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Minsk (blr)

Belarus

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Minsk ranks 114th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Reykjavík, Brussels, and The Hague. Memorable people born in Minsk include Chaim Soutine, Stanislav Shushkevich, and Bronislava Nijinska. Memorable people who died in Minsk include Stanislav Shushkevich, Yakub Kolas, and Vasil Bykaŭ. Minsk has been the birth place of many soccer players and singers and the death place of many politicians and writers. Minsk is located in Belarus.

Minsk is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Niamiha 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 1714 and 2002, Minsk was the birth place of 86 globally memorable people, including Chaim Soutine, Stanislav Shushkevich, and Bronislava Nijinska. Additionaly, 20 globally memorable people have passed away in Minsk including Stanislav Shushkevich, Yakub Kolas, and Vasil Bykaŭ.

People Born in Minsk

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People Deceased in Minsk

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Minsk were soccer players (15), singers (10), tennis players (10), politicians (7), and chess players (5),  while most who died were politicians (6), writers (5), chess players (3), athletes (3), and actors (1).

Occupational Trends

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 20 globally memorable people born in Minsk since 1700.

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