Kazan
Kazan ranks 285th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind United States, Aichi Prefecture, and Ankara. Memorable people born in Kazan include Gala Dalí, Valery Gerasimov, and Alexander Luria. Memorable people who died in Kazan include Nikolai Lobachevsky, Vasily Stalin, and Ulugh Muhammad. Kazan has been the birth place of many athletes, and writers and the death place of many writers, and mathematicians. Kazan is located in Russia.
Kazan is the largest city and capital of Tatarstan, Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka Rivers, covering an area of 425.3 square kilometres, with a population of over 1.3 million residents, and up to nearly 2 million residents in the greater metropolitan area. Kazan is the fifth-largest city in Russia, being the most populous city on the Volga, as well as within the Volga Federal District. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 0 and 2006, Kazan was the birth place of 48 globally memorable people, including Gala Dalí, Valery Gerasimov, and Alexander Luria. Additionaly, 19 globally memorable people have passed away in Kazan including Nikolai Lobachevsky, Vasily Stalin, and Ulugh Muhammad.
People Born in Kazan
Go to all RankingsGala Dalí
COMPANION
1894 - 1982
HPI: 67.68
Rank: 1
Valery Gerasimov
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1955 - Present
HPI: 65.45
Rank: 2
Alexander Luria
PSYCHOLOGIST
1902 - 1977
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 3
Feodor Chaliapin
SINGER
1873 - 1938
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 4
Ulugh Muhammad
POLITICIAN
1405 - 1445
HPI: 57.69
Rank: 5
Vasily Aksyonov
WRITER
1932 - 2009
HPI: 55.93
Rank: 6
Alexander Mikhaylovich Zaytsev
CHEMIST
1841 - 1910
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 7
Şihabetdin Märcani
WRITER
1818 - 1889
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 8
Natalia Gutman
POLITICIAN
1942 - Present
HPI: 53.54
Rank: 9
Evgeny Schwartz
WRITER
1896 - 1958
HPI: 52.26
Rank: 10
Patriarch Hermogenes of Moscow
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1530 - 1612
HPI: 52.01
Rank: 11
Alexandre Alexeieff
INVENTOR
1901 - 1982
HPI: 49.97
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Kazan
Go to all RankingsLeonid Filatov
ACTOR
1946 - 2003
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 14
Talgat Tadzhuddin
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1948 - Present
HPI: 47.13
Rank: 18
Karl Ludwig Littrow
ASTRONOMER
1811 - 1877
HPI: 46.27
Rank: 19
Sara Sadíqova
SINGER
1906 - 1986
HPI: 44.62
Rank: 23
Vitaly Gerasimov
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1977 - Present
HPI: 42.34
Rank: 27
Valentina Nikonova
ATHLETE
1952 - Present
HPI: 40.46
Rank: 29
Nailya Gilyazova
ATHLETE
1953 - Present
HPI: 39.40
Rank: 30
Marat Khusnullin
POLITICIAN
1966 - Present
HPI: 38.03
Rank: 33
Yelena Migunova
ATHLETE
1984 - Present
HPI: 27.42
Rank: 40
Artyom Kosov
ATHLETE
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 46
Irek Rizaev
ATHLETE
1997 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 47
Jakob Precht Jensen
ATHLETE
1998 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 48
People Deceased in Kazan
Go to all RankingsNikolai Lobachevsky
MATHEMATICIAN
1792 - 1856
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 1
Vasily Stalin
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1921 - 1962
HPI: 65.21
Rank: 2
Ulugh Muhammad
POLITICIAN
1405 - 1445
HPI: 57.69
Rank: 3
Alexander Mikhaylovich Zaytsev
CHEMIST
1841 - 1910
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 4
Ğabdulla Tuqay
WRITER
1886 - 1913
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 5
Şihabetdin Märcani
WRITER
1818 - 1889
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 6
Eduard Friedrich Eversmann
BIOLOGIST
1794 - 1860
HPI: 52.01
Rank: 7
Johan Peter Falk
BIOLOGIST
1732 - 1774
HPI: 51.83
Rank: 8
Rashid Nezhmetdinov
CHESS PLAYER
1912 - 1974
HPI: 51.80
Rank: 9
Dmitri Egorov
MATHEMATICIAN
1869 - 1931
HPI: 50.77
Rank: 10
Rina Zaripova
BUSINESSPERSON
1941 - 2008
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 11
Mikhail Devyataev
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1917 - 2002
HPI: 49.73
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Kazan
Go to all RankingsMikhail Devyataev
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1917 - 2002
HPI: 49.73
Rank: 12
Sara Sadíqova
SINGER
1906 - 1986
HPI: 44.62
Rank: 17
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Kazan were athletes (8), writers (6), singers (5), politicians (3), and soccer players (3), while most who died were writers (4), mathematicians (2), military personnels (2), chemists (2), and biologists (2).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Kazan, including Valentina Nikonova, Nailya Gilyazova, and Denis Kapustin. Whereas, throughout history, athletes have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Kazan, including Valentina Nikonova, Nailya Gilyazova, and Denis Kapustin.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 17 globally memorable people born in Kazan since 1700.