Rostov-on-Don
Rostov-on-Don ranks 284th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Cardiff, Poznań, and Montpellier. Memorable people born in Rostov-on-Don include Sabina Spielrein, Yuri Oganessian, and Savielly Tartakower. Memorable people who died in Rostov-on-Don include Dmitri Ivanovsky, Alexander Pechersky, and Oleg Popov. Rostov-on-Don has been the birth place of many chess players and physicists and the death place of many biologists and social activists. Rostov-on-Don is located in Russia.
Rostov-on-Don is a port city and the administrative centre of Rostov Oblast and the Southern Federal District of Russia. It lies in the southeastern part of the East European Plain on the Don River, 32 kilometers (20 mi) from the Sea of Azov, directly north of the North Caucasus. The southwestern suburbs of the city lie above the Don river delta. Rostov-on-Don has a population of over one million people and is an important cultural centre of Southern Russia. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1883 and 2004, Rostov-on-Don was the birth place of 40 globally memorable people, including Sabina Spielrein, Yuri Oganessian, and Savielly Tartakower. Additionaly, 3 globally memorable people have passed away in Rostov-on-Don including Dmitri Ivanovsky, Alexander Pechersky, and Oleg Popov.
People Born in Rostov-on-Don
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Sabina Spielrein
1885 - 1942
HPI: 64.03
Rank: 1
Yuri Oganessian
1933 - Present
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 2
Savielly Tartakower
1887 - 1956
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 3
Georgy Flyorov
1913 - 1990
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 4
Viktor Ponedelnik
1937 - 2020
HPI: 53.89
Rank: 5
Alexander Kaidanovsky
1946 - 1995
HPI: 50.16
Rank: 6
Yakov Frenkel
1894 - 1952
HPI: 48.51
Rank: 7
Igor Bondarevsky
1913 - 1979
HPI: 48.26
Rank: 8
Vera Panova
1905 - 1973
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 9
Efrem Zimbalist
1889 - 1985
HPI: 47.35
Rank: 10
Mikhail Simonov
1929 - 2011
HPI: 46.99
Rank: 11
Olga Spessivtseva
1895 - 1991
HPI: 46.96
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Rostov-on-Don
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1895 - 1991
HPI: 46.96
Rank: 12
Rostislav Plyatt
1908 - 1989
HPI: 46.47
Rank: 16
Leonid Sedov
1907 - 1999
HPI: 45.74
Rank: 18
Svetlana Goncharenko
1971 - Present
HPI: 30.21
Rank: 31
Nikita Nagornyy
1997 - Present
HPI: 30.18
Rank: 32
Nikolay Spinyov
1974 - Present
HPI: 23.85
Rank: 38
Vladislava Urazova
2004 - Present
HPI: 20.75
Rank: 40
People Deceased in Rostov-on-Don
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Dmitri Ivanovsky
1864 - 1920
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 1
Alexander Pechersky
1909 - 1990
HPI: 59.02
Rank: 2
Oleg Popov
1930 - 2016
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 3
Most individuals born in present day Rostov-on-Don were chess players (5), physicists (4), athletes (4), actors (3), and singers (3), while most who died were biologists (1), social activists (1), and actors (1).
Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Rostov-on-Don, including Svetlana Goncharenko, Antonina Krivoshapka, and Andrey Moiseyev. Whereas, throughout history, chess players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Rostov-on-Don, including Savielly Tartakower, Igor Bondarevsky, and Leonid Shamkovich.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 17 globally memorable people born in Rostov-on-Don since 1700.
