List of people from Yekaterinburg

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

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
• Leonard Turzhansky (1875–1945), Russian impressionist painter
• 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

• Ivan Večtomov (1902–1981), Czech composer and cellist of Russian origin
• 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
• Vladimir Gulyaev (1924–1997), Soviet actor of theater and cinema
• 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 (1929–2016), Russian discus thrower and the first Soviet Olympic champion
• Yuri Semenov (1929–2023), 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
• Vladimir Krasnopolsky (1933–2022), Russian film director, producer, and screenwriter
• Valeri Urin (1934–2023), 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
• Masha Ivashintsova (1942−2000), Russian photographer
• 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 (1946–2023), 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
• Viktor Shishkin (born 1955), Soviet football player and Russian football coach
• Tatiana Ferdman (born 1957), Soviet female table tennis player
• Valentina Lalenkova (born 1957), Soviet speed skater
• 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
• Anatoly Medennikov (born 1958), Soviet speed skater
• 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
• Andrei Martemyanov (born 1963), Soviet and Russian ice hockey player and coach
• 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 Murashko (born 1967), Russian physician and politician
• 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
• Andrey Anufriyenko (1970–2019), Russian speed skater
• 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
• Oxana Slesarenko (born 1970), Russian wheelchair curler

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
• Marat Safin (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 Grachova (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
• Serguei Smetanine (born 1973), Russian racing cyclist
• 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
• Sergey Prokopyev (born 1975), Russian cosmonaut
• Ekaterina Siurina (born 1975), Russian operatic soprano

1976–1980

• Olga Kotlyarova (born 1976), Russian runner
• Alexander Lapshin (born 1976), Soviet-born travel blogger and journalist
• 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
• Sergei Svetlakov (born 1977), Russian comedian, film and television actor
• 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
• Elias Pavlidis (born 1978), Greek amateur boxer
• 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
• Sergei Khoroshun (born 1980), Russian professional ice hockey goaltender
• 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
• Leonid Volkov (born 1980), Russian politician

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
• Aleksey Tsvetkov (born 1981), Russian skier
• 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
• Dmitri Rusanov (born 1987), Russian former professional footballer
• Maria Smolnikova (born 1987), Russian actress
• Kirill Starkov (born 1987), Danish ice hockey player of Russian ethnicity
• Igor Yudin (born 1987), Australian volleyball player with Russian origins
• Kseniya Aksyonova (born 1988), Russian track and field sprinter
• Victoria Chaplina (born 1988), Russian female former volleyball player
• 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
• Valeri Sokolov (born 1988), Russian professional football 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
• Sergey Karyakin (born 1991), Russian rally raid driver
• Natalia Perminova (born 1991), Russian badminton player
• Valeria Savinykh (born 1991), Russian tennis player
• Filipp Savchenko (born 1991), Russian ice hockey player
• David Belyavskiy (born 1992), Russian artistic gymnast
• 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
• Kristina Ilinykh (born 1994), Russian diver
• Oleksiy Khoblenko (born 1994), Ukrainian football striker
• Anastasia Kobekina (born 1994), Russian cellist
• 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
• Ilya Leshukov (born 1995), Russian beach volleyball player
• Polina Popova (born 1995), Russian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Russia 2017
• Aleksandr Sobolev (born 1995), Russian professional football player
• Maria Temnikova (born 1995), Russian swimmer
• Klava Koka (born 1996), Russian singer, songwriter and YouTuber
• Anton Mamaev (born 1997), Russian competitive snowboarder
• Artyom Mamin (born 1997), Russian football player
• Anastasiia Tatareva (born 1997), Russian group rhythmic gymnast
• Yulia Lipnitskaya (born 1998), Russian figure skater
• Monetochka (born 1998), Russian singer-songwriter
• Daria Ustinova (born 1998), Russian backstroke swimmer
• Ivan Chekhovich (born 1999), ice hockey winger
• Sergei Slepov (born 1999), Russian football player

21st century

• Danil Gushchin (born 2002), Russian professional ice hockey player

Lived in Yekaterinburg

• Onésime Clerc (1845-1920), Russian naturalist of Swiss origin
• 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
• Louis J. Marinelli (born 1986), American activist, self-subscribed Californian nationalist activist, migrated from the United States due of Anti-Russian hysteria affected him.
• 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

References