Voronezh ranks 510th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Trenton, New Jersey, Columbia, South Carolina, and Paddington. 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 Aleksey Koltsov. Voronezh has been the birth place of many writers and gymnasts 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
Between 1809 and 2000, Voronezh was the birth place of 24 globally memorable people, including Ivan Bunin, Alexander Litvinenko, and Andrei Platonov. Additionaly, 3 globally memorable people have passed away in Voronezh including Mikhail Tsvet, Henner Henkel, and Aleksey Koltsov.
1870 - 1953
HPI: 65.81
Rank: 1
1962 - 2006
HPI: 63.35
Rank: 2
1899 - 1951
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 3
1831 - 1894
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 4
1882 - 1945
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 5
1887 - 1964
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 6
1918 - 1994
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 7
1827 - 1885
HPI: 54.21
Rank: 8
1926 - 2009
HPI: 52.79
Rank: 9
1926 - 2012
HPI: 52.08
Rank: 10
1809 - 1842
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 11
1936 - 2011
HPI: 46.70
Rank: 12
1872 - 1919
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 1
1915 - 1943
HPI: 49.40
Rank: 2
1809 - 1842
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 3
Most individuals born in present day Voronezh were writers (5), gymnasts (3), soccer players (3), athletes (3), and politicians (2), while most who died were biologists (1), tennis players (1), and writers (1).
Over the past 100 years, gymnasts have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Voronezh, including Yelena Davydova, Angelina Melnikova, and Viktoria Komova. Whereas, throughout history, writers have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Voronezh, including Ivan Bunin, Alexander Litvinenko, and Andrei Platonov.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 15 globally memorable people born in Voronezh since 1700.