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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Tatyana Afanasyeva
1876 - 1964
Mark Krein
1907 - 1989
Alexander Ostrowski
1893 - 1986
Maryna Viazovska
Born 1984
Naum Z. Shor
1937 - 2006
Valery Glivenko
1896 - 1940
Israel Michael Sigal
Born 1945
Oleksandr Mykolayovych Sharkovsky
Born 1936
Pavel Etingof
Born 1969
Ari Laptev
Born 1950
Vitaly Bergelson
Born 1950
Igor Rodnianski
Born 1972
Anatolii Goldberg
1930 - 2008
Gregory Eskin
Born 1936
Mikhail Kadets
1923 - 2011
Vadim G. Vizing
1937 - 2017
Volodymyr Korolyuk
1925 - 2020
Yuri Kondratiev
Born 1953
Matvey Tikhomandritzky
1844 - 1921
Gregory Chudnovsky
Born 1952
David Chudnovsky
Born 1947
Alexander Resnikow
1960 - 2003
Igor Shparlinski
Born 1956
Alexander Gorodnik
Born 1975
Klavdiya Latysheva
1897 - 1956
David Khorol
1920 - 1990
Sergey Solovyov (mathematician)
Born 1955