Tashkent
Tashkent ranks 172nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Sparta, Brisbane, and Damascus. The most famous people from Tashkent are Spitamenes, Viktor Bryukhanov, and Abdulla Aripov. The most famous people who died in Tashkent are Islam Karimov, Lal Bahadur Shastri, and Ablai Khan. Tashkent has been the birth place of many athletes, and soccer players and the death place of many politicians, and writers. Tashkent is located in Uzbekistan.
People
Between 400 BC and 2004, Tashkent was the birth place of 100 globally memorable people, including Spitamenes, Viktor Bryukhanov, and Abdulla Aripov. Additionaly, 18 globally memorable people have passed away in Tashkent including Islam Karimov, Lal Bahadur Shastri, and Ablai Khan.
People Born in Tashkent
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Spitamenes
POLITICIAN
400 BC - 328 BC
HPI: 68.73
Rank: 1
Viktor Bryukhanov
ENGINEER
1935 - 2021
HPI: 67.74
Rank: 2
Abdulla Aripov
POLITICIAN
1962 - Present
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 3
Mirza Muhammad Haidar Dughlat
POLITICIAN
1499 - 1551
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 4
Rashid Sunyaev
PHYSICIST
1943 - Present
HPI: 61.32
Rank: 5
Yuri Antonov
COMPOSER
1945 - Present
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 6
Zulfiya
WRITER
1915 - 1996
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 7
Nigmatilla Yuldashev
POLITICIAN
1962 - Present
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 8
Djamolidine Abdoujaparov
CYCLIST
1964 - Present
HPI: 58.24
Rank: 9
Genrich Altshuller
INVENTOR
1926 - 1998
HPI: 58.20
Rank: 10
Akmal Ikramov
POLITICIAN
1898 - 1938
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 11
Gʻafur Gʻulom
WRITER
1903 - 1966
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Tashkent
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Abdukodir Khusanov
SOCCER PLAYER
2004 - Present
HPI: 51.68
Rank: 21
Alexander Graf
CHESS PLAYER
1962 - Present
HPI: 47.44
Rank: 34
Nikolay Shirshov
SOCCER PLAYER
1974 - 2021
HPI: 40.69
Rank: 52
Gregory Serper
CHESS PLAYER
1969 - Present
HPI: 40.63
Rank: 54
Andrey Akopyants
SOCCER PLAYER
1977 - Present
HPI: 40.40
Rank: 55
Aleksandr Alekseyev
BOXER
1981 - Present
HPI: 39.04
Rank: 66
Yana Batyrshina
GYMNAST
1979 - Present
HPI: 38.83
Rank: 67
Pavel Solomin
SOCCER PLAYER
1982 - Present
HPI: 38.27
Rank: 69
Ömer Yurtseven
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1998 - Present
HPI: 37.63
Rank: 71
Akmal Shorakhmedov
SOCCER PLAYER
1986 - Present
HPI: 36.32
Rank: 75
Anton Kokorin
ATHLETE
1987 - Present
HPI: 35.08
Rank: 80
Vladimir Lebedev
POLITICIAN
1984 - Present
HPI: 33.76
Rank: 82
People Deceased in Tashkent
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Islam Karimov
POLITICIAN
1938 - 2016
HPI: 76.96
Rank: 1
Lal Bahadur Shastri
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1904 - 1966
HPI: 66.58
Rank: 2
Ablai Khan
POLITICIAN
1711 - 1781
HPI: 65.95
Rank: 3
Vagif Mustafazadeh
MUSICIAN
1940 - 1979
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 4
Konstantin Petrovich von Kaufmann
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1818 - 1882
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 5
Grand Duke Nicholas Konstantinovich of Russia
POLITICIAN
1850 - 1918
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 6
Elihan Tore
POLITICIAN
1885 - 1976
HPI: 60.17
Rank: 7
Yunus Khan
POLITICIAN
1415 - 1487
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 8
Zulfiya
WRITER
1915 - 1996
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 9
Vera Komissarzhevskaya
WRITER
1864 - 1910
HPI: 58.89
Rank: 10
Abdurauf Fitrat
WRITER
1885 - 1938
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 11
Gʻafur Gʻulom
WRITER
1903 - 1966
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 12
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Tashkent were athletes (23), soccer players (21), politicians (10), boxers (6), and wrestlers (4), while most who died were politicians (6), writers (4), social activists (1), musicians (1), and military personnels (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Tashkent, including Maksim Shatskikh, Abdukodir Khusanov, and Vasilis Hatzipanagis. Whereas, throughout history, athletes have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Tashkent, including Radion Gataullin, Sergey Belyayev, and Marina Shmonina.
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Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 12 globally memorable people born in Tashkent since 1700.
