Volgograd
Volgograd ranks 634th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Nîmes, Paraguay, and Plymouth. Memorable people born in Volgograd include Vladimir Kryuchkov, Elem Klimov, and Aleksandra Pakhmutova. Memorable people who died in Volgograd include Wilm Hosenfeld, Viktor Pavičić, and Galina Bystrova. Volgograd has been the birth place of many athletes, and handball players and the death place of many athletes, and politicians. Volgograd is located in Russia.
Volgograd, formerly Tsaritsyn (1589–1925) and Stalingrad (1925–1961), is the largest city and the administrative centre of Volgograd Oblast, Russia. The city lies on the western bank of the Volga, covering an area of 859.4 square kilometres, with a population of slightly over one million residents. Volgograd is the 16th-largest city by population size in Russia, the second-largest city of the Southern Federal District, and the fourth-largest city on the Volga. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 0 and 1999, Volgograd was the birth place of 28 globally memorable people, including Vladimir Kryuchkov, Elem Klimov, and Aleksandra Pakhmutova. Additionaly, 6 globally memorable people have passed away in Volgograd including Wilm Hosenfeld, Viktor Pavičić, and Galina Bystrova.
People Born in Volgograd
Go to all RankingsVladimir Kryuchkov
POLITICIAN
1924 - 2007
HPI: 61.09
Rank: 1
Elem Klimov
FILM DIRECTOR
1933 - 2003
HPI: 58.75
Rank: 2
Aleksandra Pakhmutova
COMPOSER
1929 - Present
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 3
Yelena Isinbayeva
ATHLETE
1982 - Present
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 4
Anna Chapman
CELEBRITY
1982 - Present
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 5
Vasily Nebenzya
DIPLOMAT
1962 - Present
HPI: 45.70
Rank: 6
Leonid Slutsky
SOCCER PLAYER
1971 - Present
HPI: 43.98
Rank: 7
Yelena Slesarenko
ATHLETE
1982 - Present
HPI: 41.89
Rank: 8
Denis Pankratov
SWIMMER
1974 - Present
HPI: 37.41
Rank: 9
Mikhail Kukushkin
TENNIS PLAYER
1987 - Present
HPI: 37.26
Rank: 10
Maxim Marinin
SKATER
1977 - Present
HPI: 37.25
Rank: 11
Sergey Pogorelov
HANDBALL PLAYER
1974 - 2019
HPI: 33.46
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Volgograd
Go to all RankingsVasily Nebenzya
DIPLOMAT
1962 - Present
HPI: 45.70
Rank: 6
Ilya Druzhinin
SWIMMER
1998 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 23
Veronika Andrusenko
SWIMMER
1991 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 24
Maksim Babanin
BOXER
1988 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 25
Kim Hill
ATHLETE
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 26
Jennifer Lozano
ATHLETE
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 27
Polina Vedekhina
ATHLETE
1994 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 28
People Deceased in Volgograd
Go to all RankingsWilm Hosenfeld
POLITICIAN
1895 - 1952
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 1
Viktor Pavičić
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1898 - 1943
HPI: 58.73
Rank: 2
Galina Bystrova
ATHLETE
1934 - 1999
HPI: 49.55
Rank: 3
Heinz Körvers
ATHLETE
1915 - 1942
HPI: 45.40
Rank: 4
Yelena Romanova
ATHLETE
1963 - 2007
HPI: 42.52
Rank: 5
Sergey Pogorelov
HANDBALL PLAYER
1974 - 2019
HPI: 33.46
Rank: 6
Newly Added People Deceased in Volgograd
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Most individuals born in present day Volgograd were athletes (8), handball players (6), swimmers (3), politicians (2), and tennis players (2), while most who died were athletes (3), politicians (1), military personnels (1), and handball players (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Volgograd, including Yelena Isinbayeva, Yelena Slesarenko, and Olga Kucherenko. Whereas, throughout history, athletes have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Volgograd, including Yelena Isinbayeva, Yelena Slesarenko, and Olga Kucherenko.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 3 globally memorable people born in Volgograd since 1700.