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ROSTOV-NA-DONU

Most Famous People Born in Rostov-na-Donu, Russia

Notable people
319
Peak decade
1980s
Median birth year
1963
Most distinctive
Chess 17.0×
Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Rostov-na-Donu during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1980s with 52 notable births.

What Rostov-na-Donu Is Known For

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Football is Rostov-na-Donu's biggest profession — 24% of all notables (76).

Rostov-na-Donu over-indexes on chess — 17.0× the global rate.

Rostov-na-Donu under-produces actor — only 0.7× the global rate.

  1. Football76
  2. Painter13
  3. Sport13
  4. Athletic12
  5. Chess11
  6. Actor11
  7. Composer10
  8. Rower8
  1. Chess1117.0×
  2. Gymnast712.8×
  3. Rower86.8×
  4. Handball66.0×
  5. Physicist53.8×
  6. Mathematician63.8×
  7. Athletic123.4×
  8. Swimmer53.2×
  1. Actor110.7×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Rostov-na-Donu's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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0002 CONDUCTOR

Yuri Bashmet

Born 1953

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0017 SINGER

Irina Allegrova

Born 1952

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0038 ACTOR

Yevgeniya Glushenko

Born 1952

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0077 GYMNAST

Svetlana Grozdova

Born 1959

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0096 HISTORIAN

Igor Danilevsky

Born 1953

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0151 POLITICIAN

Aleksandr Ivanov-Sukharevsky

Born 1950

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0167 ROWER

Evgeni Barbakov

Born 1954

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0181 FOOTBALL

Viktor Kolyadko

Born 1957

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0196 FOOTBALL

Pavel Gusev (footballer, born 1953)

Born 1953

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0200 KILLER

Zaven Almazyan

1950 - 1973

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0221 CANOE

Lyubov Orechova

Born 1959

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0224 SPORT

Vladimir Malakhov (cyclisme)

Born 1957

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0318 ATHLETIC

Eduard Perewersew

Born 1953

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