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Lviv (ukr)

Ukraine

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Lviv ranks 128th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Minneapolis, Vilnius, and Reykjavík. Memorable people born in Lviv include Stefania Turkewich, Stanisław Lem, and Stanisław Leszczyński. Memorable people who died in Lviv include Stefan Banach, Ivan Franko, and Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki. Lviv has been the birth place of many politicians, and athletes and the death place of many writers, and politicians. Lviv is located in Ukraine.

Lviv is the largest city in western Ukraine, as well as the fifth-largest city in Ukraine, officially with a population of 723,403. It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is one of the main cultural centres of Ukraine. Lviv also hosts the administration of Lviv urban hromada. It was named after Leo I of Galicia, the eldest son of Daniel, King of Ruthenia. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1547 and 2004, Lviv was the birth place of 98 globally memorable people, including Stefania Turkewich, Stanisław Lem, and Stanisław Leszczyński. Additionaly, 32 globally memorable people have passed away in Lviv including Stefan Banach, Ivan Franko, and Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki.

People Born in Lviv

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Lviv were politicians (15), athletes (11), writers (8), mathematicians (7), and chess players (7),  while most who died were writers (6), politicians (5), religious figures (4), mathematicians (2), and musicians (2).

Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Lviv, including Wiesław Maniak, Alla Cherkasova, and Oleksandr Petriv. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Lviv, including Stanisław Leszczyński, Karl Radek, and Stanisław Żółkiewski.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Lviv since 1700.