Kazan ranks 323rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Weimar, Tirana, and Lahore. Memorable people born in Kazan include Gala Dalí, Alexander Luria, and Feodor Chaliapin. Memorable people who died in Kazan include Nikolai Lobachevsky, Vasily Stalin, and Alexander Butlerov. Kazan has been the birth place of many writers and singers and the death place of many writers and chemists. 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
Between 1405 and 2006, Kazan was the birth place of 36 globally memorable people, including Gala Dalí, Alexander Luria, and Feodor Chaliapin. Additionaly, 18 globally memorable people have passed away in Kazan including Nikolai Lobachevsky, Vasily Stalin, and Alexander Butlerov.
1894 - 1982
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 1
1902 - 1977
HPI: 63.98
Rank: 2
1873 - 1938
HPI: 62.43
Rank: 3
1955 - Present
HPI: 58.46
Rank: 4
1841 - 1910
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 5
1932 - 2009
HPI: 54.34
Rank: 6
1405 - 1445
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 7
1777 - 1853
HPI: 52.10
Rank: 8
1896 - 1958
HPI: 51.01
Rank: 9
1818 - 1889
HPI: 50.90
Rank: 10
1942 - Present
HPI: 50.44
Rank: 11
1908 - 2005
HPI: 48.95
Rank: 12
1901 - 1982
HPI: 46.68
Rank: 16
1879 - 1933
HPI: 43.77
Rank: 17
2006 - Present
HPI: 40.02
Rank: 22
1994 - Present
HPI: 34.44
Rank: 27
1970 - Present
HPI: 29.24
Rank: 30
1997 - Present
HPI: 27.59
Rank: 31
1998 - Present
HPI: 19.38
Rank: 35
1792 - 1856
HPI: 68.90
Rank: 1
1921 - 1962
HPI: 65.40
Rank: 2
1828 - 1886
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 3
1841 - 1910
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 4
1405 - 1445
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 5
1912 - 1974
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 6
1886 - 1913
HPI: 53.74
Rank: 7
1732 - 1774
HPI: 51.30
Rank: 8
1912 - 1971
HPI: 50.94
Rank: 9
1818 - 1889
HPI: 50.90
Rank: 10
1869 - 1931
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 11
1794 - 1860
HPI: 48.93
Rank: 12
Most individuals born in present day Kazan were writers (6), singers (4), soccer players (3), politicians (2), and social activists (2), while most who died were writers (4), chemists (3), mathematicians (2), biologists (2), and military personnels (1).
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Kazan, including Gennady Yevryuzhikhin, Ruslan Nigmatullin, and Elmir Nabiullin. Whereas, throughout history, writers have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Kazan, including Vasily Aksyonov, Evgeny Schwartz, and Şihabetdin Märcani.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 15 globally memorable people born in Kazan since 1700.