Kherson
Kherson ranks 888th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Krasnoyarsk, Stockton, California, and Funabashi. The most famous people from Kherson are Moshe Sharett, Larisa Latynina, and Meir Dagan. Kherson has been the birth place of many athletes, and politicians. Kherson is located in Ukraine.
Kherson is a port city in southern Ukraine that serves as the administrative centre of Kherson Oblast. Located by the Black Sea and on the Dnieper River, Kherson is the home to a major ship-building industry and is a regional economic centre. At the beginning of 2022, its population was estimated at 279,131. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 0 and 1998, Kherson was the birth place of 24 globally memorable people, including Moshe Sharett, Larisa Latynina, and Meir Dagan.
People Born in Kherson
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Moshe Sharett
POLITICIAN
1894 - 1965
HPI: 73.38
Rank: 1
Larisa Latynina
GYMNAST
1934 - Present
HPI: 71.45
Rank: 2
Meir Dagan
POLITICIAN
1945 - 2016
HPI: 63.81
Rank: 3
Sergei Stanishev
POLITICIAN
1966 - Present
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 4
Nikolai Grinko
ACTOR
1920 - 1989
HPI: 58.45
Rank: 5
Boris Lavrenyov
WRITER
1891 - 1959
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 6
Sergei Garmash
ACTOR
1958 - Present
HPI: 53.14
Rank: 7
Sergei Polunin
DANCER
1989 - Present
HPI: 45.87
Rank: 8
Viktor Kovalenko
SOCCER PLAYER
1996 - Present
HPI: 45.53
Rank: 9
Tatiana Lysenko
GYMNAST
1975 - Present
HPI: 45.33
Rank: 10
Inna Shevchenko
WRITER
1990 - Present
HPI: 43.64
Rank: 11
Max Barskih
SINGER
1990 - Present
HPI: 43.35
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Kherson
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Kateryna Handziuk
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1985 - 2018
HPI: 40.68
Rank: 16
Yuri Nikitin
GYMNAST
1978 - Present
HPI: 40.20
Rank: 17
Inna Gaponenko
CHESS PLAYER
1976 - Present
HPI: 40.19
Rank: 18
Anastasiia Pidpalova
HANDBALL PLAYER
1982 - Present
HPI: 39.33
Rank: 20
Artem Datsyshyn
DANCER
1979 - 2022
HPI: 37.95
Rank: 21
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Kherson were athletes (4), politicians (3), gymnasts (3), actors (2), and writers (2), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, gymnasts have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Kherson, including Larisa Latynina, Tatiana Lysenko, and Yuri Nikitin. Whereas, throughout history, athletes have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Kherson, including Andriy Protsenko, Anastasiia Chetverikova, and Pat McCormack.
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Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 6 globally memorable people born in Kherson since 1700.
