Odessa
Odessa ranks 142nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Portland, Oregon, Denver, and Chennai. The most famous people from Odessa are Anna Akhmatova, George Gamow, and David Oistrakh. The most famous people who died in Odessa are Aleksandr Lyapunov, Johann Karl Ehrenfried Kegel, and Mendele Mocher Sforim. Odessa has been the birth place of many writers, and politicians and the death place of many politicians, and mathematicians. Odessa is located in Ukraine.
People
Between 1856 and 2002, Odessa was the birth place of 86 globally memorable people, including Anna Akhmatova, George Gamow, and David Oistrakh. Additionaly, 15 globally memorable people have passed away in Odessa including Aleksandr Lyapunov, Johann Karl Ehrenfried Kegel, and Mendele Mocher Sforim.
People Born in Odessa
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Anna Akhmatova
WRITER
1889 - 1966
HPI: 76.43
Rank: 1
George Gamow
PHYSICIST
1904 - 1968
HPI: 74.33
Rank: 2
David Oistrakh
MUSICIAN
1908 - 1974
HPI: 72.83
Rank: 3
Rodion Malinovsky
POLITICIAN
1898 - 1967
HPI: 72.01
Rank: 4
Andrey Vyshinsky
POLITICIAN
1883 - 1954
HPI: 71.33
Rank: 5
Ze'ev Jabotinsky
WRITER
1880 - 1940
HPI: 71.00
Rank: 6
Emil Gilels
MUSICIAN
1916 - 1985
HPI: 68.84
Rank: 7
Vladimir Arnold
MATHEMATICIAN
1937 - 2010
HPI: 68.43
Rank: 8
Valentin Glushko
ENGINEER
1908 - 1989
HPI: 66.79
Rank: 9
Waldemar Haffkine
BIOLOGIST
1860 - 1930
HPI: 65.95
Rank: 10
Igor Belanov
SOCCER PLAYER
1960 - Present
HPI: 65.88
Rank: 11
Georgy Dobrovolsky
ASTRONAUT
1928 - 1971
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Odessa
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Mykola Milchev
ATHLETE
1967 - Present
HPI: 46.71
Rank: 69
Nonna Grishayeva
ACTOR
1971 - Present
HPI: 44.40
Rank: 70
Bohdana Frolyak
COMPOSER
1968 - Present
HPI: 43.40
Rank: 71
Olena Vitrychenko
GYMNAST
1976 - Present
HPI: 43.26
Rank: 72
Amina Okueva
PHYSICIAN
1983 - 2017
HPI: 42.55
Rank: 75
Nataliya Burdeyna
ATHLETE
1974 - Present
HPI: 42.15
Rank: 77
Ruslan Mashurenko
MARTIAL ARTS
1971 - Present
HPI: 41.45
Rank: 79
Semyon Poltavskiy
VOLLEYBALL PLAYER
1981 - Present
HPI: 40.05
Rank: 81
People Deceased in Odessa
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Aleksandr Lyapunov
MATHEMATICIAN
1857 - 1918
HPI: 68.73
Rank: 1
Johann Karl Ehrenfried Kegel
EXPLORER
1784 - 1863
HPI: 67.50
Rank: 2
Mendele Mocher Sforim
WRITER
1835 - 1917
HPI: 65.62
Rank: 3
Kira Muratova
FILM DIRECTOR
1934 - 2018
HPI: 63.95
Rank: 4
Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov
POLITICIAN
1782 - 1856
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 5
Konstantin Ushinsky
WRITER
1823 - 1870
HPI: 63.20
Rank: 6
Leon Pinsker
PHYSICIAN
1821 - 1891
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 7
Nadezhda Olizarenko
ATHLETE
1953 - 2017
HPI: 61.48
Rank: 8
Vera Kholodnaya
POLITICIAN
1893 - 1919
HPI: 60.90
Rank: 9
Grigory Kotovsky
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1881 - 1925
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 10
Mark Krein
MATHEMATICIAN
1907 - 1989
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 11
Vladimir Filatov
PHYSICIAN
1875 - 1956
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 12
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Odessa were writers (10), politicians (9), athletes (7), musicians (6), and soccer players (6), while most who died were politicians (3), mathematicians (2), writers (2), film directors (2), and physicians (2).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Odessa, including Igor Belanov, Leonid Buryak, and Andriy Voronin. Whereas, throughout history, writers have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Odessa, including Anna Akhmatova, Ze'ev Jabotinsky, and Valentin Kataev.
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Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Odessa since 1700.
