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Lviv (ukr)

Ukraine

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Lviv ranks 128th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Minneapolis, Vilnius, and Reykjavík. Memorable people born in Lviv include Stanisław Lem, Stanisław Leszczyński, and Stefania Turkewich. Memorable people who died in Lviv include Stefan Banach, Ivan Franko, and Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki. Lviv has been the birth place of many politicians, and writers and the death place of many writers, and politicians. Lviv is located in Ukraine.

Lviv is the largest city in western Ukraine, as well as the sixth-largest city in Ukraine, with a population of 717,273. It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is one of the main cultural centres of Ukraine. Lviv also hosts the administration of Lviv urban hromada. It was named after Leo I of Galicia, the eldest son of Daniel, King of Ruthenia. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1547 and 1997, Lviv was the birth place of 87 globally memorable people, including Stanisław Lem, Stanisław Leszczyński, and Stefania Turkewich. Additionaly, 32 globally memorable people have passed away in Lviv including Stefan Banach, Ivan Franko, and Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki.

People Born in Lviv

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People Deceased in Lviv

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Lviv were politicians (15), writers (8), mathematicians (7), chess players (7), and soccer players (5),  while most who died were writers (6), politicians (5), religious figures (4), mathematicians (2), and musicians (2).

Over the past 100 years, politicians have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Lviv, including Oleksii Reznikov, Denys Shmyhal, and Jacek Kuroń. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Lviv, including Stanisław Leszczyński, Karl Radek, and Stanisław Żółkiewski.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Lviv since 1700.