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.
Standouts
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.
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Alexei Savrasov
1830 - 1897
Nikolai Rubinstein
1835 - 1881
Konstantin Makovsky
1839 - 1915
Pavel Tretyakov
1832 - 1898
Sergey Botkin
1832 - 1889
Lev Ivanov
1834 - 1901
Alexander Veselovsky
1838 - 1906
Nikolai Nevrev
1830 - 1904
Konstantin Flavitsky
1830 - 1866
Andrei Famintsyn
1835 - 1918
Pavel Rybnikov
1831 - 1885
Vasili Yakovlevich Zinger
1836 - 1907
Mikhail Botkin
1839 - 1914
Alexandr Alexandrovich Fischer von Waldheim
1839 - 1920
Alexander Imeretinsky
1837 - 1900
Sofia Sergeyevna Trubetskaya
1838 - 1898
Sergueï Ammossov
1837 - 1886
Sergei Michailowitsch Tretjakow (Unternehmer) –
1834 - 1892
Alexandra Makovskaya
1837 - 1915
Sergueï Khoudekov
1837 - 1928
Nikolaï Kauffmann
1834 - 1870
Evgenia Konradi
1838 - 1898
Wladimir Louguinine
1834 - 1911
Lucien Olivier
1838 - 1883
Mikhail Azanchevsky
1839 - 1881
Wassili Wassiljewitsch Besekirski
1835 - 1919
Aleksey Letnikov
1837 - 1888
Viktor Krylov
1838 - 1908
Pyotr Yefremov
1830 - 1907
Nikolay Grigoryevich Erschoff
1837 - 1896
Sergey Shubinsky
1834 - 1913
Alexander Prussak
1839 - 1897
Nikolai Alexandrowitsch Naidjonow
1834 - 1905
Dmitrij Agrenev-Slavjanskij
1834 - 1908
Grigory Sedov
1836 - 1884
Nikolai Blagoveshchensky
1837 - 1889
Michail Chitrovo
1837 - 1896
Alexeï Kozlov
1831 - 1901
Nadezhda Medvedeva
1832 - 1899
Matthew Chizhov
1838 - 1916
Nikolai Muzil
1839 - 1906
Maria Feodorovna Morozova
1830 - 1911
Sof'ja Aleksandrovna Subbotina
1830 - 1919
Alexander Rasskazov
1832 - 1902
Rudolf von Deutsch
1835 - 1921
Grand Duchess Alexandra Mikhailovna of Russia
1831 - 1832
Eugène Joly de Morey
1834 - 1898