List of Famous people born in Saint Petersburg, Russia

Eugene Botkin

First Name Eugene
Born on May 27, 1865
Died on July 17, 1918 (aged 53)

Yevgeny Sergeyevich Botkin, commonly known as Eugene Botkin, was the court physician for Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra. While in exile with the family after the February Revolution in 1917, he sometimes treated the Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich of Russia for haemophilia-related complications.

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Princess Irina Felixovna Yusupova, 9th Princess Yusupov

First Name Princess
Last Name Yusupov
Born on March 21, 1915
Died on April 30, 1983 (aged 68)

Princess Irina Felixovna Yusupova, nicknamed "Bébé", was born in Petrograd, Russian Empire, the only child of Prince Felix Yusupov and Princess Irina of Russia.

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Vladimir Kappel

First Name Vladimir
Last Name Kappel
Died on January 26, 1920

Vladimir Oskarovich Kappel was a White Russian military leader.

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Catherine Pavlovna of Russia

First Name Catherine
Last Name Russia
Died on January 9, 1819

Grand Duchess Catherine Pavlovna of Russia later Queen Catharina Pavlovna of Württemberg, was the fourth daughter of Tsar Paul I of Russia and Duchess Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg. She became the Queen of Württemberg upon her marriage to her first cousin Crown Prince William who eventually became King William I of Württemberg in 1816.

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Novella Matveyeva

Novella Nikolayevna Matveyev
First Name Novella
Born on October 7, 1934
Died on September 4, 2016 (aged 81)

Novella Nikolayevna Matveyeva was a Russian bard, poet, writer, screenwriter, dramatist, and literary scientist.

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Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia

First Name Princess
Last Name Russia
Born on July 3, 1895
Died on February 26, 1970 (aged 74)

Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia was the only daughter and eldest child of Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia and Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia. She was also the only niece of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, and the wife of the wealthiest man in Imperial Russia, Prince Felix Felixovich Yusupov, one of the men who murdered Grigori Rasputin, "holy healer" to her cousin, the hemophiliac Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich of Russia, in 1916.

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Vladimir Kazachyonok

First Name Vladimir
Last Name Kazachyonok
Born on September 6, 1952
Died on March 26, 2017 (aged 64)

Vladimir Aleksandrovich Kazachyonok was a Soviet football player and Russian coach. He was the academy director with FC Zenit Saint Petersburg until his death in 2017.

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Svetlana Sorokina

First Name Svetlana
Born on January 15, 1957 (age 69)

Svetlana Innokentyevna Sorokina is a Russian journalist, member of the Russian Television Academy, a former member of the Human Rights Council under the President of the Russian Federation (2009-2011), teacher National Research University – Higher School of Economics.

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Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia

First Name Grand
Last Name Russia
Born on June 14, 1899
Died on July 17, 1918 (aged 19)

Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia was the third daughter of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna. Her murder following the Russian Revolution of 1917 resulted in her canonization as a passion bearer by the Russian Orthodox Church.

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Grand Duke George Alexandrovich of Russia

First Name Grand
Last Name Russia
Died on June 28, 1899

Grand Duke George Alexandrovich of Russia was the third son of Emperor Alexander III and Empress Maria of Russia. At times he was referred to by his relatives as "weeping willow" and was a much beloved member of the imperial family.

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