Penza Oblast
Penza Oblast ranks 2,818th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind North York, Exeter, New Hampshire, and Battersea. Memorable people born in Penza Oblast include Vsevolod Meyerhold, Yuri Norstein, and Victor Skumin. Memorable people who died in Penza Oblast include Natalia Lavrova. Penza Oblast has been the birth place of many film directors, and politicians and the death place of many politicians. Penza Oblast is located in Russia.
Penza Oblast is a federal subject of Russia. Its administrative center is the city of Penza. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 1,266,348. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1874 and 1977, Penza Oblast was the birth place of 6 globally memorable people, including Vsevolod Meyerhold, Yuri Norstein, and Victor Skumin. Additionaly, 1 globally memorable people have passed away in Penza Oblast including Natalia Lavrova.
People Born in Penza Oblast
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Vsevolod Meyerhold
FILM DIRECTOR
1874 - 1940
HPI: 62.89
Rank: 1
Yuri Norstein
FILM DIRECTOR
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.49
Rank: 2
Victor Skumin
PSYCHOLOGIST
1948 - Present
HPI: 50.83
Rank: 3
Igor Rodionov
POLITICIAN
1936 - 2014
HPI: 50.31
Rank: 4
Nikolai Tanayev
POLITICIAN
1945 - 2020
HPI: 46.78
Rank: 5
Yevgeny Rodionov
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1977 - 1996
HPI: 37.39
Rank: 6
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Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Penza Oblast were film directors (2), politicians (2), psychologists (1), and military personnels (1), while most who died were politicians (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, politicians have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Penza Oblast, including Igor Rodionov, and Nikolai Tanayev. Whereas, throughout history, film directors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Penza Oblast, including Vsevolod Meyerhold, and Yuri Norstein.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 4 globally memorable people born in Penza Oblast since 1700.
