List of people from Yekaterinburg

This is a list of notable people who were born or have lived in Yekaterinburg (1924–1991: Sverdlovsk), Russia.

Juvenaly of Alaska
(1761–1796)

Fyodor Reshetnikov
(1841–1871)

Grigori Aleksandrov
(1903–1983)

Galina Brezhneva
(1929–1998)

Nina Ponomaryova
(born 1929)

Alexander Maslyakov
(born 1941)

Vladimir Ilyin
(born 1947)

Alexander Misharin
(born 1959)

Aleksandr Podshivalov
(born 1964)

Anton Bakov
(born 1965)

Vladimir Malakhov
(born 1968)

Vladimir Presnyakov Jr.
(born 1968)

Oleg Bogayev
(born 1970)

Lena Herzog
(born 1970)

Alexander Popov
(born 1971)

Natasha Stefanenko
(born 1971)

Alina Bronsky
(born 1978)

Pavel Datsyuk
(born 1978)

Sergey Kofanov
(born 1978)

Yuta
(born 1979)

Yekaterina Smolentseva
(born 1981)

Nikolay Pankratov
(born 1982)

Elena Melnik
(born 1986)

Vera Sessina
(born 1986)

Alena Kaufman
(born 1987)

Yuliya Pidluzhnaya
(born 1988)

Irina Antonenko
(born 1991)

Valeria Savinykh
(born 1991)

Yulia Lipnitskaya
(born 1998)

Daria Ustinova
(born 1998)

Born in Yekaterinburg

18th and 19th century

1701–1900

• Ivan Polzunov (1728–1766), Russian inventor. He created the first steam engine in Russia and the first two-cylinder engine in the world.
• Juvenaly of Alaska (1761–1796), Protomartyr of America, was a hieromartyr and member of the first group of Orthodox missionaries who came from the monastery of Valaam to evangelize the native inhabitants of Alaska
• Fyodor Reshetnikov (1841–1871), Russian author
• Peter Ermakov (1884–1952), Russian Bolshevik, notable as having been among those responsible for the execution of the deposed Tsar Nicholas II, his wife, their children, and their retinue
• Pyotr Tayozhny (1887–1952), Russian sculptor
• Julian Shchutsky (1897–1938), Russian sinologist

20th century

1901–1930

• Grigori Aleksandrov (1903–1983), Soviet film director
• Tatyana Grosman (1904–1982), Russian American printmaker and publisher
• Igor Oberberg (1907–1996), Russian-born German cinematographer
• Tatiana Tolmacheva (1907–1998), Soviet figure skater, figure skating coach and one of the founders of Soviet figure skating school
• Lev Weinstein (1916–2004), Soviet world champion and Olympic bronze medalist in shooting
• Nikolay Krasovsky (1924–2012), Russian mathematician
• Lyudmila Lyadova (born 1925), Russian composer
• Ernst Neizvestny (born 1925), Russian-American sculptor, painter, graphic artist and art philosopher
• Rimma Zhukova (1925–1999), Soviet speed skater
• Aleksandr Matveyev (1926–2010), Russian linguist
• Aleksandr Zasukhin (born 1928), Soviet boxer
• Galina Brezhneva (1929–1998), daughter of Soviet politician and longtime General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev
• Nina Ponomaryova (born 1929), Russian discus thrower and the first Soviet Olympic champion
• Yuri Semenov (born 1929), Soviet and Russian historian, philosopher, anthropologist

1931–1940

• Alexander Avdonin (born 1932), Russian mineralogist, archeologist
• Roman Tkachuk (1932–1994), Soviet theatre and film actor
• Erik Bulatov (born 1933), Russian artist
• Valeri Urin (born 1934), Soviet football player
• Edouard Pliner (born 1936), Soviet and Russian figure skating coach
• Aleksandr Demyanenko (1937–1999), Russian film and theater actor
• Albert Filozov (1937–2016), Soviet and Russian actor
• Aleksei Zasukhin (1937–1996), Soviet boxer
• Old Man Bukashkin (1938–2005), Russian artist and poet
• Oleg Dementiev (1938–1991), Russian chess master who won the Russian Chess Championship in 1971
• Viktor Dolnik (1938–2013), Russian ornithologist
• Alexander Dolsky (born 1938), Soviet and Russian poet, writer, artist and most famously known for being a bard
• Igor Bakalov (1939–1992), Soviet sports shooter
• Igor Ksenofontov (1939–1999), Soviet and Russian figure skating coach, founder of the Yekaterinburg figure skating school, president of the Sverdlovsk Figure Skating Federation
• Dmitri Z. Garbuzov (1940–2006), Russian-American physicist; one of the pioneers and inventors of room temperature continuous-wave-operating diode lasers and high-power diode lasers
• Alexei Khvostenko (1940–2004), Russian avant-garde poet, singer-songwriter, artist and sculptor

1941–1950

• Viktor Anichkin (1941–1975), Russian footballer
• Vladimir Mulyavin (1941–2003), Soviet and Belarusian rock musician and the founder of the folk-rock band Pesniary
• Alexander Maslyakov (born 1941), prominent Soviet and Russian television game show host
• Vladimir Grammatikov (born 1942), Russian and Soviet actor theater and film, director, screenwriter and producer
• Samuil Lurie (1942–2015), Russian writer and literary historian
• Lyudmila Bragina (born 1943), Russian middle distance runner
• Semyon Altov (born 1945), Jewish Russian and Soviet comedy writer
• Vitaly Naumkin (born 1945), Russian Professor, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
• Vladimir Gostyukhin (born 1946), Soviet, Russian and Belarusian film and stage actor
• Nukhim Rashkovsky (born 1946), Russian chess Grandmaster and coach
• Sergey Cheskidov (born 1947), Soviet and Russian sports commentator, broadcaster
• Vladimir Ilyin (born 1947), Soviet and Russian actor
• Vladimir Makeranets (born 1947), Soviet and Russian director of photography, producer and film director
• Boris Belkin (born 1948), Russian violin virtuoso
• Georgy Shishkin (born 1948), Russian painter
• Alfia Nazmutdinova (born 1949), Soviet rhythmic gymnast
• Oleg Platonov (born 1950), Russian writer, historian and economist

1951–1960

• Galina Belyayeva (born 1951), Russian-born Kazakh sport shooter
• Stanislav Yeryomin (born 1951), Soviet basketball player
• Nadezhda Kozhushanaya (1952–1997), Soviet and Russian screenwriter and writer
• Ludmila Saunina (born 1952), Russian chess player and a woman grandmaster
• Olga Barysheva (born 1954), Russian former basketball player
• Yuri Loza (born 1954), Russian singer, poet, and composer
• Boris Golovin (born 1955), Russian singer-songwriter, musician, poet and novelist
• Eugene Plotkin (born 1955), Russian-born Israeli mathematician
• Viktor Shishkin (born 1955), Soviet football player and Russian football coach
• Tatiana Ferdman (born 1957), Soviet female table tennis player
• Olga Slavnikova (born 1957), Russian novelist and literary critic
• Stanislav Leonovich (born 1958), Soviet pair skater
• Mariya Litovskaya (born 1958), Soviet and Russian philologist, literary critic, Professor of the Ural Federal University
• Alexander Malinin (born 1958), Russian singer
• Nikolai Narimanov (born 1958), Soviet ice hockey player
• Aleksei Balabanov (1959–2013), Russian film director, screenwriter and producer
• Malik Gaisin (born 1959), Russian entrepreneur and politician
• Natalia Karamysheva (born 1959), Soviet ice dancer
• Oleg Khafizov (born 1959), Russian writer
• Ilya Kormiltsev (1959–2007), Russian poet, translator and publisher
• Alexander Misharin (born 1959), Russian politician and former governor of Sverdlovsk Oblast
• Andrey Prokofyev (1959–1989), Soviet athlete, winner of a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 1980 Summer Olympics
• Yelena Volkova (born 1960), Soviet competitive volleyball player and Olympic gold medalist (1988)
• Tatyana Yumasheva (born 1960), younger daughter of former Russian President Boris Yeltsin

1961–1965

• Marat Akbarov (born 1961), Soviet competitive pair skater
• Svitlana Mankova (born 1962), Soviet and Ukrainian handball player
• Yuri Naumov (born 1962), Russian poet, composer, singer and acoustic guitar player
• Yevgeny Roizman (born 1962), Russian politician, the Mayor of Yekaterinburg since 2013
• Ilya Byakin (born 1963), Soviet ice hockey player
• Larisa Rudakova (born 1963), Russian soprano singer
• Marat Galimov (born 1964), Russian professional football referee and a former player
• Marina Pestova (born 1964), Soviet competitive pair skater
• Aleksandr Podshivalov (born 1964), Russian association football coach and a former player
• Nikolai Stain (born 1964), Russian professional football coach and a former player
• Anton Bakov (born 1965), Russian politician and monarchist
• Svetlana Paramygina (born 1965), Soviet and Belarusian biathlete

1966–1970

• Alyona Azernaya (born 1966), Russian naïve painter
• Elena Berezovich (born 1966), Russian linguist
• Irina Khabarova (born 1966), Russian sprinter
• Marina Klimova (born 1966), Soviet ice dancer
• Veronica Pershina (born 1966), Soviet competitive pair skater
• Anna Biryukova (born 1967), Russian female triple jumper
• Galina Belyayeva (born 1967), Russian sport shooter
• Alexei Gorshkov (born 1967), Russian ice dancing coach
• Ilya Itin (born 1967), Russian concert pianist
• Mikhail Shchennikov (born 1967), Russian race walker
• Yuliya Vlasova (born 1967), Russian short track speed skater
• Aleksei Yushkov (1967–1996), Russian professional footballer
• Tatyana Chebykina (born 1968), Russian athlete
• Irina Ilchenko (born 1968), Russian volleyball player
• Dmitry Kamenshchik (born 1968), Russian businessman
• Lyudmila Konovalova (born 1968), Russian basketball player
• Svetlana Korytova (born 1968), Russian volleyball player
• Vladimir Malakhov (born 1968), Russian professional ice hockey player
• Vladimir Presnyakov Jr. (born 1968), Soviet and Russian singer, musician, keyboardist, composer, arranger and actor
• Vitaly Vladimirov (born 1968), Soviet and Russian trombonist, composer, arranger, conductor
• Eduard Yugrin (born 1968), Russian professional footballer
• Julia Demina (born 1969), Russian chess player
• Lev Fridman (born 1969), Russian auto racing driver
• Pavlo Khnykin (born 1969), Soviet and Ukrainian freestyle swimmer
• Viktor Maigourov (born 1969), Russian biathlete
• Oleg Presnyakov (born 1969), Russian writer, playwright, screenwriter, director
• Alexey Bakunin (born 1970), Russian professional footballer
• Oleg Bogayev (born 1970), Russian playwright
• Dmitry Geller (born 1970), Russian animator and film director
• Lena Herzog (born 1970), Russian American documentary and fine art photographer

1971–1975

• Lioudmila Kortchaguina (born 1971), Canadian marathon runner of Russian descent
• Alexander Popov (born 1971), Russian Olympic gold-winning swimmer
• Natasha Stefanenko (born 1971), Russian actress, model and television presenter
• Yelena Tyurina (born 1971), Russian female volleyball player
• Sergei Bulatov (born 1972), Russian professional football coach and a former player
• Yevgeni Davletshin (born 1972), Russian football player
• Igor Shulepov (born 1972), Russian volleyball player
• Vadim Tokarev (born 1972), American-based Russian cruiserweight boxer
• Vyacheslav Bakharev (born 1973), Russian football player
• Valeri Goryushev (1973–2014), Russian volleyball player
• Tatyana Gracheva (born 1973), Russian volleyball player
• Nikolai Khabibulin (born 1973), Russian professional ice hockey goaltender
• Natalya Morozova (born 1973), Russian volleyball player
• Ilya Ratnichkin (born 1973), Russian professional footballer
• Dmitry Sinitsyn (born 1973), Russian nordic combined
• Andrey Smirnov (born 1973), Russian wheelchair curler
• Yana Troyanova (born 1973), Russian theater and film actress
• Alexander Vyukhin (1973–2011), Ukrainian professional ice hockey goaltender of Russian ethnicity
• Alexei Yashin (born 1973), Russian professional ice hockey centerman
• Alexei Aidarov (born 1974), Russian-born former Belarusian (until 2006) and Ukrainian (since 2007) biathlete
• Oleg Dozmorov (born 1974), Russian writer and poet
• Marina Khalturina (born 1974), Russian-born Kazakhstani figure skater
• Svetlana Leshukova (born 1974), Russian swimmer
• Vladislav Otmakhov (born 1974), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
• Vladimir Presnyakov (born 1974), Russian writer, screenwriter, director, theatre producer
• Boris Ryzhy (1974–2001), Russian poet
• Yevgeniya Artamonova (born 1975), Russian female volleyball player
• Aleksandr Gerasimov (born 1975), Russian volleyball player
• Natalia Paderina (born 1975), Russian sport shooter

1976–1980

• Olga Kotlyarova (born 1976), Russian runner
• Igor Lukanin (born 1976), Russian competitive ice dancer who competed internationally for Azerbaijan with Kristin Fraser
• Dmitri Naumkin (born 1976), Russian competitive ice dancer
• Svetlana Nesterova (born 1976), Russian composer and violinist
• Andrei Shabanov (born 1976), Russian football and futsal player
• Roman Skorniakov (born 1976), Russian-born figure skater who mainly represented Uzbekistan
• Yelena Godina (born 1977), Russian volleyball player
• Galina Likhachova (born 1977), Russian speed skater
• Igor Malinovsky (born 1977), Russian concert violinist and Professor of Violin
• Denis Sokolov (born 1977), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
• Alina Bronsky (born 1978), Russian-born German writer
• Alexei Bulatov (born 1978), Russian professional ice hockey forward
• Yulia Chicherina (born 1978), Russian pop-rock artist
• Pavel Datsyuk (born 1978), Russian professional ice hockey player and alternate captain for the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League (NHL)
• Andrey Deyev (born 1978), Russian fencer
• Sergey Kofanov (born 1978), Russian mountaineer
• Kirill Ladygin (born 1978), Russian auto racing driver
• Valeri Pokrovsky (born 1978), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
• Olga Sharutenko (born 1978), Russian ice dancer
• Yelena Vasilevskaya (born 1978), Russian volleyball player
• Stanislav Morozov (born 1979), former pair skater
• Alexander Motylev (born 1979), Russian chess grandmaster
• Yevgeny Salakhov (born 1979), Russian sprint canoer
• Alexei Simakov (born 1979), Russian professional ice hockey forward
• Sergei Stupin (born 1979), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
• Yuta (born 1979), Russian singer, composer, songwriter and actress
• Vyacheslav Chistyakov (born 1980), Russian professional ice hockey forward
• Yevgeni Fyodorov (born 1980), Russian professional ice hockey centre
• Denis Kochetkov (born 1980), Russian professional ice hockey forward
• Andrei Mukhachyov (born 1980), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
• Konstantin Syomin (born 1980), Russian journalist and TV news presenter
• Aleksei Volkov (born 1980), Russian professional hockey goaltender

1981–1985

• Tatyana Dektyareva (born 1981), Russian track and field athlete
• Irina Denezhkina (born 1981), Russian controversial writer
• Damir Khamadiyev (born 1981), Russian futsal player
• Igor Magogin (born 1981), Russian professional ice hockey centre
• Andrei Shefer (born 1981), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
• Yekaterina Smolentseva (born 1981), Russian female ice hockey player
• Ivan Alypov (born 1982), Russian cross-country skier
• Daniil Barantsev (born 1982), Russian-American competitive ice dancer
• Maxim Bolotin (born 1982), Russian competitive ice dancer
• Vasili Brovin (born 1982), Russian professional footballer
• Nikolay Pankratov (born 1982), Russian cross-country skier
• Alexander Tatarinov (born 1982), Russian professional ice hockey winger
• Artyom Fidler (born 1983), Russian professional footballer
• Mariya Netesova (born 1983), Russian rhythmic gymnast and Olympic champion (2000)
• Nautilus Pompilius (1983–1997), Soviet and Russian rock band
• Nataliya Shalagina (born 1983), Russian swimmer
• Olga Stulneva (born 1983), Russian athlete and bobsledder
• Svetlana Terentieva (born 1983), Russian ice hockey forward
• Irina Zilber (born 1983), Russian rhythmic gymnast and Olympic champion (2000)
• Chaif (formed 1984), Russian rock band
• Elena Murzina (born 1984), Russian rhythmic gymnast and Olympic champion (2004)
• Yury Prilukov (born 1984), Russian freestyle swimmer
• Agatha Christie (founded 1985), Soviet and Russian rock band
• Alexander Kudryavtsev (born 1985), Russian professional tennis player
• Georgi Misharin (born 1985), Russian professional ice hockey defenseman
• Sergei Nemolodyshev (born 1985), Russian professional ice hockey winger
• Alexei Puninski (born 1985), Russian-born Croatian swimmer
• Diana Rennik (born 1985), Russian-born Estonian pair skater
• Marina Sheshenina (born 1985), Russian female volleyball player

1986–1990

• Konstantin Agapov (born 1986), Russian futsal player
• Pavel Korpachev (born 1986), Russian freestyle skier
• Ivan Kovalev (born 1986), Russian professional racing cyclist
• Elena Melnik (born 1986), Russian fashion model
• Stepan Poistogov (born 1986), Russian middle-distance runner
• Vera Sessina (born 1986), Russian individual rhythmic gymnast
• Elena Turysheva (born 1986), Russian cross country skier
• Denis Galimzyanov (born 1987), Russian racing cyclist
• Anastasia Gorshkova (born 1987), Russian competitive ice dancer
• Alena Kaufman (born 1987), Russian paralympic biathlete and skier
• Igor Lysyj (born 1987), Russian chess grandmaster
• Aleksandra Pasynkova (born 1987), Russian female volleyball player
• Maria Smolnikova (born 1987), Russian actress
• Kirill Starkov (born 1987), Danish ice hockey player of Russian ethnicity
• Kseniya Aksyonova (born 1988), Russian track and field sprinter
• Aliya Garayeva (born 1988), retired gymnast, she represented Russia (until 2005) and Azerbaijan (2006–2012)
• Evgeny Kurbatov (born 1988), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
• Nikita Lobintsev (born 1988), Russian freestyle swimmer
• Yegor Nikolayev (born 1988), Russian runner
• Yuliya Pidluzhnaya (born 1988), Russian long jumper
• Anastasia Poltoratskaya (born 1988), Russian tennis player
• Yury Postrigay (born 1988), Russian canoeist
• Viktorija Rusakova (born 1988), Russian female former volleyball player
• Alexander Yukseyev (born 1988), Russian ice hockey defenceman
• Smyslovye Gallyutsinatsii (formed 1989), Russian rock band
• Yekaterina Lebedeva (born 1989), Russian ice hockey forward
• Ivan Sozonov (born 1989), Russian badminton player
• Angelika Timanina (born 1989), Russian competitor in synchronized swimming
• Dimitri Tsyganov (born 1989), Russian professional ice hockey player
• Alexandr Zaboev (born 1989), Russian pair skater
• Alexander Antropov (born 1990), Russian former professional ice hockey player
• Sergei Chistyakov (born 1990), Russian ice hockey player
• Ivan Chudin (born 1990), Russian professional football player
• Anna Gavrilenko (born 1990), Russian group rhythmic gymnast and Olympic champion
• Ekaterina Kosianenko (born 1990), Russian volleyball player
• Fedor Malykhin (born 1990), Russian professional ice hockey forward
• Alyona Mamina (born 1990), Russian track and field sprinter
• Vladimir Mineev (born 1990), Russian heavyweight kickboxer and mixed martial artist
• Anatoli Nikontsev (born 1990), Russian professional ice hockey winger

1991–2000

• Yekaterina Ananina (born 1991), Russian ice hockey forward
• Andrei Ankudinov (born 1991), Russian ice hockey player
• Irina Antonenko (born 1991), Russian actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder
• Valeria Savinykh (born 1991), Russian tennis player
• Filipp Savchenko (born 1991), Russian ice hockey player
• Stefan Stepanov (born 1992), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
• Mikhail Ustyantsev (born 1992), Russian ice hockey player
• Alexander Zakirov (born 1992), Russian ice hockey player
• Vera Bazarova (born 1993), Russian pair skater
• Kseniia Ilchenko (born 1994), Russian female volleyball player
• Oleksiy Khoblenko (born 1994), Ukrainian football striker
• Maxim Miroshkin (born 1994), Russian pair skater
• Nikita Tryamkin (born 1994), Russian ice hockey defenceman
• Elbeyi Guliyev (born 1995), Azerbaijani professional football player
• Maxim Kovtun (born 1995), Russian figure skater
• Aleksandr Sobolev (born 1995), Russian professional football player
• Eduard Valiakhmetov (born 1997), Russian football player
• Yulia Lipnitskaya (born 1998), Russian figure skater
• Daria Ustinova (born 1998), Russian backstroke swimmer

Lived in Yekaterinburg

• Pavel Bazhov (1879–1950), Russian writer; between 1889 and 1893 he studied in a religious school in Yekaterinburg
• Dmitry Kharitonov (1896–1970), the first native Russian arachnologist
• Sergei Vonsovsky (1910–1998), Soviet and Russian physicist; Honorary citizen of Yekaterinburg. One of the streets of Yekaterinburg is called after academician Vonsovsky.
• Chiang Fang-liang (1916–2004), wife of President Chiang Ching-kuo and served as First Lady of the Republic of China on Taiwan from 1978 to 1988; moved to Yekaterinburg during World War I
• Gennady Mesyats (born 1936), Russian physicist, founder of several scientific schools; Honorary citizen of Yekaterinburg
• Eduard Rossel (born 1937), Russian politician of German origin, governor (1995–2009) of Sverdlovsk Oblast; Honorary citizen of Yekaterinburg
• Nikolay Karpol (born 1938), national women volleyball team coach (VC Uralochka-NTMK Yekaterinburg); Honorary Citizen of the Sverdlovsk Oblast
• Vladislav Krapivin (born 1938), Russian children's books writer; Honorary citizen of Yekaterinburg
• Arkady Chernetsky (born 1950), Russian politician; Mayor of Yekaterinburg (1992–2010)
• Evgeny Fateev (born 1958), Russian physicist and astrophysicist
• Vassily Sigarev (born 1977), Russian playwright, screenwriter and film director; graduated from the Yekaterinburg Theatre Institute
• Sofia Nikitchuk (born 1993), Russian actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Russia 2015

See also

• List of Russian people
• List of Russian-language poets