Sumy Oblast
Sumy Oblast ranks 3,544th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Huntingdon, Rockhampton, and Noordeinde Palace. Memorable people born in Sumy Oblast include Andrei Chikatilo, Mykhaylo Fomenko, and Borys Romanchenko. Memorable people who died in Sumy Oblast include Yekaterina Zelenko. Sumy Oblast has been the birth place of many soccer players, and extremists and the death place of many military personnels. Sumy Oblast is located in Ukraine.
Sumy Oblast, also known as Sumshchyna (Сумщина), is an oblast (province) in northeast Ukraine. The oblast was created in its most recent form, from the merging of raions from Kharkiv Oblast, Chernihiv Oblast, and Poltava Oblast in 1939 by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1926 and 1990, Sumy Oblast was the birth place of 5 globally memorable people, including Andrei Chikatilo, Mykhaylo Fomenko, and Borys Romanchenko. Additionaly, 1 globally memorable people have passed away in Sumy Oblast including Yekaterina Zelenko.
People Born in Sumy Oblast
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Andrei Chikatilo
EXTREMIST
1936 - 1994
HPI: 69.42
Rank: 1
Mykhaylo Fomenko
SOCCER PLAYER
1948 - 2024
HPI: 51.67
Rank: 2
Borys Romanchenko
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1926 - 2022
HPI: 50.63
Rank: 3
Oleh Husyev
SOCCER PLAYER
1983 - Present
HPI: 40.46
Rank: 4
Serhiy Rybalka
SOCCER PLAYER
1990 - Present
HPI: 30.16
Rank: 5
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Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Sumy Oblast were soccer players (3), extremists (1), and social activists (1), while most who died were military personnels (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Sumy Oblast, including Mykhaylo Fomenko, Oleh Husyev, and Serhiy Rybalka. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Sumy Oblast, including Mykhaylo Fomenko, Oleh Husyev, and Serhiy Rybalka.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 3 globally memorable people born in Sumy Oblast since 1700.
