Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ranks 12th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Berlin, Budapest, and Brooklyn. The most famous people from Saint Petersburg are Vladimir Putin, Ayn Rand, and Dmitri Shostakovich. The most famous people who died in Saint Petersburg are Fyodor Dostoevsky, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, 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.
People
Between 0 and 2004, Saint Petersburg was the birth place of 531 globally memorable people, including Vladimir Putin, Ayn Rand, and Dmitri Shostakovich. Additionaly, 386 globally memorable people have passed away in Saint Petersburg including Fyodor Dostoevsky, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, and Leonhard Euler.
People Born in Saint Petersburg
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Vladimir Putin
POLITICIAN
1952 - Present
HPI: 90.03
Rank: 1
Ayn Rand
WRITER
1905 - 1982
HPI: 83.74
Rank: 2
Dmitri Shostakovich
COMPOSER
1906 - 1975
HPI: 82.02
Rank: 3
Alexander I of Russia
POLITICIAN
1777 - 1825
HPI: 80.62
Rank: 4
Vladimir Nabokov
WRITER
1899 - 1977
HPI: 79.76
Rank: 5
Paul I of Russia
POLITICIAN
1754 - 1801
HPI: 79.34
Rank: 6
Georg Cantor
MATHEMATICIAN
1845 - 1918
HPI: 78.44
Rank: 7
Boris Spassky
CHESS PLAYER
1937 - 2025
HPI: 78.00
Rank: 8
Mikhail Kutuzov
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1745 - 1813
HPI: 77.48
Rank: 9
Anna Pavlova
DANCER
1881 - 1931
HPI: 77.37
Rank: 10
Peter II of Russia
POLITICIAN
1715 - 1730
HPI: 77.26
Rank: 11
Peter Carl Fabergé
DESIGNER
1846 - 1920
HPI: 77.25
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Saint Petersburg
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Tatiana Doronina
ACTOR
1933 - Present
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 282
Georgiy Zhzhonov
ACTOR
1915 - 2005
HPI: 55.12
Rank: 303
Valentin Pikul
WRITER
1928 - 1990
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 330
Yevgeny Rein
WRITER
1935 - Present
HPI: 49.68
Rank: 391
Nikolai Fomenko
COMPOSER
1962 - Present
HPI: 49.44
Rank: 394
Yevgeny Zinichev
POLITICIAN
1966 - 2021
HPI: 48.32
Rank: 401
Dina Belenkaya
CHESS PLAYER
1993 - Present
HPI: 48.02
Rank: 404
Anastasia Volochkova
DANCER
1976 - Present
HPI: 46.09
Rank: 419
Evgenia Shishkova
SKATER
1972 - 2025
HPI: 45.95
Rank: 420
Dmitry Patrushev
POLITICIAN
1977 - Present
HPI: 45.67
Rank: 423
Elena Valova
SKATER
1963 - Present
HPI: 44.81
Rank: 427
Vasily Petrenko
CONDUCTOR
1976 - Present
HPI: 44.02
Rank: 436
People Deceased in Saint Petersburg
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Fyodor Dostoevsky
WRITER
1821 - 1881
HPI: 93.20
Rank: 1
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
COMPOSER
1840 - 1893
HPI: 89.39
Rank: 2
Leonhard Euler
MATHEMATICIAN
1707 - 1783
HPI: 87.60
Rank: 3
Dmitri Mendeleev
CHEMIST
1834 - 1907
HPI: 86.92
Rank: 4
Peter the Great
POLITICIAN
1672 - 1725
HPI: 86.89
Rank: 5
Grigori Rasputin
OCCULTIST
1869 - 1916
HPI: 85.15
Rank: 6
Alexander Pushkin
WRITER
1799 - 1837
HPI: 84.64
Rank: 7
Ivan Pavlov
BIOLOGIST
1849 - 1936
HPI: 83.05
Rank: 8
Modest Mussorgsky
COMPOSER
1839 - 1881
HPI: 79.87
Rank: 9
Kazimir Malevich
PAINTER
1879 - 1935
HPI: 79.25
Rank: 10
Taras Shevchenko
WRITER
1814 - 1861
HPI: 78.66
Rank: 11
Anna of Russia
POLITICIAN
1693 - 1740
HPI: 77.21
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Saint Petersburg
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Igor Talkov
SINGER
1956 - 1991
HPI: 53.63
Rank: 360
Sergey Kuryokhin
MUSICIAN
1954 - 1996
HPI: 52.44
Rank: 370
Mikhail Gorsheniov
SINGER
1973 - 2013
HPI: 46.58
Rank: 383
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Saint Petersburgwere politicians (65), writers (54), actors (43), athletes (43), and military personnels (23), while most who died were writers (54), politicians (54), painters (30), composers (20), and biologists (15).
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Saint Petersburg since 1700.
