Poltava
Poltava ranks 902nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Luhansk, Blois, and Bayreuth. Memorable people born in Poltava include Symon Petliura, Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, and Ivan Paskevich. Memorable people who died in Poltava include Walther von Reichenau, Mikhail Ostrogradsky, and Ivan Kotliarevsky. Poltava has been the birth place of many politicians, and athletes and the death place of many writers, and mathematicians. Poltava is located in Ukraine.
Poltava is a city located on the Vorskla River in Central Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Poltava Oblast as well as Poltava Raion within the oblast. It also hosts the administration of Poltava urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Poltava has a population of 279,593. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 700 and 1993, Poltava was the birth place of 17 globally memorable people, including Symon Petliura, Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, and Ivan Paskevich. Additionaly, 8 globally memorable people have passed away in Poltava including Walther von Reichenau, Mikhail Ostrogradsky, and Ivan Kotliarevsky.
People Born in Poltava
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Symon Petliura
POLITICIAN
1879 - 1926
HPI: 68.43
Rank: 1
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
POLITICIAN
1884 - 1963
HPI: 67.68
Rank: 2
Ivan Paskevich
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1782 - 1856
HPI: 62.89
Rank: 3
Anatoly Lunacharsky
POLITICIAN
1875 - 1933
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 4
Vladimir Ivashko
POLITICIAN
1932 - 1994
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 5
Ivan Kotliarevsky
WRITER
1769 - 1838
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 6
Batbayan
POLITICIAN
700 - 690
HPI: 59.30
Rank: 7
Yuri Kondratyuk
ENGINEER
1897 - 1942
HPI: 57.84
Rank: 8
Paisius Velichkovsky
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1722 - 1794
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 9
Nikolai Yaroshenko
PAINTER
1846 - 1898
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 10
Vera Kholodnaya
POLITICIAN
1893 - 1919
HPI: 52.60
Rank: 11
Verka Serduchka
SINGER
1973 - Present
HPI: 52.21
Rank: 12
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People Deceased in Poltava
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Walther von Reichenau
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1884 - 1942
HPI: 65.66
Rank: 1
Mikhail Ostrogradsky
MATHEMATICIAN
1801 - 1862
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 2
Ivan Kotliarevsky
WRITER
1769 - 1838
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 3
Vladimir Korolenko
WRITER
1853 - 1921
HPI: 58.41
Rank: 4
Grigoriy Myasoyedov
PAINTER
1834 - 1911
HPI: 51.63
Rank: 5
Panas Myrny
WRITER
1849 - 1920
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 6
Oswald Teichmüller
MATHEMATICIAN
1913 - 1943
HPI: 48.25
Rank: 7
Zinaida Aksentyeva
ASTRONOMER
1900 - 1969
HPI: 47.88
Rank: 8
Newly Added People Deceased in Poltava
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WRITER
1849 - 1920
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 6
Oswald Teichmüller
MATHEMATICIAN
1913 - 1943
HPI: 48.25
Rank: 7
Zinaida Aksentyeva
ASTRONOMER
1900 - 1969
HPI: 47.88
Rank: 8
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Poltava were politicians (6), athletes (2), military personnels (1), writers (1), and engineers (1), while most who died were writers (3), mathematicians (2), military personnels (1), painters (1), and astronomers (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Poltava, including Leonid Bartenyev, and Mariia Kichasova-Skoryk. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Poltava, including Symon Petliura, Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, and Anatoly Lunacharsky.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 13 globally memorable people born in Poltava since 1700.
