59.9500° N, 30.3167° E
SAINT PETERSBURG
Most Famous People Born in Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Notable people
- 3,997
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1915
- Most distinctive
- Ballet 25.5×
The imperial capital that became a cultural one. Saint Petersburg's notables tilt heavily toward the arts the Romanovs paid for — ballet, composition, chess, painting, choreography — and the city is the dataset's single densest source of figure skaters and ballet dancers. Founded in 1703, it has no medieval tail at all; almost everything here happens between Pushkin and Putin.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Saint Petersburg during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Saint Petersburg Is Known For
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Football is Saint Petersburg's biggest profession — 8% of all notables (326).
Saint Petersburg over-indexes on ballet — 25.5× the global rate.
Saint Petersburg under-produces politician — only 0.3× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Saint Petersburg's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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- Filtered to 2000s Clear ×
Serafima Sakhanovich
Born 2000
Elena Eremina
Born 2001
Ilya Skrobotov
Born 2000
Stanislava Konstantinova
Born 2000
Alexei Krasnozhon
Born 2000
Elizaveta Nugumanova
Born 2002
Amina Atakhanova
Born 2002
Aleksandra Boikova
Born 2002
Anastasia Mishina
Born 2001
Makar Ignatov
Born 2000
Alisa Sadikova
Born 2003
Maria Sergeeva (gymnast)
Born 2001
Polina Kostiukovich
Born 2003
Artem Petrov
Born 2000
Petr Gumennik
Born 2002
Valerii Kolesov
Born 2001
Andrei Mozalev
Born 2003
Yuriy Busse
Born 2001
Maria Khoreva
Born 2000
Anna Alexandrowna Schpynjowa
Born 2002
Andrey Minakov
Born 2002
Ivan Tarasov (footballer, born 2000)
Born 2000
Vladislav Molchan
Born 2000
Dmitri Sergeyevich Sergeyev
Born 2000