47.0230° N, 28.8361° E
CHISINAU
Most Famous People Born in Chisinau, Moldova
- Notable people
- 502
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1973
- Most distinctive
- Weightlifter 12.4×
Standouts
Notable Births by Decade
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What Chisinau Is Known For
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Football is Chisinau's biggest profession — 30% of all notables (150).
Chisinau over-indexes on weightlifter — 12.4× the global rate.
Chisinau under-produces writer — only 0.7× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Chisinau's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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- Filtered to 1940s Clear ×
Svetlana Toma
Born 1947
Itzhak Shum
Born 1948
Mihai Timofti
Born 1948
Leonid Chizhik
Born 1947
Ilya Oleynikov
1947 - 2012
Mark Zeltser
Born 1947
Vladimir Retakh
Born 1948
Boris Katz
Born 1947
Yuri Nikolaev
Born 1948
Alexander Kadakin
1949 - 2017
Alexander Wladimirowitsch Slastin
Born 1942
Victor Zilberman (Ringer)
Born 1947
Anatol Teslev
Born 1947
Michail Danilowitsch Kaplan
Born 1948
Vitaliy Sidnyov
1948 - 1993
Oleg Zhegoyev
Born 1945
Rita Kleiman
1947 - 2008
Herman Sinitzyn
1940 - 2016
Isaak Shvartsev
Born 1949