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Donetsk (ukr)

Ukraine

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Donetsk ranks 452nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind London, Ontario, El Paso, Texas, and Portsmouth. Memorable people born in Donetsk include Anatoliy Solovianenko, Anatoly Fomenko, and Natan Sharansky. Memorable people who died in Donetsk include Alexander Zakharchenko, Viktor Zvyahintsev, and Maicon Pereira de Oliveira. Donetsk has been the birth place of many soccer players, and athletes and the death place of many soccer players, and military personnels. Donetsk is located in Ukraine.

Donetsk, formerly known as Aleksandrovka, Yuzivka, Stalin, and Stalino, is an industrial city in eastern Ukraine located on the Kalmius River in Donetsk Oblast, which is currently occupied by Russia as the capital of the Donetsk People's Republic. The population was estimated at 901,645 in the city core, with over 2 million in the metropolitan area (2011). According to the 2001 census, Donetsk was the fifth-largest city in Ukraine. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 0 and 2002, Donetsk was the birth place of 40 globally memorable people, including Anatoliy Solovianenko, Anatoly Fomenko, and Natan Sharansky. Additionaly, 5 globally memorable people have passed away in Donetsk including Alexander Zakharchenko, Viktor Zvyahintsev, and Maicon Pereira de Oliveira.

People Born in Donetsk

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Donetsk were soccer players (8), athletes (7), politicians (6), swimmers (5), and writers (2),  while most who died were soccer players (2), military personnels (2), and politicians (1).

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Donetsk, including Vitaliy Parakhnevych, Viktor Chanov, and Viktor Zvyahintsev. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Donetsk, including Vitaliy Parakhnevych, Viktor Chanov, and Viktor Zvyahintsev.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 7 globally memorable people born in Donetsk since 1700.