Voronezh
Voronezh ranks 497th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Tianjin, Poitiers, and Plovdiv. Memorable people born in Voronezh include Ivan Bunin, Alexander Litvinenko, and Andrei Platonov. Memorable people who died in Voronezh include Mikhail Tsvet, Henner Henkel, and Konstantin Kalinin. Voronezh has been the birth place of many athletes, and writers and the death place of many biologists, and tennis players. Voronezh is located in Russia.
Voronezh is a city and the administrative centre of Voronezh Oblast in southwestern Russia straddling the Voronezh River, located 12 kilometers (7.5 mi) from where it flows into the Don River. The city sits on the Southeastern Railway, which connects western Russia with the Urals and Siberia, the Caucasus and Ukraine, and the M4 highway (Moscow–Voronezh–Rostov-on-Don–Novorossiysk). In recent years the city has experienced rapid population growth, rising in 2021 to 1,057,681, up from 889,680 recorded in the 2010 Census, making it the 14th-most populous city in the country. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 0 and 2000, Voronezh was the birth place of 32 globally memorable people, including Ivan Bunin, Alexander Litvinenko, and Andrei Platonov. Additionaly, 4 globally memorable people have passed away in Voronezh including Mikhail Tsvet, Henner Henkel, and Konstantin Kalinin.
People Born in Voronezh
Go to all RankingsIvan Bunin
WRITER
1870 - 1953
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 1
Alexander Litvinenko
WRITER
1962 - 2006
HPI: 63.42
Rank: 2
Andrei Platonov
WRITER
1899 - 1951
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 3
Nikolai Ge
PAINTER
1831 - 1894
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 4
Samuil Marshak
WRITER
1887 - 1964
HPI: 55.53
Rank: 5
Nikolai Severtzov
BIOLOGIST
1827 - 1885
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 6
Volin
PHILOSOPHER
1882 - 1945
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 7
Konstantin Feoktistov
ASTRONAUT
1926 - 2009
HPI: 54.29
Rank: 8
Semyon Krivoshein
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1899 - 1978
HPI: 53.76
Rank: 9
Alexander Shelepin
POLITICIAN
1918 - 1994
HPI: 53.72
Rank: 10
Vitaly Vorotnikov
POLITICIAN
1926 - 2012
HPI: 52.61
Rank: 11
Boris Eikhenbaum
POLITICIAN
1886 - 1959
HPI: 49.94
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Voronezh
Go to all RankingsSemyon Krivoshein
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1899 - 1978
HPI: 53.76
Rank: 9
Valerian Albanov
EXPLORER
1881 - 1919
HPI: 46.81
Rank: 15
Vasily Goncharov
FILM DIRECTOR
1861 - 1915
HPI: 44.44
Rank: 17
Svetlana Ershova
ATHLETE
1994 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 28
Neheng Khatala
ATHLETE
1992 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 29
James Freeman
ATHLETE
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 30
Marina Nekrasova
GYMNAST
1995 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 31
Naomie Katoka
ATHLETE
1999 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 32
People Deceased in Voronezh
Go to all RankingsMikhail Tsvet
BIOLOGIST
1872 - 1919
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 1
Henner Henkel
TENNIS PLAYER
1915 - 1943
HPI: 51.51
Rank: 2
Konstantin Kalinin
ENGINEER
1887 - 1938
HPI: 50.26
Rank: 3
Aleksey Koltsov
WRITER
1809 - 1842
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 4
Newly Added People Deceased in Voronezh
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Most individuals born in present day Voronezh were athletes (7), writers (5), gymnasts (4), politicians (3), and soccer players (3), while most who died were biologists (1), tennis players (1), engineers (1), and writers (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Voronezh, including Yelena Romanova, Dmitri Sautin, and Yelena Ruzina. Whereas, throughout history, athletes have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Voronezh, including Yelena Romanova, Dmitri Sautin, and Yelena Ruzina.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 18 globally memorable people born in Voronezh since 1700.