Saint Petersburg ranks 12th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Brooklyn, Tokyo, and Berlin. Memorable people born in Saint Petersburg include Vladimir Putin, Alexander I of Russia, and Ayn Rand. Memorable people who died in Saint Petersburg include Fyodor Dostoevsky, Dmitri Mendeleev, and Leonhard Euler. Saint Petersburg has been the birth place of many politicians and writers and the death place of many writers and politicians. Saint Petersburg is located in Russia.
Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the second-largest city in Russia after Moscow. It is situated on the River Neva, at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea. The city had a population of roughly 5.6 million residents as of 2021, with more than 6.4 million people living in the metropolitan area. Saint Petersburg is the fourth-most populous city in Europe, the most populous city on the Baltic Sea, and the world's northernmost city of more than 1 million residents. As Russia's Imperial capital, and a historically strategic port, it is governed as a federal city. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1715 and 2002, Saint Petersburg was the birth place of 400 globally memorable people, including Vladimir Putin, Alexander I of Russia, and Ayn Rand. Additionaly, 339 globally memorable people have passed away in Saint Petersburg including Fyodor Dostoevsky, Dmitri Mendeleev, and Leonhard Euler.
1952 - Present
HPI: 88.82
Rank: 1
1777 - 1825
HPI: 78.54
Rank: 2
1905 - 1982
HPI: 78.45
Rank: 3
1906 - 1975
HPI: 77.80
Rank: 4
1754 - 1801
HPI: 77.53
Rank: 5
1899 - 1977
HPI: 76.00
Rank: 6
1845 - 1918
HPI: 74.00
Rank: 7
1715 - 1730
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 8
1965 - Present
HPI: 73.12
Rank: 9
1846 - 1920
HPI: 72.93
Rank: 10
1861 - 1937
HPI: 72.62
Rank: 11
1745 - 1813
HPI: 72.09
Rank: 12
1743 - 1810
HPI: 56.99
Rank: 95
1767 - 1822
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 118
1865 - 1929
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 125
1850 - 1918
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 131
1894 - 1918
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 132
1868 - 1924
HPI: 54.21
Rank: 138
1938 - 2021
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 139
1841 - 1914
HPI: 53.76
Rank: 146
1901 - 1961
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 157
1852 - 1912
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 163
1734 - 1801
HPI: 52.53
Rank: 165
1934 - Present
HPI: 52.02
Rank: 172
1821 - 1881
HPI: 88.66
Rank: 1
1834 - 1907
HPI: 85.55
Rank: 2
1707 - 1783
HPI: 84.57
Rank: 3
1672 - 1725
HPI: 83.99
Rank: 4
1840 - 1893
HPI: 83.33
Rank: 5
1869 - 1916
HPI: 82.60
Rank: 6
1799 - 1837
HPI: 81.46
Rank: 7
1849 - 1936
HPI: 80.75
Rank: 8
1839 - 1881
HPI: 76.35
Rank: 9
1879 - 1935
HPI: 75.00
Rank: 10
1693 - 1740
HPI: 73.18
Rank: 11
1814 - 1861
HPI: 72.33
Rank: 12
1841 - 1914
HPI: 53.76
Rank: 140
1817 - 1885
HPI: 53.61
Rank: 143
1700 - 1762
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 158
1843 - 1902
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 160
1839 - 1908
HPI: 52.14
Rank: 162
1812 - 1848
HPI: 51.48
Rank: 176
1795 - 1855
HPI: 51.46
Rank: 178
1885 - 1936
HPI: 51.06
Rank: 189
1759 - 1789
HPI: 51.01
Rank: 191
1889 - 1970
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 207
1883 - 1946
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 209
1824 - 1876
HPI: 49.73
Rank: 214
Most individuals born in present day Saint Petersburg were politicians (63), writers (45), actors (30), athletes (17), and military personnels (16), while most who died were writers (51), politicians (48), painters (24), composers (19), and mathematicians (14).
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Saint Petersburg, including Tatiana Samoilova, Alisa Freindlich, and Andrey Myagkov. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Saint Petersburg, including Vladimir Putin, Alexander I of Russia, and Paul I of Russia.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Saint Petersburg since 1700.