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 in Saint Petersburg

Grigori Perelman

Russian mathematician (born 1966).

Born June 13th, 1966 (age 59 years) in Saint Petersburg.

Nikolai Valuev

Russian politician and former heavyweight boxer.

Born August 21st, 1973 (age 52 years) in Saint Petersburg.

Andrey Arshavin

Russian association football player.

Born May 29th, 1981 (age 44 years) in Saint Petersburg.

Andriy Yarmolenko

Ukrainian association football player.

Born October 23rd, 1989 (age 36 years) in Saint Petersburg.

Georg Cantor

German mathematician, inventor of set theory (1845–1918).

Born March 3rd, 1845 in Saint Petersburg.

Died January 6th, 1918 at 72 years old in Halle (Saale) (myocardial infarction).

Anish Giri

Dutch chess player.

Born June 28th, 1994 (age 31 years) in Saint Petersburg.

Boris Spassky

Russian chess player (1937–2025).

Born January 30th, 1937 in Saint Petersburg.

Died February 27th, 2025 at 88 years old in Moscow. [ref]

Viktor Tsoi

Soviet rock musician (1962-1990).

Born June 21st, 1962 in Saint Petersburg.

Died August 15th, 1990 at 28 years old in Tukums District (traffic collision).

Anna Pavlova

Russian ballet dancer (1881–1931).

Born February 12th, 1882 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]

Died January 23rd, 1931 at 48 years old in The Hague (pancreatic cancer). [ref]

Nikolai Durov

Russian programmer and mathematician.

Born November 21st, 1980 (age 45 years) in Saint Petersburg.

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