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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.

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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.

  1. Football 833 1.1×
  2. Actor 491 1.4×
  3. Hockey 304 3.9×
  4. Painter 216 1.2×
  5. Player 216 1.7×
  6. Skater 215 13.5×
  7. Politician 214 0.3×
  8. Writer 205 0.9×
  1. Skater 215 13.5×
  2. Chess 100 7.4×
  3. Pianist 90 5.1×
  4. Mathematician 164 5.0×
  5. Physicist 125 4.5×
  6. Hockey 304 3.9×
  7. Swimmer 100 3.1×
  8. Player 216 1.7×
  1. Politician 214 0.3×

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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Showing 237 of 6,609 notable people

0069 PHILOSOPHER

Alexandre Kojève

1902 - 1968

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0116 MATHEMATICIAN

Lev Pontryagin

1908 - 1988

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0126 AUTHOR

Yevgenia Ginzburg

1904 - 1977

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0161 ACTOR

Olga Baclanova

1900 - 1974

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0189 MINISTER

Viktor Abakumov

1908 - 1954

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0205 FILM

Alexander Rou

1906 - 1973

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0216 CHESS

Vera Menchik

1906 - 1944

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0228 PSYCHOLOGIST

Aleksei N. Leontiev

1903 - 1979

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0237 ACTOR

Igor Ilyinsky

1901 - 1987

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0244 PAINTER

Serge Poliakoff

1906 - 1969

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0249 ENGINEER

Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev

1906 - 1989

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0259 WRITER

Boris Polevoy

1908 - 1981

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0264 ACTOR

Boris Barnet

1902 - 1965

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0277 PHYSICIST

Lev Artsimovich

1909 - 1973

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0279 POET

Agniya Barto

1906 - 1981

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0280 ACTOR

Feodor Chaliapin Jr.

1905 - 1992

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0292 ACTOR

Sergey Obraztsov

1901 - 1992

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0296 POET

Nikolai Erdman

1900 - 1970

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0321 OFFICER

Mikhail Katukov

1900 - 1976

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0327 PIANIST

Lev Oborin

1907 - 1974

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0335 ENTOMOLOGIST

Nikolay Timofeev-Ressovsky

1900 - 1981

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0341 FILM

Yuliya Solntseva

1901 - 1989

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0344 FILM

Ivan Ivanov-Vano

1900 - 1987

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0346 PLAYWRIGHT

Aleksei Arbuzov

1908 - 1986

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0370 WRITER

Yury Dombrovsky

1909 - 1978

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0416 WRITER

Boris Kochno

1904 - 1990

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0432 SCREENWRITER

Yuli Raizman

1903 - 1994

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0444 ECONOMIST

Heinrich Freiherr von Stackelberg

1905 - 1946

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0446 FOOTBALL

Nikolai Starostin

1902 - 1996

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0461 FILM

Lev Atamanov

1905 - 1981

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0473 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Boris Rybakov

1908 - 2001

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0475 MATHEMATICIAN

Pyotr Novikov

1901 - 1975

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0482 MATHEMATICIAN

Nina Bari

1901 - 1961

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0484 ACTOR

Vera Maretskaya

1906 - 1978

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0505 PHYSICIST

Aleksandr Andronov

1901 - 1952

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0519 CHESS

Olga Rubtsova

1909 - 1994

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0581 ACTOR

Boris Livanov

1904 - 1972

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0606 ART HISTORIAN

Mikhail Alpatov

1902 - 1986

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0658 ENGINEER

Ivan Ivanovich Artobolevski

1905 - 1977

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0673 EXPLORER

Mikhail Somov

1908 - 1973

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0681 SOLDIER

Nikolai Gastello

1907 - 1941

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0685 WRITER

Vladimir Suteev

1903 - 1993

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0697 ACTOR

Sergei Vasilyev

1900 - 1959

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0717 SCENOGRAPHER

Boris Leven

1908 - 1986

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0765 SCENOGRAPHER

Alexander Golitzen

1908 - 2005

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0766 JOURNALIST

Klaus Mehnert

1906 - 1984

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0776 PAINTER

André Lanskoy

1902 - 1976

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0811 MUSIC

Vadim Borisovsky

1900 - 1972

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0835 BIOLOGIST

Boris Ephrussi

1901 - 1979

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0837 POET

Ivan Kataev

1902 - 1937

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0848 POLITICIAN

Arseny Zverev

1900 - 1969

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0858 POET

Vladimir Lugovskoy

1901 - 1957

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0885 AEROSPACE

Vladimir Barmin

1909 - 1993

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0888 ACTOR

Georgy Millyar

1903 - 1993

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0906 MATHEMATICIAN

Nikolai Smirnov (mathematician)

1900 - 1966

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0938 POET

Viktor Gusev

1909 - 1944

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1016 ACTOR

Maria Babanova

1900 - 1983

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1043 ACTOR

Vladimir Fogel

1902 - 1929

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1049 ACTOR

Tatyana Pelttser

1904 - 1992

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1229 BALLET

Tatjana Gsovsky

1901 - 1993

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1245 CINEMA

Konstantin Irmen-Tschet

1902 - 1977

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1285 GEOLOGIST

Vladimir Belousov

1907 - 1990

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1325 PAINTER

Nikolaï Joukov

1908 - 1973

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1326 CONVICT

Waldemar Klingelhöfer

1900 - 1980

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1333 MUSIC

Vera Dulova

1909 - 2000

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1341 FILM

Yelizaveta Svilova

1900 - 1975

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1347 WRITER

Vera Chaplina

1908 - 1994

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1367 PAINTER

Youri Pimenov

1903 - 1977

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1417 PHYSICIST

Yuri Rumer

1901 - 1985

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1420 ACTOR

Elena Gogoleva

1900 - 1993

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1424 ACTOR

Maksim Shtraukh

1900 - 1974

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1449 BOTANIST

Naomi Feinbrun-Dothan

1900 - 1995

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1471 COMPOSER

Vladimir Vlasov

1903 - 1986

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1497 CHEMIST

Boris Derjaguin

1902 - 1994

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1499 BIOCHEMIST

Andrey Kursanov

1902 - 1999

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1509 ART HISTORIAN

Aleksei Fedorov-Davydov

1900 - 1969

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1513 FILM

Leonid Amalrik

1905 - 1997

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1564 COMPOSER

Anatoly Lepin

1907 - 1984

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1565 ACTOR

Eugenie Leontovich

1900 - 1993

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1631 PAINTER

Anton Refregier

1905 - 1979

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1646 CONDUCTOR

Kazimierz Wiłkomirski

1900 - 1995

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1684 CHESS

Nikolai Riumin

1908 - 1942

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1735 POLITICIAN

Alexander Wassiljewitsch Kossarew

1903 - 1939

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1750 METALLURGIST

Alexander Tselikov

1904 - 1984

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1759 BALLET

Sulamith Messerer

1908 - 2004

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1771 PHOTOGRAPHER

Edward Hartwig

1909 - 2003

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1800 AUTHOR

Nikolai Vladimirovich Nekrasov

1900 - 1938

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1912 ARCHITECT

Bohdan Lachert

1900 - 1987

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2053 BALLET

Nikolaï Ivanovitch Tarasov

1902 - 1975

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2086 PHYSICIST

Dmitri Iwanowitsch Blochinzew

1907 - 1979

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2138 ACTOR

Alexey Gribov

1902 - 1977

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2163 PAINTER

Kostia Terechkovitch

1902 - 1978

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2181 ACTOR

Ada Wójcik

1905 - 1982

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2240 ACTOR

Pavel Massalski

1904 - 1979

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2242 ARTIST

Viktor Semyonovich Ivanov

1909 - 1968

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2309 SCENOGRAPHER

Paul Sheriff

1903 - 1960

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2326 EXPLORER

Peter Goullart

1901 - 1978

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2336 POLITICIAN

Andrey Andreyevich Smirnov

1905 - 1982

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2372 POLITICIAN

Nikolai Alexandrowitsch Michailow

1906 - 1982

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2384 ACTOR

Anatoly Kubatsky

1908 - 2001

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2463 ENTOMOLOGIST

Constantin Arnoldi

1901 - 1982

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2469 POET

Vadim Andreiev

1902 - 1976

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2479 PHILOSOPHER

Wladimir Lindenberg

1902 - 1997

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2493 WRITER

Boris Julianowitsch Poplawski

1903 - 1935

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2511 ZOOLOGIST

Vladimir Geptner

1901 - 1975

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2547 ACTOR

Vladimir Osenev

1908 - 1977

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2554 COMPOSER

Anatoli Komarovski

1909 - 1955

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2566 POLITICIAN

Roman Romkowski

1907 - 1965

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2620 WRITER

Sergei Petrowitsch Borodin

1902 - 1974

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2645 ACADEMIC

Wadim Alexandrowitsch Trapesnikow

1905 - 1994

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2677 POET

Yuri Ivask

1907 - 1986

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2695 ACADEMIC

Andrei Anatoljewitsch Botschwar

1902 - 1984

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2707 POET

Alexander Alexejewitsch Scharow

1904 - 1984

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2789 HISTORIAN

Mikhaïl Iline

1903 - 1981

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2811 POLITICIAN

Alexei Iwanowitsch Schachurin

1904 - 1975

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2855 WINEMAKER

André Tchelistcheff

1901 - 1994

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2884 HISTORIAN

George Katkov

1903 - 1985

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2919 ARTIST

Boris Chaliapin

1904 - 1979

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2958 BIOLOGIST

Vladimir Pavlovich Efroimson

1908 - 1989

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3120 COSTUME DESIGNER

Anel Sudakevich

1906 - 2002

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3134 HISTORIAN

Iosif Kryvelev

1906 - 1991

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3155 MUSIC

Igor Vladimirovich Sposobin

1900 - 1954

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3165 COMPOSER

Nikolai Kryukov (composer)

1908 - 1961

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3188 THEATRE

Leonid Varpakhovsky

1908 - 1976

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3205 FOOTBALL

Jerzy Bulanow

1903 - 1980

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3216 DIPLOMAT

Georgi Michailowitsch Popow

1906 - 1968

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3231 CHESS

Olga Menchik

1908 - 1944

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3304 PHILOSOPHER

Konrad Marc-Wogau

1902 - 1991

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3323 POLITICIAN

Hans-Wilhelm Scheidt

1907 - 1981

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3365 CHEMIST

Ivan Alimarin

1903 - 1989

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3406 PHOTOGRAPHER

Anatole Saderman

1904 - 1993

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3409 WRITER

Karol Olgierd Borchardt

1905 - 1986

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3423 CHEMIST

Wiktor Iwanowitsch Spizyn

1902 - 1988

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3443 SINGER

Gueorgui Abramov

1903 - 1966

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3457 ACTOR

Stepan Kevorkov

1903 - 1991

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3518 POLITICIAN

Vladimir Druzhynin

1907 - 1976

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3526 ASTRONOMER

Serhij Wsechswjatskyj

1905 - 1984

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3530 CONDUCTOR

Leonīds Vīgners

1906 - 2001

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3572 WRITER

Wiktor Stepanowitsch Saparin

1905 - 1970

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3594 ARCHITECT

Michail Ossipowitsch Barschtsch

1904 - 1976

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3628 PHOTOGRAPHER

Alexander Wassiljewitsch Ustinow

1909 - 1995

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3643 ENGINEER

Semion Alekseïev

1909 - 1993

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3654 ICHTHYOLOGIST

Anatoli Svetovídov

1903 - 1985

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3686 COMPOSER

Konstantin Konstantinovich Saradzhev

1900 - 1942

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3695 MUSIC

Maria Wiłkomirska

1904 - 1995

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3709 CHEMIST

Vsevolod Klechkovsky

1900 - 1972

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3712 FOOTBALL

Andrey Starostin

1906 - 1987

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3785 FOOTBALL

Pavel Korotkov

1907 - 1983

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3802 MATHEMATICIAN

Pjotr Konstantinowitsch Raschewski

1907 - 1983

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3850 FILM

Aksella Luts

1905 - 2005

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3863 ACTOR

Valentin Pluchek

1909 - 2002

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3886 WRITER

Sergei Wladimirowitsch Dikowski

1907 - 1940

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3916 CHEMIST

Sergei Jewgenjewitsch Sewerin

1901 - 1993

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4071 CONDUCTOR

Boris Goldovsky

1908 - 2001

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4078 POET

Iouri Mandelstam

1908 - 1943

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4089 MATHEMATICIAN

Vladimir Shtokman

1909 - 1968

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4155 ARCHITECT

Igor Iwanowitsch Fomin

1904 - 1989

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4159 ACTOR

Vsevolod Aksyonov

1902 - 1960

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4161 CONDUCTOR

Mikhail Zhukov (conductor)

1901 - 1960

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4164 COACH

Stepan Spandaryan

1906 - 1987

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4216 SPORT

Boris Andreyev (shooter)

1906 - 1987

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4233 INVENTOR

Pawel Grigorjewitsch Tager

1903 - 1971

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4248 POLITICIAN

Werner Bockelmann

1907 - 1968

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4253 PAINTER

Michail Wladimirowitsch Matorin

1901 - 1976

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4291 ACTOR

Vassili Markov

1907 - 1997

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4322 CONDUCTOR

Sergei Gorchakov

1905 - 1976

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4331 BALLET

Anastasia Abramova

1902 - 1985

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4387 ACTOR

Nina Shaternikova

1902 - 1982

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4408 ENGINEER

Nikolai Alexandrowitsch Astrow

1906 - 1992

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4413 ACTOR

Ivan Bobrov

1904 - 1952

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4438 POET

Lydia Pasternak Slater

1902 - 1989

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4481 SCIENTIST

Konstantin Michailowitsch Poliwanow

1904 - 1983

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4494 MATHEMATICIAN

Victor Shestakov

1907 - 1987

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4527 COMMANDER

Tamara Kazarinova

1906 - 1956

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4535 ACTOR

Grégoire Gromoff

1902 - 1982

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4599 ENGINEER

Pawel Wladimirowitsch Zybin

1905 - 1992

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4609 HISTORIAN

Robert Stupperich

1904 - 2003

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4632 POLITICIAN

Wassili Tarassowitsch Tschemodanow

1903 - 1937

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4655 ROWER

Robert Jacquet

1906 - 1970

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4657 FOOTBALL

Yevgeni Yeliseyev

1908 - 1999

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4689 JOURNALIST

Dominique Arban

1903 - 1991

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4773 MANAGER

Erwin Bockelmann

1903 - 1971

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4789 LAWYER

Michel Sarach

1909 - 2000

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4835 WRITER

Konstantin Sergejewitsch Wolkow

Born 1907

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4897 ACADEMIC

Arcadius Rudolf Lang Gurland

1904 - 1979

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4935 ARCHITECT

Alexandre Lézine

1906 - 1972

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4960 MUSIC

Daisy Spies

1905 - 2000

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4976 PAINTER

Sergei Kolyada

1907 - 1996

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4982 AEROSPACE

Mikhaïl Makarovitch Bondariouk

1908 - 1969

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4990 SCIENTIST

Wladimir Sergejewitsch Pyschnow

1901 - 1984

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5106 POLITICIAN

Aleksandr Yefremov (politician)

1904 - 1951

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5147 GEOLOGIST

Georgy Chernov

1906 - 2009

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5148 POET

Paul Valet

1905 - 1987

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5155 OFFICIER

Adrien Conus

1900 - 1947

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5203 POLITICIAN

David Croll

1900 - 1991

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5282 FOOTBALL

Pavel Khalkiopov

1905 - 1968

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5296 PAINTER

Peter Emiljewitsch Bendel

1905 - 1989

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5300 COMPOSER

Serge Conus

1902 - 1988

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5319 LIBRARIAN

Sergius Yakobson

1901 - 1979

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5347 FOOTBALL

Yevgeni Nikishin

1904 - 1965

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5377 FOOTBALL

Viktor Dubinin

1901 - 1984

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5392 VIOLIN

Michał Wiłkomirski

1902 - 1988

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5406 FOOTBALL

Rūdolfs Slavišens

1909 - 1995

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5421 SCULPTOR

Frank Mehnert (Bildhauer)

1909 - 1943

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5535 EGYPTOLOGIST

Michel Malinine

1900 - 1977

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5539 PAINTER

Vladimir Naïditch

1903 - 1980

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5566 ACTIVIST

Maria Fedecka

1904 - 1977

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5613 POET

Boris Zakovitch

1907 - 1995

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5652 PAINTER

Wilhelm Dodel (Maler)

1907 - 1944

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5679 SCULPTOR

Konstancija Petrikaitė-Tulienė

1906 - 1999

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5722 METALLURGIST

Anatoly Belyaev

1906 - 1967

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5730 ACTOR

Edgar Garrick

1906 - 1957

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5749 ARCHITECT

Max H. Berling

1905 - 1999

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5798 GEOLOGIST

Nicolas Menchikoff

1900 - 1992

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5799 ENGINEER

Andrew V. Haeff

1905 - 1990

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5818 PAINTER

Johannes Boris Gurewitsch

1909 - 1996

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5852 ECONOMIST

Vital Gawronski

1907 - 1989

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5908 PHYSIOLOGIST

Anatoly Zubkov

1900 - 1967

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5926 ANARCHIST

Eugénie Markon

1902 - 1931

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6001 PHOTOGRAPHER

Gueorgui Zimine

1900 - 1985

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6035 ARTIST

Marthe Rakine

1904 - 1996

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6036 CHEMIST

Wladimir Weniaminowitsch Koslow

1904 - 1975

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6100 DESIGNER

Elsa Fischer-Treyden

1901 - 1995

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6118 FILM

Paul Borofsky

1901 - 1965

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6183 OFFICER

Yegor Solyankin

1901 - 1941

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6224 PHYSICIST

Jenny Rosenthal Bramley

1909 - 1997

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6241 BALLET

Xenia Borovansky

1903 - 1985

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6298 CHESS

Georgi Wassiljewitsch Afanassjew

1909 - 1971

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6364 PHYSICIAN

Maksim Fridman

1903 - 1990

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6366 ARCHITECT

Otto Keppe

1903 - 1987

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6384 DANCER

Maria Oleneva

1905 - 1965

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6399 MEDICAL

Wiktor Iljitsch Prosorowski

1901 - 1986

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6442 PAINTER

Gerda Margaretha Jenssen

1904 - 1952

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6455 BOTANIST

Gleb Krotkov

1901 - 1968

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6468 ARCHITECT

Hans Klüppelberg

1904 - 1962

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6539 HISTORIAN

Anatoly Bokschanin

1903 - 1979

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6609 ENGINEER

Sergei Alexandrowitsch Bernstein

1901 - 1958

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