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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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0042 WRESTLER

Varteres Samurgashev

Born 1979

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0043 SKATING

Maxim Staviski

Born 1977

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0052 FENCER

Svetlana Boiko

Born 1972

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0055 ATHLETE

Andrey Moiseyev

Born 1979

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0057 FOOTBALL

Andrei Fedkov

Born 1971

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0066 SPRINT

Svetlana Goncharenko

Born 1971

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0068 CHESS

Ekaterina Kovalevskaya

Born 1974

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0074 CHESS

Aleksandr Galkin (chess player)

Born 1979

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0075 FILM

Angelina Nikonova

Born 1976

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0082 SWIMMER

Vladimir Pyshnenko

Born 1970

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0085 SKATER

Sergei Davydov (figure skater)

Born 1979

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0086 BALLET

Nina Kaptsova

Born 1978

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0099 ROWER

Nikolay Spinyov

Born 1974

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0106 FOOTBALL

Oleh Matveyev

Born 1970

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0117 HANDBALL

Oksana Romenskaya

Born 1976

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0119 CANOE

Aleksandr Kostoglod

Born 1974

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0121 SPORT

Eduard Gritsun

Born 1976

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0149 HANDBALL

Hanna Burmystrova

Born 1977

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0153 SPORT

Natalya Karimova

Born 1974

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0155 SWIMMER

Igor Marchenko (swimmer)

Born 1975

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0158 HANDBALL

Larisa Kiselyova

Born 1970

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0177 SPORT

Vitaly Fokeev

Born 1974

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0189 FENCER

Yekaterina Yusheva

Born 1973

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0204 HISTORIAN

Sergey Markedonov

Born 1972

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0209 SPORT

Sergey Kudentsov

Born 1978

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0213 JOURNALIST

Katerina Gordeeva

Born 1977

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0223 FOOTBALL

Vitali Tasenko

Born 1975

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0233 CONDUCTOR

Serge Polyanichko

Born 1974

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0234 FOOTBALL

Anatoli Morozov

Born 1973

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0251 FOOTBALL

Yuri Borovskoy

Born 1971

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0252 FOOTBALL

Aleksandr Plotnikov

Born 1979

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0262 FOOTBALL

Oleg Vernigorov

Born 1972

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0263 SPORT

Yelena Dudnik

Born 1978

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0264 FOOTBALL

Andrei Redkin

Born 1972

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0266 FOOTBALL

Ernest Sarukhanyants

Born 1971

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0282 SPORT

Konstantin Tsuranov

Born 1972

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0288 FOOTBALL

Dmitry Govorukhin

Born 1978

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0290 FOOTBALL

Vladimir Kazmenko

Born 1975

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0299 SPORT

Anton Gourianov

Born 1979

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0300 SPORT

Roman Razbeyko

Born 1973

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0302 FOOTBALL

Yuri Rodzin

Born 1978

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0306 JAZZ

Christina Krit

Born 1976

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