55.7558° N, 37.6178° E
MOSCOW
Most Famous People Born in Moscow, Russia
- Notable people
- 6,609
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1954
- Most distinctive
- Skater 13.5×
A capital whose 20th century is the data's center of mass. Moscow's most distinctive shelves are the institutions of the long Soviet century — figure skaters at more than thirteen times the global rate, chess masters, pianists, mathematicians, and physicists — and they sit alongside hundreds of footballers, hockey players, and painters. The bench stretches back to the 13th century, with the Tsars and the founders of Russian letters in the older half, but the postwar Soviet decades are where most of the names live.
One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Moscow during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Moscow Is Known For
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Football is Moscow's biggest profession — 13% of all notables (833).
Moscow over-indexes on skater — 13.5× the global rate.
Moscow under-produces politician — only 0.3× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Moscow's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Sports
- Writing
- Film & TV
- Science
- Music
- Art & Design
- Other
- Filtered to 1680s Clear ×
Mikhail Zemtsov
1688 - 1743
Ivan Nikitin (painter)
1680 - 1742
Mikhail Petrovich Bestuzhev-Ryumin
1688 - 1760
Alexey Cherkassky
1680 - 1742
Alexey Zubov
1682 - 1741
Mikhail Mikhailovich Golitsyn (admiral)
1684 - 1764
Ivan Petrovič Tolstoj
1685 - 1728
Aleksandr Gavrílovich Golovkin
1689 - 1760