Kharkiv
Kharkiv ranks 188th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Adelaide, Karlsruhe, and Medina. Memorable people born in Kharkiv include Vladimir Tatlin, Boris Savinkov, and Ida Rubinstein. Memorable people who died in Kharkiv include Princess Cecilie of Baden, Borys Romanchenko, and Walther von Hünersdorff. Kharkiv has been the birth place of many athletes, and politicians and the death place of many writers, and noblemen. Kharkiv is located in Ukraine.
Kharkiv, also known as Kharkov, is the second-largest city in Ukraine. Located in the northeast of the country, it is the largest city of the historic region of Sloboda Ukraine. Kharkiv is the administrative centre of Kharkiv Oblast and Kharkiv Raion. Prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine in early 2022, it had an estimated population of 1,421,125. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 0 and 2002, Kharkiv was the birth place of 79 globally memorable people, including Vladimir Tatlin, Boris Savinkov, and Ida Rubinstein. Additionaly, 13 globally memorable people have passed away in Kharkiv including Princess Cecilie of Baden, Borys Romanchenko, and Walther von Hünersdorff.
People Born in Kharkiv
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Vladimir Tatlin
ARCHITECT
1885 - 1953
HPI: 72.24
Rank: 47
Boris Savinkov
EXTREMIST
1879 - 1925
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 66
Ida Rubinstein
ACTOR
1883 - 1960
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 43
Tamara Press
ATHLETE
1937 - 2021
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 42
Nikolai Tikhonov
POLITICIAN
1905 - 1997
HPI: 65.60
Rank: 48
Pavel Batitsky
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1910 - 1984
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 53
Lyudmila Gurchenko
ACTOR
1935 - 2011
HPI: 64.21
Rank: 54
Otto Struve
ASTRONOMER
1897 - 1963
HPI: 64.04
Rank: 65
Alexander Siloti
MUSICIAN
1863 - 1945
HPI: 63.78
Rank: 49
Mikhail Artsybashev
WRITER
1878 - 1927
HPI: 63.40
Rank: 56
Cassandre
PAINTER
1901 - 1968
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 63
Vladimir Drinfeld
MATHEMATICIAN
1954 - Present
HPI: 62.91
Rank: 30
People Deceased in Kharkiv
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Princess Cecilie of Baden
NOBLEMAN
1839 - 1891
HPI: 65.96
Rank: 5
Borys Romanchenko
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1926 - 2022
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 7
Walther von Hünersdorff
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1898 - 1943
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 10
Klim Churyumov
ASTRONOMER
1937 - 2016
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 2
Marin Drinov
HISTORIAN
1838 - 1906
HPI: 59.30
Rank: 4
Hryhorii Kvitka-Osnovianenko
WRITER
1778 - Present
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 1
Evsei Liberman
ECONOMIST
1897 - 1981
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 3
Nikolai Turczaninow
BIOLOGIST
1796 - 1863
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 6
Alexander Potebnja
LINGUIST
1835 - 1891
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 8
Mykola Khvylovy
WRITER
1893 - 1933
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 13
Yuriy Poyarkov
VOLLEYBALL PLAYER
1937 - 2017
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 11
Vladimir Bogoraz
ANTHROPOLOGIST
1865 - 1936
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 9
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Kharkiv were athletes (22), politicians (8), soccer players (6), film directors (4), and writers (3), while most who died were writers (2), noblemen (1), social activists (1), military personnels (1), and astronomers (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Kharkiv, including Tamara Press, Irina Press, and Ihor Rybak. Whereas, throughout history, athletes have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Kharkiv, including Tamara Press, Irina Press, and Ihor Rybak.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Kharkiv since 1700.
