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YEKATERINBURG

Most Famous People Born in Yekaterinburg, Russia

Notable people
398
Peak decade
1980s
Median birth year
1974
Most distinctive
Skater 33.4×
Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Yekaterinburg during each.

Notable Births by Decade

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What Yekaterinburg Is Known For

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Hockey is Yekaterinburg's biggest profession — 14% of all notables (54).

Yekaterinburg over-indexes on skater — 33.4× the global rate.

Yekaterinburg under-produces politician — only 0.2× the global rate.

  1. Hockey54
  2. Football42
  3. Skater32
  4. Player32
  5. Sport16
  6. Actor13
  7. Athletic13
  8. Politician9
  1. Skater3233.4×
  2. Gymnast913.2×
  3. Hockey5411.4×
  4. Chess78.7×
  5. Skier76.9×
  6. Athlete54.4×
  7. Player324.1×
  8. Swimmer73.6×
  1. Politician90.2×
  2. Actor130.6×

Profession Mix Over Time

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

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Showing 13 of 398 notable people

0003 SCULPTOR

Ernst Neizvestny

1925 - 2016

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0048 MATHEMATICIAN

Nikolay Krasovsky

1924 - 2012

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0084 SOCIOLOGIST

Yuri Semenov

Born 1929

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0097 POLITICIAN

Galina Brezhneva

1929 - 1998

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0103 LEXICOGRAPHER

Aleksandr Matveyev (linguist)

1926 - 2010

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0139 COMPOSER

Lyudmila Lyadova

Born 1925

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0165 CHEMIST

Nikolay Vatolin

1926 - 2018

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0184 ACTOR

Vladimir Gouliaev

1924 - 1997

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0208 BOXER

Aleksandr Zasukhin

1928 - 2012

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0238 SKATER

Yuri Sergeev

Born 1925

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0285 HOCKEY

Alexander Petrowitsch Tscherepanow

1929 - 1989

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0313 BASKET

Lev Rechetnikov

1927 - 1994

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0359 PAINTER

Boris Kondrashin

1923 - 1994

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