Narva
Narva ranks 2,262nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Bangor, Maine, Campina Grande, and Ruse, Bulgaria. Memorable people born in Narva include Paul Keres, Valeri Karpin, and Aleksey Shakhmatov. Narva has been the birth place of many chess players and soccer players. Narva is located in Estonia.
Narva is a municipality and city in Estonia. It is located in the Ida-Viru County, at the eastern extreme point of Estonia, on the west bank of the Narva river which forms the Estonia–Russia international border. With 53,626 inhabitants Narva is Estonia's third largest city after capital Tallinn and Tartu. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1864 and 1987, Narva was the birth place of 6 globally memorable people, including Paul Keres, Valeri Karpin, and Aleksey Shakhmatov.
People Born in Narva
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Paul Keres
1916 - 1975
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 1
Valeri Karpin
1969 - Present
HPI: 48.90
Rank: 2
Aleksey Shakhmatov
1864 - 1920
HPI: 47.39
Rank: 3
Paul Felix Schmidt
1916 - 1984
HPI: 44.33
Rank: 4
Nikolai Stepulov
1913 - 1968
HPI: 42.32
Rank: 5
Leo Komarov
1987 - Present
HPI: 36.61
Rank: 6
Most individuals born in present day Narva were chess players (2), soccer players (1), historians (1), politicians (1), and hockey players (1), while most who died were .
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 4 globally memorable people born in Narva since 1700.
