Oryol
Oryol ranks 1,228th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Quilmes, Santa Clara, California, and Monaco. Memorable people born in Oryol include Ivan Turgenev, Mikhail Bakhtin, and Leonid Andreyev. Memorable people who died in Oryol include Christian Rakovsky, Maria Spiridonova, and Olga Kameneva. Oryol has been the birth place of many writers, and philosophers and the death place of many politicians, and social activists. Oryol is located in Russia.
Oryol, also transliterated as Orel or Oriol, is a city and the administrative center of Oryol Oblast, Russia, situated on the Oka River, approximately 368 kilometers (229 mi) south-southwest of Moscow. It is part of the Central Federal District, as well as the Central Economic Region. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1813 and 1978, Oryol was the birth place of 12 globally memorable people, including Ivan Turgenev, Mikhail Bakhtin, and Leonid Andreyev. Additionaly, 4 globally memorable people have passed away in Oryol including Christian Rakovsky, Maria Spiridonova, and Olga Kameneva.
People Born in Oryol
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Ivan Turgenev
WRITER
1818 - 1883
HPI: 73.70
Rank: 1
Mikhail Bakhtin
PHILOSOPHER
1895 - 1975
HPI: 69.62
Rank: 2
Leonid Andreyev
WRITER
1871 - 1919
HPI: 60.96
Rank: 3
Vasily Kalinnikov
COMPOSER
1866 - 1900
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 4
Nikolay Danilevsky
ECONOMIST
1822 - 1885
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 5
Nadezhda Udaltsova
PAINTER
1885 - 1961
HPI: 50.57
Rank: 6
Josef Lhévinne
MUSICIAN
1874 - 1944
HPI: 47.80
Rank: 7
Timofey Granovsky
HISTORIAN
1813 - 1855
HPI: 46.33
Rank: 8
Ivan Fomin
ARCHITECT
1872 - 1936
HPI: 46.02
Rank: 9
Pavel Shternberg
ASTRONOMER
1865 - 1920
HPI: 43.15
Rank: 10
Denis Menchov
CYCLIST
1978 - Present
HPI: 42.70
Rank: 11
Sergei Kiriakov
SOCCER PLAYER
1970 - Present
HPI: 39.66
Rank: 12
People Deceased in Oryol
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Christian Rakovsky
POLITICIAN
1873 - 1941
HPI: 62.49
Rank: 1
Maria Spiridonova
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1884 - 1941
HPI: 59.88
Rank: 2
Olga Kameneva
POLITICIAN
1883 - 1941
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 3
Fritz Noether
MATHEMATICIAN
1884 - 1941
HPI: 49.64
Rank: 4
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Oryol were writers (2), philosophers (1), composers (1), economists (1), and painters (1), while most who died were politicians (2), social activists (1), and mathematicians (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, cyclists have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Oryol, including Denis Menchov. Whereas, throughout history, writers have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Oryol, including Ivan Turgenev, and Leonid Andreyev.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 10 globally memorable people born in Oryol since 1700.
