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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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0005 CHESS

Savielly Tartakower

1887 - 1956

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0032 CHESS

Leonid Shamkovich

1923 - 2005

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0033 CHESS

Igor Bondarevsky

1913 - 1979

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0049 CHESS

Ivan Bukavshin

1995 - 2016

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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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0084 CHESS

Ivan Popov (chess player)

Born 1990

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0107 CHESS

Alexandre Herbstman

1900 - 1982

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0125 CHESS

Mark Stolberg

1922 - 1942

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0131 CHESS

Jewgeni Iwanowitsch Umnow

1913 - 1989

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0218 CHESS

Josefa Gurfinkel

1919 - 1997

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