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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Boris Spassky
Born 1937
Viktor Korchnoi
1931 - 2016
Anish Giri
Born 1994
Peter Svidler
Born 1976
Alexander Khalifman
Born 1966
Larissa Volpert
1926 - 2017
Peter Romanovsky
1892 - 1964
Viacheslav Ragozin
1908 - 1962
Alex Yermolinsky
Born 1958
Alexander Ilyin-Genevsky
1894 - 1941
Alexander Tolush
1910 - 1969
Leonid Yudasin
Born 1959
Anatoly Lein
1931 - 2018
Irina Levitina
Born 1954
Nikita Vitiugov
Born 1987
Ilya Rabinovich
1891 - 1942
Maxim Rodshtein
Born 1989
Alexey Troitsky
1866 - 1942
Leonid Kubbel
1891 - 1942
Konstantin Sakaev
Born 1974
Aleksandr Lenderman
Born 1989
Vladimir Fedoseev
Born 1995
Elena Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya
1957 - 2012
Emanuel Schiffers
1850 - 1904
Vitaly Chekhover
1908 - 1965
Anatoly Lutikov
1933 - 1989
Maxim Matlakov
Born 1991
Boris Savchenko
Born 1986
Vladimir Epishin
Born 1965
Igor Ivanov (chess player)
1947 - 2005
Evgeniy Solozhenkin
Born 1966
Georgy Lisitsin
1909 - 1972
Alexander Kochyev
Born 1956
Leopold Mitrofanov
1932 - 1992
Danyyil Dvirnyy
Born 1990
Aleksandr Shimanov
Born 1992
Aleksandr Gouliaev
1908 - 1998
Kirill Alekseenko
Born 1997
Boris Maliutin
1883 - 1920
Arvid Kubbel
1889 - 1938
Nikolay Novotelnov
1911 - 2006
Aleksey Goganov
Born 1991
Auguste d'Orville
1804 - 1864
Ljuba Kristol
Born 1944
Olga Semenova Tyan-Shanskaya
1911 - 1970
Gennadi Jefimowitsch Nessis
Born 1947
Peter Petrovich Saburov
1880 - 1932
Leho Laurine
1904 - 1998
Waleri Sergejewitsch Popow (Schachspieler)
Born 1974
Wladimir Iwanowitsch Karassjow
Born 1938
Wassili Wladimirowitsch Jemelin
Born 1976
Alexander Halprin
1868 - 1921
Olga Ignatieva
1920 - 1999
Sergei Wladimirowitsch Iwanow (Schachspieler) –
Born 1961
Aleksandr Levin (chess player)
1871 - 1929
Nicolas Engalicev
1915 - 1981
Olga Podrazhanskaya
Born 1948
Aleksei Kulashko
Born 1972
Leon Tuhan-Baranowski
1907 - 1954
Ilja Zaragatski
Born 1985
Boris Andreevič Sacharov
1914 - 1973
Andrey Lukin
Born 1948
Itchak Radashkovich
Born 1947
Igor Zakharevich
1963 - 2008
Boris Blumin
1908 - 1998
Wladimir Nikolajewitsch Jurewitsch
1869 - 1907
Dmitry Barash
Born 1959
Wladimir Wassiljewitsch Schischkin
1938 - 1990
Solomon Gotthilf
1903 - 1967
Alexei Michailowitsch Junejew
Born 1957
Michail Wiktorowitsch Saizew
Born 1971
Vitold Vitoldovič Jakimčik
1909 - 1977
Igor Teplyi
Born 1986
Sergei Iwanowitsch Koroljow
1937 - 2007
Michail Borissowitsch Pukschanski
Born 1952
Michail Israiljewitsch Nepomnjaschtschi
Born 1949