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Minsk ranks 110th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Geneva, Manchester, and Shizuoka (city). The most famous people from Minsk are Stanislav Shushkevich, Bronislava Nijinska, and Yakov Zeldovich. The most famous people who died in Minsk are Stanislav Shushkevich, Yakub Kolas, and David Bronstein. Minsk has been the birth place of many soccer players, and athletes and the death place of many politicians, and writers. Minsk is located in Belarus.

Minsk is the capital and largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Nyamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the administrative centre of Minsk region and Minsk district. As of 2024, it has a population of about two million, making Minsk the 11th-most populous city in Europe. Minsk is one of the administrative capitals of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 0 and 2004, Minsk was the birth place of 140 globally memorable people, including Stanislav Shushkevich, Bronislava Nijinska, and Yakov Zeldovich. Additionaly, 23 globally memorable people have passed away in Minsk including Stanislav Shushkevich, Yakub Kolas, and David Bronstein.

People Born in Minsk

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Minsk were soccer players (20), athletes (20), politicians (12), tennis players (12), and singers (9),  while most who died were politicians (8), writers (4), chess players (3), athletes (3), and wrestlers (1).

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Minsk, including Sergei Aleinikov, Alexander Hleb, and Andrei Zygmantovich. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Minsk, including Sergei Aleinikov, Alexander Hleb, and Andrei Zygmantovich.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 23 globally memorable people born in Minsk since 1700.