh River, west of the Ural Mountains in Eastern Europe. It is the 21st-largest city in Russia, and the most populous in Udmurtia, with over 600,000 inhabitants. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1920 and 2002, Izhevsk was the birth place of 9 globally memorable people, including Yevgeny Dragunov, Pavel Tonkov, and Andrei Kirilenko. Additionaly, 5 globally memorable people have passed away in Izhevsk including Mikhail Kalashnikov, Yevgeny Dragunov, and Vera Yevstafievna Popova.
People Born in Izhevsk
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Yevgeny Dragunov
ENGINEER
1920 - 1991
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 1
Pavel Tonkov
CYCLIST
1969 - Present
HPI: 45.85
Rank: 2
Andrei Kirilenko
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1981 - Present
HPI: 44.85
Rank: 3
Alina Zagitova
SKATER
2002 - Present
HPI: 38.44
Rank: 4
Valeriy Medvedtsev
ATHLETE
1964 - Present
HPI: 36.03
Rank: 5
Ivan Tcherezov
ATHLETE
1980 - Present
HPI: 29.93
Rank: 6
Maxim Belkov
CYCLIST
1985 - Present
HPI: 28.09
Rank: 7
Fedor Tyutin
HOCKEY PLAYER
1983 - Present
HPI: 26.47
Rank: 8
Maxim Maksimov
ATHLETE
1979 - Present
HPI: 24.66
Rank: 9
People Deceased in Izhevsk
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Mikhail Kalashnikov
ENGINEER
1919 - 2013
HPI: 75.07
Rank: 1
Yevgeny Dragunov
ENGINEER
1920 - 1991
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 2
Vera Yevstafievna Popova
CHEMIST
1867 - 1896
HPI: 51.47
Rank: 3
Albert Razin
PHILOSOPHER
1940 - 2019
HPI: 47.92
Rank: 4
Detsl
SINGER
1983 - 2019
HPI: 33.38
Rank: 5
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Izhevsk were athletes (3), cyclists (2), engineers (1), basketball players (1), and skaters (1), while most who died were engineers (2), chemists (1), philosophers (1), and singers (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Izhevsk, including Valeriy Medvedtsev, Ivan Tcherezov, and Maxim Maksimov. Whereas, throughout history, athletes have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Izhevsk, including Valeriy Medvedtsev, Ivan Tcherezov, and Maxim Maksimov.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Izhevsk since 1700.
