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.

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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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0016 CHESS

Alexander Alekhine

1892 - 1946

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0060 CHESS

Vasily Smyslov

1921 - 2010

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Vera Menchik

1906 - 1944

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Alexander Morozevich

Born 1977

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Artur Yusupov (chess player)

Born 1960

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Alexander Grischuk

Born 1983

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Andor Lilienthal

1911 - 2010

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Alla Kushnir

1941 - 2013

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Mark Dvoretsky

1947 - 2016

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Olga Rubtsova

1909 - 1994

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0749 CHESS

Maxim Dlugy

Born 1966

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0838 CHESS

Daniil Dubov

Born 1996

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0877 CHESS

Yuri Razuvaev

1945 - 2012

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0920 CHESS

Michał Krasenkow

Born 1963

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0933 CHESS

Yakov Estrin

1923 - 1987

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1101 CHESS

Nikolai Grigoriev

1895 - 1938

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1108 CHESS

Igor Glek

Born 1961

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1129 CHESS

Vladislav Tkachiev

Born 1973

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1156 CHESS

Evgeni Vasiukov

1933 - 2018

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1195 CHESS

Vladimir Simagin

1919 - 1968

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1211 CHESS

Vadim Zvjaginsev

Born 1976

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1247 CHESS

Evgeniy Najer

Born 1977

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1259 CHESS

Valery Chekhov

Born 1955

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1374 CHESS

Alexander Riazantsev

Born 1985

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1382 CHESS

Alexander Roshal

1936 - 2007

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1393 CHESS

Vladimir Antoshin

1929 - 1994

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1485 CHESS

Fedor Duz-Khotimirsky

1881 - 1965

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1488 CHESS

Sergei Makarichev

Born 1953

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1516 CHESS

Gadir Guseinov

Born 1986

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1557 CHESS

Vladimir Chuchelov

Born 1969

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1612 CHESS

Alina Kashlinskaya

Born 1993

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1662 CHESS

Vladimir Liberzon

1937 - 1996

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1664 CHESS

Anna Akhsharumova

Born 1957

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1684 CHESS

Nikolai Riumin

1908 - 1942

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1710 CHESS

Sergey Urusov (chess player)

1827 - 1897

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1740 CHESS

Victor Kahn

1889 - 1971

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1754 CHESS

Vladimir Nenarokov

1880 - 1953

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1783 CHESS

Urii Eliseev

1996 - 2016

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1787 CHESS

Boris Grachev

Born 1986

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1790 CHESS

Tatjana Lematschko

1948 - 2020

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1807 CHESS

Alexey Vyzmanavin

1960 - 2000

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1971 CHESS

Yakov Neishtadt

Born 1923

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1982 CHESS

Jacob Murey

Born 1941

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1992 CHESS

Mikhail Antipov

Born 1997

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2055 CHESS

Anastasia Savina

Born 1992

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2081 CHESS

Mikhail Kobalia

Born 1978

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2191 CHESS

Elena Fatalibekova

Born 1947

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2434 CHESS

Alexander Donchenko

Born 1998

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2441 CHESS

Dmitry Gurevich

Born 1956

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2462 CHESS

Iakov Vladimirov

Born 1935

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2743 CHESS

Ilir Seitaj

Born 1957

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2751 CHESS

Leonid Kritz

Born 1984

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2845 CHESS

Vitaly Kunin

Born 1983

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2953 CHESS

Gordey Kolesov

Born 2008

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3006 CHESS

Alexey Sarana

Born 2000

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3018 CHESS

Vasily Papin

Born 1988

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3101 CHESS

David Paravyan

Born 1998

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3231 CHESS

Olga Menchik

1908 - 1944

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Pawel Jewsejewitsch Kondratjew

1924 - 1984

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3320 CHESS

Karen Grigorian

1947 - 1989

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3332 CHESS

Aleksei Fyodorovich Goncharov

1879 - 1913

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3371 CHESS

Sergei Leonidowitsch Kalinitschew

Born 1956

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3389 CHESS

Aleksandr Dronov

Born 1946

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3471 CHESS

Dmitry Gordievsky

Born 1996

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3532 CHESS

Boris Rõtov

1937 - 1987

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3605 CHESS

Liudmila Belavenets

Born 1940

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3708 CHESS

Andrei Deviatkin

Born 1980

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3711 CHESS

Irina Zakurdjaeva

Born 1982

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3730 CHESS

Valerij Zhuravliov

Born 1938

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3817 CHESS

Handszar Odeev

Born 1972

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3897 CHESS

Boris Kreiman

Born 1976

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3924 CHESS

Nikolai Zubarev

1894 - 1951

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4020 CHESS

Natalia Khoudgarian

Born 1975

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4027 CHESS

Narek Seferjan

Born 1974

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4049 CHESS

Andrei Jakowlewitsch Lobussow

1951 - 2010

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4096 CHESS

Michail Barulin

1897 - 1943

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4136 CHESS

Daria Voit

Born 1994

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4193 CHESS

Alexey Korotylev

Born 1977

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4252 CHESS

Igor' Gennad'evič Naumkin

Born 1965

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4431 CHESS

Aleksandr Zločevskij

Born 1963

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4601 CHESS

Oleg Moïsseïev

1925 - 2002

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4666 CHESS

Ilja Brener

Born 1989

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4843 CHESS

Stanislav Kriventsov

Born 1973

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4866 CHESS

Leonid Gerzhoy

Born 1987

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5082 CHESS

Georgy Evseev

Born 1962

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5130 CHESS

Anatoli Abramowitsch Krutjanski

1927 - 1994

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5137 CHESS

Nikolai Iwanowitsch Kralin

Born 1944

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5286 CHESS

Ilja Schneider

Born 1984

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5332 CHESS

Irina Perevertkina

Born 1967

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5350 CHESS

Jewgeni Nikolajewitsch Somow

1910 - 1944

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5467 CHESS

Wladimir Naef

1919 - 2006

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5778 CHESS

Sergej Salov

Born 1940

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5839 CHESS

Nikita Michailowitsch Plaksin

Born 1931

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5940 CHESS

Maksim Notkin

Born 1963

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5970 CHESS

Alexander Petrowitsch Kusnezow

1913 - 1982

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5980 CHESS

Boris Margolin

Born 1971

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6023 CHESS

Aleksandr Mazia

Born 1945

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6088 CHESS

Evgenij Vorob'ëv

Born 1976

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6298 CHESS

Georgi Wassiljewitsch Afanassjew

1909 - 1971

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6315 CHESS

Maksim Vavulin

Born 1998

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