Joseph Ruttenberg

male, deceased (1983)
Jewish American, Mrs. Miniver, naturalized citizen of the United States, The Great Waltz, Golden Globe Award, journalist…St. Petersburg, Russia, born in St. Petersburg, Russia
Joseph Ruttenberg (July 4, 1889 - May 1, 1983) was a photojournalist and Academy Award-winning cinematographer. Born into a Jewish family in St....

Baron Boris Fitinhof-Schell

male
composer, tsar nicholas ii, tchaikovsky, wedding march, cinderella, Moscow Conservatory…St. Petersburg, Russia
Baron Boris Alexandrovich Fitinhof-Schell (AKA Boris Schell) (born 1829 in St. Petersburg, Russia - died 1901 in St. Petersburg, Russia) was a...
Daniel Coit Gilman

Daniel Coit Gilman

male, deceased (1908)
President of Johns Hopkins University, Bonesman, Yale College, New Haven, state legislature, Yale University alumni…St. Petersburg, Russia
Daniel Coit Gilman was an American educator. Born in Norwich, Connecticut, Gilman graduated from Yale College in 1852 with a degree in geography....
Valentin Tomberg

Valentin Tomberg

male, deceased (1973)
Christian, World War II, Mystic, russian revolution of 1917, German, French…St. Petersburg, Russia
Valentin Tomberg (February 27, 1900 - February 24, 1973) was a Russian Christian mystic and hermetic magician. He was born in St. Petersburg,...

William Dawson

male, deceased (1972)
University of Minnesota, from Minnesota, Ambassador of the United States, ambassador, panama, ecuador…St. Petersburg, Russia
Wiliam Dawson (1885-1972) was a career United States diplomat. He was U.S. ambassador to multiple countries, including being the first ambassador...
George Ignatieff

George Ignatieff

male, deceased (1989)
Canadian ambassador to the United Nations, Imperial Russian immigrants to Canada, tsar, Trinity College (Canada) alumni, Russian Orthodox Christian, czar…From Saint Petersburg, St. Petersburg, Russia
George Ignatieff, CC, MA, DCL (December 16 1913 - August 10 1989) was a Canadian diplomat and was the recipient of the 1984 Pearson Medal of Peace...
Katarina Gerboldt

Katarina Gerboldt

female
St. Petersburg, Russia, Figure skater at the 2007 Winter Universiade, Russian, figure skater
Katarina Gerboldt (born March 28, 1989 in St. Petersburg, Russia) is a Russian figure skater.
Dora Gordine

Dora Gordine

female, deceased (1991)
sculptor, British, tate gallery, artist, St. Petersburg, Russia, Sian Phillips
Dora Gordine, was a noted Russian-British sculptress, born in St. Petersburg, Russia (she was never prepared to reveal her year of birth). She came...
Polina Barskova

Polina Barskova

female (Amherst, Massachusetts, United States)
St. Petersburg, Russia, poet, Russian, UC Berkeley, Literature, Hampshire College
Award-winning poet Polina Barskova was born on February 4, 1976, in St. Petersburg, Russia. The daughter of poet Yevgeny Rein, Barskova wrote her...
Tatiana Semenova

Tatiana Semenova

female, 89 years old
From Houston, World War II, United Service Organizations, Paris Opéra Ballet, Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, Houston Ballet…St. Petersburg, Russia
Tatiana Semenova (July 17, 1920 - September 24, 1996) was the founding director of the Houston Ballet Academy. Semenova was born in St. Petersburg,...