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Gomel ranks 1,058th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Windsor Castle, Richmond, London, and Lorient. Memorable people born in Gomel include Andrei Gromyko, Marek Edelman, and Lev Schnirelmann. Gomel has been the birth place of many athletes, and politicians. Gomel is located in Belarus.

Gomel or Homyel is a city in south-eastern Belarus. It serves as the administrative centre of Gomel Region and Gomel District, though it is administratively separated from the district. As of 2025, it is the second-largest city in Belarus, with 501,193 inhabitants. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 0 and 2002, Gomel was the birth place of 21 globally memorable people, including Andrei Gromyko, Marek Edelman, and Lev Schnirelmann.

People Born in Gomel

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Gomel were athletes (7), politicians (4), swimmers (2), basketball players (2), and mathematicians (1),  while most who died were .

Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Gomel, including Iryna Yatchenko, Yauheni Tsikhantsou, and Vito Arujau. Whereas, throughout history, athletes have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Gomel, including Iryna Yatchenko, Yauheni Tsikhantsou, and Vito Arujau.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 3 globally memorable people born in Gomel since 1700.