Andrey Voronikhin

Andrey (Andrei) Nikiforovich Voronikhin was a Russian architect and painter. As a representative of classicism he was also one of the founders of the monumental Russian Empire style. Born a serf of the Stroganov family, he is best known for his work on Kazan Cathedral in Saint Petersburg.

17 October 1759

Born on the same birth day (17 October): Balthasar Charles, Prince of Asturias • Cameron Mackintosh • Carlos González (baseball) • Henri de Saint-Simon • Hippolyte Aucouturier • Mário Wilson • Pablo de Rokha • Paul Haenlein • Paxton Whitehead • Pope John Paul I • Sam Concepcion • Zully Moreno

Born in the same month (October 1759): Chauncey Goodrich • Georges Danton • Louis François Antoine Arbogast • Maria Feodorovna (Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg) • William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville