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Nizhny Novgorod ranks 303rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Mantua, Curitiba, and Augsburg. Memorable people born in Nizhny Novgorod include Maxim Gorky, Vasili IV of Russia, and Mily Balakirev. Memorable people who died in Nizhny Novgorod include Mátyás Rákosi, Ivan Silayev, and Dmitry of Suzdal. Nizhny Novgorod has been the birth place of many athletes and politicians and the death place of many politicians and inventors. Nizhny Novgorod is located in Russia.

Nizhny Novgorod is the administrative centre of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast and the Volga Federal District in Russia. The city is located at the confluence of the Oka and the Volga rivers in Central Russia, with a population of over 1.2 million residents, up to roughly 1.7 million residents in the urban agglomeration. Nizhny Novgorod is the sixth-largest city in Russia, the second-most populous city on the Volga, as well as the Volga Federal District. It is an important economic, transportation, scientific, educational and cultural center in Russia and the vast Volga-Vyatka economic region, and is the main center of river tourism in Russia. In the historic part of the city there are many universities, theaters, museums and churches. Read more on Wikipedia

Between 1552 and 1991, Nizhny Novgorod was the birth place of 38 globally memorable people, including Maxim Gorky, Vasili IV of Russia, and Mily Balakirev. Additionaly, 9 globally memorable people have passed away in Nizhny Novgorod including Mátyás Rákosi, Ivan Silayev, and Dmitry of Suzdal.

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People Deceased in Nizhny Novgorod

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Most individuals born in present day Nizhny Novgorod were athletes (6), politicians (5), musicians (3), writers (2), and social activists (2),  while most who died were politicians (3), inventors (2), athletes (2), physicists (1), and hockey players (1).

Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Nizhny Novgorod, including Valeri Vasiliev, Pavel Lednyov, and German Sveshnikov. Whereas, throughout history, athletes have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Nizhny Novgorod, including Valeri Vasiliev, Pavel Lednyov, and German Sveshnikov.

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 22 globally memorable people born in Nizhny Novgorod since 1700.