SPbU Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni of SPbU

• Dmitri Mendeleev (1855) - Chemist, creator of the periodic table.
• Vladimir Nabokov (1922) - Renowned author, known for 'Lolita'.
• Andrei Sakharov (1942) - Physicist, Nobel Peace Prize laureate for his efforts to reduce nuclear tensions.
• Sergei Witte (1870) - Statesman, first Prime Minister of Russia.
• Anna Pavlova (1899) - Legendary ballerina, founder of the St. Petersburg State University ballet school.
• Igor Ansoff (1937) - Father of Strategic Management.
• Joseph Brodsky (1960) - Poet, Nobel Prize in Literature.
• Grigori Perelman (1990) - Mathematician, solved the Poincaré conjecture.