50.4500° N, 30.5237° E
KIEV
Most Famous People Born in Kiev, Ukraine
- Notable people
- 1,654
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1963
- Most distinctive
- Skater 9.8×
A Rus' capital that has been reinvented every few centuries and still carries every layer in the bench. Kiev's distinctive professions are figure skaters, chess masters, fencers, gymnasts, and pianists — the legacy of a long Soviet athletic and conservatory school — alongside the princes and princesses of the 10th- and 11th-century Rurikid dynasty. Bulgakov, Malevich, Golda Meir, Vladimir Horowitz, and Igor Sikorsky all belong to this bench, born within a few decades of each other in a city that then scattered them.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Kiev during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Kiev Is Known For
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Football is Kiev's biggest profession — 15% of all notables (243).
Kiev over-indexes on skater — 9.8× the global rate.
Kiev under-produces politician — only 0.4× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Kiev's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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- Field: Fencer Clear ×
Grigory Kriss
Born 1940
Sergei Golubitsky
Born 1969
Vadym Gutzeit
Born 1971
Vladyslav Tretiak
Born 1980
Heorhiy Pohosov
Born 1960
Anissa Khelfaoui
Born 1991
Olha Leleiko
Born 1977
Iosif Vitebskiy
Born 1938
Volodymyr Lukashenko
Born 1980
Dmytro Chumak (fencer)
Born 1980
Serhiy Kravchuk
Born 1964
Nadiya Kazimirchuk
Born 1978
Nataliya Konrad
Born 1976
Volodymyr Kaliuzhniy
Born 1972
Andriy Pogrebnyak
Born 1988
Yuliia Bakastova
Born 1996
Apollon Guiber von Greifenfels
Born 1887
Oleksii Bryzghalov
Born 1971
Olga Chernyak
Born 1972
Yulen Uralov
Born 1924