Poltava
Poltava ranks 720th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Cádiz, Orléans, and Cusco. Memorable people born in Poltava include Symon Petliura, Vladimir Ivashko, and Yitzhak Ben-Zvi. Memorable people who died in Poltava include Walther von Reichenau, Mikhail Ostrogradsky, and Vladimir Korolenko. Poltava has been the birth place of many politicians and painters and the death place of many writers and military personnels. 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
Between 700 and 1981, Poltava was the birth place of 17 globally memorable people, including Symon Petliura, Vladimir Ivashko, and Yitzhak Ben-Zvi. Additionaly, 5 globally memorable people have passed away in Poltava including Walther von Reichenau, Mikhail Ostrogradsky, and Vladimir Korolenko.
People Born in Poltava
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Symon Petliura
1879 - 1926
HPI: 67.15
Rank: 1
Vladimir Ivashko
1932 - 1994
HPI: 64.36
Rank: 2
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
1884 - 1963
HPI: 64.26
Rank: 3
Ivan Paskevich
1782 - 1856
HPI: 62.77
Rank: 4
Marie Bashkirtseff
1858 - 1884
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 5
Anatoly Lunacharsky
1875 - 1933
HPI: 60.62
Rank: 6
Batbayan
700 - 690
HPI: 58.29
Rank: 7
Ivan Kotliarevsky
1769 - 1838
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 8
Yuri Kondratyuk
1897 - 1942
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 9
Paisius Velichkovsky
1722 - 1794
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 10
Nikolai Yaroshenko
1846 - 1898
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 11
Leonid Bartenyev
1933 - 2021
HPI: 52.99
Rank: 12
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Walther von Reichenau
1884 - 1942
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 1
Mikhail Ostrogradsky
1801 - 1862
HPI: 60.44
Rank: 2
Vladimir Korolenko
1853 - 1921
HPI: 59.85
Rank: 3
Ivan Kotliarevsky
1769 - 1838
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 4
Grigoriy Myasoyedov
1834 - 1911
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 5
Newly Added People Deceased in Poltava
Go to all RankingsMost individuals born in present day Poltava were politicians (6), painters (2), military personnels (1), writers (1), and engineers (1), while most who died were writers (2), military personnels (1), mathematicians (1), and painters (1).
Over the past 100 years, politicians have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Poltava, including Vladimir Ivashko. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Poltava, including Symon Petliura, Vladimir Ivashko, and Yitzhak Ben-Zvi.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 14 globally memorable people born in Poltava since 1700.
