Orsha
Orsha ranks 1,559th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind 6th arrondissement of Paris, Atlantic City, New Jersey, and Akhmim. Memorable people born in Orsha include Lev Vygotsky, Chiang Fang-liang, and Uladzimir Karatkievich. Orsha has been the birth place of many cyclists and psychologists. Orsha is located in Belarus.
Orsha is a city in Vitebsk Region, Belarus. It is situated on the fork of the Dnieper River and Arshytsa River, and it serves as the administrative center of Orsha District. As of 2024, it has a population of 102,759. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1896 and 1989, Orsha was the birth place of 9 globally memorable people, including Lev Vygotsky, Chiang Fang-liang, and Uladzimir Karatkievich.
People Born in Orsha
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Lev Vygotsky
1896 - 1934
HPI: 77.29
Rank: 1
Chiang Fang-liang
1916 - 2004
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 2
Uladzimir Karatkievich
1930 - 1984
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 3
Igor Zhelezovski
1963 - 2021
HPI: 44.42
Rank: 4
Sergey Koplyakov
1959 - Present
HPI: 36.96
Rank: 5
Aleksandr Kuschynski
1979 - Present
HPI: 31.67
Rank: 6
Alina Talay
1989 - Present
HPI: 28.00
Rank: 7
Anton Putsila
1987 - Present
HPI: 27.01
Rank: 8
Tatsiana Sharakova
1984 - Present
HPI: 19.99
Rank: 9
Most individuals born in present day Orsha were cyclists (2), psychologists (1), politicians (1), writers (1), and skaters (1), while most who died were .
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 4 globally memorable people born in Orsha since 1700.
