Moscow
Moscow ranks 4th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind New York City, Paris, and London. Memorable people born in Moscow include Fyodor Dostoevsky, Peter the Great, and Alexander Pushkin. Memorable people who died in Moscow include Yuri Gagarin, Nikita Khrushchev, and Ivan the Terrible. Moscow has been the birth place of many politicians, and actors and the death place of many politicians, and writers. Moscow is located in Russia.
Moscow is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at over 13 million residents within the city limits, over 19.1 million residents in the urban area, and over 21.5 million residents in its metropolitan area. The city covers an area of 2,511 square kilometers (970 sq mi), while the urban area covers 5,891 square kilometers (2,275 sq mi), and the metropolitan area covers over 26,000 square kilometers (10,000 sq mi). Moscow is among the world's largest cities, being the most populous city in its entirety in Europe, the largest urban and metropolitan area in Europe, and the largest city by land area on the European continent. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 0 and 2005, Moscow was the birth place of 923 globally memorable people, including Fyodor Dostoevsky, Peter the Great, and Alexander Pushkin. Additionaly, 1,142 globally memorable people have passed away in Moscow including Yuri Gagarin, Nikita Khrushchev, and Ivan the Terrible. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Moscow than were born there.
People Born in Moscow
Go to all RankingsFyodor Dostoevsky
WRITER
1821 - 1881
HPI: 87.73
Rank: 1
Peter the Great
POLITICIAN
1672 - 1725
HPI: 83.46
Rank: 2
Alexander Pushkin
WRITER
1799 - 1837
HPI: 81.17
Rank: 3
Ivan the Terrible
POLITICIAN
1530 - 1584
HPI: 81.00
Rank: 4
Wassily Kandinsky
PAINTER
1866 - 1944
HPI: 79.55
Rank: 5
Lev Yashin
SOCCER PLAYER
1929 - 1990
HPI: 78.87
Rank: 6
Elizabeth of Russia
POLITICIAN
1709 - 1762
HPI: 75.66
Rank: 7
Boris Pasternak
WRITER
1890 - 1960
HPI: 75.07
Rank: 8
Andrei Sakharov
PHYSICIST
1921 - 1989
HPI: 74.80
Rank: 9
Peter Kropotkin
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1842 - 1921
HPI: 73.71
Rank: 10
Roman Jakobson
LINGUIST
1896 - 1982
HPI: 72.29
Rank: 11
Anna of Russia
POLITICIAN
1693 - 1740
HPI: 72.27
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Moscow
Go to all RankingsSergei Khrushchev
ENGINEER
1935 - 2020
HPI: 56.18
Rank: 136
George Volkoff
PHYSICIST
1914 - 2000
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 158
Pavel Kiselyov
POLITICIAN
1788 - 1872
HPI: 53.78
Rank: 180
Lev Rubinstein
WRITER
1947 - 2024
HPI: 53.24
Rank: 196
Mikhail Muravyov-Vilensky
POLITICIAN
1796 - 1866
HPI: 53.22
Rank: 197
Vladimir Ivashov
ACTOR
1939 - 1995
HPI: 52.14
Rank: 228
Andrey Piontkovsky
WRITER
1940 - Present
HPI: 51.70
Rank: 243
Alexius, Metropolitan of Kiev
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1290 - 1378
HPI: 51.50
Rank: 246
Petr Aven
ECONOMIST
1955 - Present
HPI: 50.31
Rank: 284
Sergei Mavrodi
WRITER
1955 - 2018
HPI: 50.02
Rank: 294
Vladimir Sokoloff
ACTOR
1889 - 1962
HPI: 49.97
Rank: 298
Natalya Seleznyova
ACTOR
1945 - Present
HPI: 49.55
Rank: 313
People Deceased in Moscow
Go to all RankingsYuri Gagarin
ASTRONAUT
1934 - 1968
HPI: 84.53
Rank: 1
Nikita Khrushchev
POLITICIAN
1894 - 1971
HPI: 82.62
Rank: 2
Ivan the Terrible
POLITICIAN
1530 - 1584
HPI: 81.00
Rank: 3
Boris Yeltsin
POLITICIAN
1931 - 2007
HPI: 80.91
Rank: 4
Lev Yashin
SOCCER PLAYER
1929 - 1990
HPI: 78.87
Rank: 5
Nikolai Gogol
WRITER
1809 - 1852
HPI: 78.87
Rank: 6
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
WRITER
1918 - 2008
HPI: 77.66
Rank: 7
Yuri Andropov
POLITICIAN
1914 - 1984
HPI: 77.33
Rank: 8
Dmitri Shostakovich
COMPOSER
1906 - 1975
HPI: 76.85
Rank: 9
Georgy Zhukov
POLITICIAN
1896 - 1974
HPI: 76.69
Rank: 10
Lev Vygotsky
PSYCHOLOGIST
1896 - 1934
HPI: 76.62
Rank: 11
Konstantin Chernenko
POLITICIAN
1911 - 1985
HPI: 76.02
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Moscow
Go to all RankingsIrina Miroshnichenko
ACTOR
1942 - 2023
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 398
Vadim Bakatin
POLITICIAN
1937 - 2022
HPI: 53.93
Rank: 450
Semyon Krivoshein
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1899 - 1978
HPI: 53.76
Rank: 461
Vera Vasilyeva
ACTOR
1925 - 2023
HPI: 53.65
Rank: 474
Ivan Smirnov
POLITICIAN
1881 - 1936
HPI: 53.63
Rank: 475
Lev Rubinstein
WRITER
1947 - 2024
HPI: 53.24
Rank: 503
Vlas Chubar
POLITICIAN
1881 - 1939
HPI: 52.77
Rank: 535
Vakhushti of Kartli
HISTORIAN
1696 - 1757
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 538
Iona Nikitchenko
POLITICIAN
1895 - 1967
HPI: 52.65
Rank: 541
Nikolay Diletsky
COMPOSER
1630 - 1681
HPI: 52.61
Rank: 546
Leopold Okulicki
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1898 - 1946
HPI: 52.51
Rank: 552
Gennady Zhidko
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1965 - 2023
HPI: 52.39
Rank: 559
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Moscow were politicians (117), actors (84), soccer players (81), writers (80), and athletes (78), while most who died were politicians (211), writers (123), actors (109), military personnels (107), and film directors (56).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Moscow, including Lev Yashin, Valentin Ivanov, and Igor Netto. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Moscow, including Peter the Great, Ivan the Terrible, and Elizabeth of Russia.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Moscow since 1700.