Moscow
Moscow ranks 4th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind New York City, Paris, and London. The most famous people from Moscow are Fyodor Dostoevsky, Peter the Great, and Ivan the Terrible. The most famous people who died in Moscow are Yuri Gagarin, Nikita Khrushchev, and Ivan the Terrible. Moscow has been the birth place of many politicians, and actors and the death place of many politicians, and writers. Moscow is located in Russia.
People
Between 0 and 2007, Moscow was the birth place of 1,015 globally memorable people, including Fyodor Dostoevsky, Peter the Great, and Ivan the Terrible. Additionaly, 1,166 globally memorable people have passed away in Moscow including Yuri Gagarin, Nikita Khrushchev, and Ivan the Terrible. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Moscow than were born there.
People Born in Moscow
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Fyodor Dostoevsky
WRITER
1821 - 1881
HPI: 93.20
Rank: 1
Peter the Great
POLITICIAN
1672 - 1725
HPI: 86.89
Rank: 2
Ivan the Terrible
POLITICIAN
1530 - 1584
HPI: 84.95
Rank: 3
Alexander Pushkin
WRITER
1799 - 1837
HPI: 84.64
Rank: 4
Wassily Kandinsky
PAINTER
1866 - 1944
HPI: 84.16
Rank: 5
Lev Yashin
SOCCER PLAYER
1929 - 1990
HPI: 82.39
Rank: 6
Boris Pasternak
WRITER
1890 - 1960
HPI: 80.01
Rank: 7
Elizabeth of Russia
POLITICIAN
1709 - 1762
HPI: 79.96
Rank: 8
Peter Kropotkin
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1842 - 1921
HPI: 78.36
Rank: 9
Andrei Sakharov
PHYSICIST
1921 - 1989
HPI: 78.11
Rank: 10
Anna of Russia
POLITICIAN
1693 - 1740
HPI: 77.21
Rank: 11
Paul Karrer
CHEMIST
1889 - 1971
HPI: 77.10
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Moscow
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Sergey Karaganov
ECONOMIST
1952 - Present
HPI: 59.30
Rank: 220
Svetlana Druzhinina
FILM DIRECTOR
1935 - Present
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 332
Aleksandr Zbruyev
ACTOR
1938 - Present
HPI: 55.77
Rank: 382
Alexey Rybnikov
COMPOSER
1945 - Present
HPI: 53.24
Rank: 494
Yevgenia Dobrovolskaya
ACTOR
1964 - 2025
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 574
Stanislav Bunin
MUSICIAN
1966 - Present
HPI: 50.57
Rank: 583
Alexei Gorinov
LAWYER
1961 - Present
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 642
Yuri Kolokolnikov
ACTOR
1980 - Present
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 648
Ilya Naishuller
FILM DIRECTOR
1983 - Present
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 658
Aleksei Chaly
POLITICIAN
1961 - Present
HPI: 47.16
Rank: 670
Mikhail Evstafiev
PAINTER
1963 - Present
HPI: 46.94
Rank: 675
Sergey Danilin
ATHLETE
1960 - 2021
HPI: 46.90
Rank: 677
People Deceased in Moscow
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Yuri Gagarin
ASTRONAUT
1934 - 1968
HPI: 87.19
Rank: 1
Nikita Khrushchev
POLITICIAN
1894 - 1971
HPI: 85.59
Rank: 2
Ivan the Terrible
POLITICIAN
1530 - 1584
HPI: 84.95
Rank: 3
Boris Yeltsin
POLITICIAN
1931 - 2007
HPI: 84.88
Rank: 4
Nikolai Gogol
WRITER
1809 - 1852
HPI: 82.82
Rank: 5
Lev Yashin
SOCCER PLAYER
1929 - 1990
HPI: 82.39
Rank: 6
Yuri Andropov
POLITICIAN
1914 - 1984
HPI: 82.33
Rank: 7
Dmitri Shostakovich
COMPOSER
1906 - 1975
HPI: 82.02
Rank: 8
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
WRITER
1918 - 2008
HPI: 81.48
Rank: 9
Konstantin Chernenko
POLITICIAN
1911 - 1985
HPI: 81.23
Rank: 10
Lavrentiy Beria
POLITICIAN
1899 - 1953
HPI: 80.99
Rank: 11
Sergei Prokofiev
COMPOSER
1891 - 1953
HPI: 80.86
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Moscow
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Larissa Reissner
WRITER
1895 - 1926
HPI: 60.97
Rank: 442
Oleg Strizhenov
ACTOR
1929 - 2025
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 796
Leonid Toptunov
ENGINEER
1960 - 1986
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 879
Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov
COACH
1962 - 2020
HPI: 53.10
Rank: 1,049
Igor Kirillov
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1970 - 2024
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 1,097
Yevgenia Dobrovolskaya
ACTOR
1964 - 2025
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 1,121
Yuri Budanov
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1963 - 2011
HPI: 50.61
Rank: 1,126
Igor Savochkin
ACTOR
1963 - 2021
HPI: 47.15
Rank: 1,151
Dmitry Volkov
SWIMMER
1966 - 2025
HPI: 45.34
Rank: 1,157
Andrei Ivanov
SOCCER PLAYER
1967 - 2009
HPI: 43.40
Rank: 1,159
Yelena Naimushina
GYMNAST
1964 - 2017
HPI: 42.70
Rank: 1,161
Nika Turbina
WRITER
1974 - 2002
HPI: 41.74
Rank: 1,163
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Moscow were politicians (123), actors (101), athletes (86), soccer players (83), and writers (82), while most who died were politicians (211), writers (126), actors (114), military personnels (109), and film directors (58).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Moscow, including Yevgeny Leonov, Andrei Mironov, and Vasily Livanov. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Moscow, including Peter the Great, Ivan the Terrible, and Elizabeth of Russia.
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Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Moscow since 1700.
