Born in Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg
Federal city in and former capital of Russia
Saint Petersburg as a birthplace has produced a number of famous personalities of various fields (e.g. President of Russia from 2008 to 2012, German mathematician, inventor of set theory (1845–1918), Russian rapper): Dmitry Medvedev, Georg Cantor, Oxxxymiron and some more.
Celebrities from Saint PetersburgCelebrities from Saint Petersburg
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72 Georg Cantor
German mathematician, inventor of set theory (1845–1918)
*February 19th, 1845 †January 6th, 1918, Halle (Saale)
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77 Ayn Rand
Russian-born American writer and public philosopher (1905–1982)
*February 2nd, 1905 †March 6th, 1982, Manhattan
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47 Alexander I of Russia
Tsar of the Russian Empire from 1801 to 1825
*December 12th, 1777 †November 19th, 1825, Taganrog
.jpg "Grigori Perelman")
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Vladimir Nabokov
Russian-American novelist, lepidopterist, professor (1899–1977)
*April 10th, 1899 †July 2nd, 1977, Montreux
62 Yevgeny Prigozhin
Russian mercenary leader, oligarch, restaurateur, former owner of Wagner PVC (1961–2023)
*June 1st, 1961 †August 23rd, 2023, Kuzhenkino
92 Wassily Leontief
Russian economist (1906-1999)
*August 5th, 1906 †February 5th, 1999, New York City.jpg "Konstantin Khabensky")
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Dmitri Shostakovich
Soviet composer and pianist (1906-1975)
*September 12th, 1906 †August 9th, 1975, Moscow
86 Galina Vishnevskaya
Russian soprano opera singer and recitalist
*October 25th, 1926 †December 11th, 2012, Moscow
75 Lou Andreas-Salomé
German-Russian Psychoanalyst and author
*February 12th, 1861 †February 5th, 1937, Göttingen
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Alexander Borodin
Russian composer, doctor and chemist
*October 31st, 1833 †February 15th, 1887, Saint Petersburg
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79 George Balanchine
American choreographer, dancer and ballet master (1904–1983)
*January 22nd, 1904 †April 30th, 1983, New York City
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75 Vladimir Propp
Russian folklorist, philologist and linguist
*April 29th, 1895 †August 22nd, 1970, Saint Petersburg
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72 Sacha Guitry
French playwright and filmmaker (1885-1957)
*February 21st, 1885 †July 24th, 1957, Paris
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Paul I of Russia
Emperor of Russia (r. 1796–1801)
*September 20th, 1754 †March 11th, 1801, Saint Petersburg
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Elisabeth Järnefelt
Finnish mother of Finnish art and culture
*January 11th, 1839 †February 3rd, 1929, Helsinki
64 Michael Chekhov
Russian actor and director (1891-1955)
*August 17th, 1891 †September 30th, 1955, Beverly Hills_(cropped).jpg "Ivan Urgant")
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Viktor Tsoi
Soviet rock musician (1962-1990)
*June 21st, 1962 †August 15th, 1990, Tukums District
74 Leonid Kantorovich
Russian mathematician (1912-1986)
*January 19th, 1912 †April 7th, 1986, Moscow 81
Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky
Ukrainian and Soviet mineralogist and geochemist, one of the founders of geochemistry, biogeochemistry, and of radiogeology
*February 28th, 1863 †January 6th, 1945, Moscow
36 Daniil Kharms
Russian writer (1905-1942)
*December 17th, 1905 †February 2nd, 1942, Saint Petersburg.jpg "Ivan VI of Russia")
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Nicholas Roerich
Russian painter, writer, archaeologist and philosopher (1874–1947)
*September 27th, 1874 †December 13th, 1947, Naggar, Himachal Pradesh
.jpg "Lila Kedrova")
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Nadezhda Krupskaya
Russian revolutionary and politician (1869-1939)
*February 26th, 1869 †February 27th, 1939, Moscow
.jpg "Svetlana Pospelova")
.JPG "Olga Zavyalova")
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61 Margarita Louis-Dreyfus
Swiss businessperson of Russian origin, heiress, billionaire
*June 1st, 1962Birthdays of famous people
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