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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Zinaida Turchyna
Born 1946
Larysa Karlova
Born 1958
Lyudmila Poradnyk
Born 1946
Nadja Nadgornaja
Born 1988
Iryna Palchykova
Born 1959
Halyna Zakharova
Born 1947
Mariya Litoshenko
Born 1949
Tetyana Horb
Born 1965
Olha Zubaryeva
Born 1958
Tetyana Hlushchenko
Born 1956
Nataliya Lyapina
Born 1976
Olga Laiuk
Born 1984
Iaroslava Burlachenko
Born 1992
Yuliya Andriychuk
Born 1992
Iuliia Andriichuk
Born 1992
Kateryna Chumak
Born 1988
Valeriia Zoria
Born 1987
Nataliya Anisenkova
Born 1975
Jurij Kostezkyj
Born 1972