# List of people from Irkutsk

This is a list of notable people who were born or have lived in Irkutsk, Russia.

## Born in Irkutsk
### 18th century
#### 1701–1800

* Nikolai Polevoy (1796–1846), Russian editor, writer, translator and historian
* Innocent of Alaska (1797-1879), Russian Orthodox priest and bishop in the Americas, Metropolitan of Moscow, recognized as saint in the Orthodox Church

### 19th century
#### 1801–1850

* Ksenofont Polevoy (1801–1867), Russian writer, literary critic, journalist, publisher and translator
* Vladimir Kornilov (1806–1854), Russian naval officer who took part in the Crimean War
* Mikhail Peskov (1834–1864), Russian history and genre painter and lithographer
* Pyotr Gorlov (1839–1915), Russian geologist and engineer
* Alexei Pavlovich Fedchenko (1844–1873), Russian naturalist and explorer
* Alexander Sibiryakov (1849–1933), Russian gold mine and factories owner and explorer of Siberia

#### 1851–1900

* Nikolay Vtorov (1866–1918), Russian industrialist
* Yakov Gakkel (1874–1945), Russian scientist and engineer
* Konkordiya Samoilova (1876–1921), Russian bolshevik
* Nikolai Luzin (1883–1950), Russian mathematician
* Jacques Gershkovitch (1884–1953), Russian conductor and musician
* Mark Azadovsky (1888–1954), Russian scholar of folk-tales and Russian literature
* Alexander I. Pogrebetsky (1891–1952), Russian economist, financier and businessman
* Valéry Inkijinoff (1895–1973), French actor of Russian-Buryat origin
* Sergej Golovčenko (1898–1937), Croatian-Russian caricaturist, comic book author and writer
* Maria Klenova (1898–1976), Russian and Soviet marine geologist
* Nikolay Okhlopkov (1900–1967), Soviet actor and theatre director
* Alexander Shemansky (1900–1976), Russian opera singer (tenor)

### 20th century
#### 1901–1910

* Mikhail Romm (1901–1971), Soviet film director
* Nikolay Kamov (1902–1973), leading constructor of the Soviet-Russian Kamov helicopter design bureau
* Natalya Sats (1903–1993), Russian stage director
* Pavel Nilin (1908–1981), Soviet writer, journalist and playwright
* Mikhail Mil (1909–1970), Soviet aerospace engineer

#### 1911–1920

* Andrei Katkov (1916–1995), Russian Catholic bishop
* Vecheslav Zagonek (1919–1994), Soviet-Russian painter
* Ivan Petrov (1920–2003), Russian bass opera singer

#### 1921–1930

* Lyubow Usava (born 1921), Russian-born Belarusian architect
* Janina Niedźwiecka (1922–2004), Polish film editor
* Pyotr Nikolayev (born 1924), Soviet sports shooter
* Valentin Berlinsky (1925–2008), Russian cellist
* Nikolay Krasilnikov (born 1927), Russian scientist and educator in the fields of image transmission, image compression and human visual system
* Rodislav Chizhikov (1929–2010), Russian cyclist
* Konstantin Vyrupayev (1930–2012), Soviet wrestler and Olympic Champion

#### 1931–1940

* Tamara Novikova (born 1932), Soviet female cyclist
* Anatoliy Samotsvetov (born 1932), Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the hammer throw
* Anatoly Novoseltsev (1933–1995), Russian orientalist
* Boris Volynov (born 1934), Soviet cosmonaut
* Leonid Borodin (1938–2011), Russian novelist and journalist

#### 1941–1950

* Valerii Postoyanov (1941–2018), Soviet sports shooter
* Vyacheslav Trubnikov (born 1944), Russian journalist, political scientist and diplomat

#### 1951–1960

* Olga Buyanova (born 1954), Honored Master of Sports coach in Rhythmic gymnastics of the USSR and Russia
* Andrei Mironov (1954–2014), Russian human rights activist, reporter, fixer, interpreter
* Vasiliy Kulik (1956–1989), Soviet serial killer
* Andrei Semyonov (born 1957), Russian football player
* Sergey Solodovnikov (born 1958), Belarusian professional football coach and Soviet player
* Robertas Dargis (born 1960), President of Lithuanian Confederation of Industrialists
* Aleksandr Krupskiy (born 1960), Russian pole vaulter
* Oleksandr Shlapak (born 1960), Ukrainian politician, bureaucrat, and former Minister of Finance of Ukraine
* Konstantin Volkov (born 1960), Soviet pole vaulter

#### 1961–1970

* Galina Belyayeva (born 1961), Soviet and Russian film and theatre actress
* Dmitry V. Bisikalo (born 1961), Russian astrophysicist
* Alexander Shulgin (born 1964), Russian author and composer
* Sergei Khodakov (born 1966), Russian paralympic athlete competing mainly in category F12 throwing events
* Denis Petushinskiy (born 1967), retired pole vaulter who represented New Zealand after switching from Russia in 1998
* Anatoli Ivanishin (born 1969), Russian cosmonaut
* Dmitri Kondratyev (born 1969), Russian cosmonaut

#### 1971–1980

* Oleg Lidrik (born 1971), Russian professional football official and a former player
* Oxana Kostina (1972–1993), Soviet individual rhythmic gymnast
* Aleksandr Averbukh (born 1974), Israeli Olympic athlete who competed in the pole vault
* Ivan Vyrypaev (born 1974), Russian playwright, screenwriter, film director, actor and art director
* Alexander Bocharov (born 1975), Russian professional road bicycle racer
* Felix Korobov (born 1975), Russian conductor and cellist
* Denis Matsuev (born 1975), Russian classical pianist
* Konstantin Genich (born 1978), Russian professional football player
* Andrey Mishin (born 1979), Russian boxer
* Maria Bruntseva (born 1980), Russian volleyball player
* Rezo Dzhikiya (born 1980), Russian footballer

#### 1981–1990

* Yelena Bolsun (born 1983), Russian female sprint athlete (sprinter)
* Denis Sokolov (born 1983), Russian rifle shooter
* Irina Tkatchuk (born 1983), Russian figure skater
* Olga Zhitova (born 1983), Russian volleyball player
* Anton Lyuboslavskiy (born 1984), Russian shot putter
* Ilya Rashkovsky (born 1984), Russian pianist
* Andrey Yeshchenko (born 1984), professional Russian football player
* Alexander Mayer (born 1986), professional Russian ice hockey player
* Sergei Ogorodnikov (1986–2018), Russian professional ice hockey center
* Maksim Zyuzin (born 1986), Russian professional football player
* Nina Kraviz (born 1987), Russian DJ, producer, and singer
* Olga Kurban (born 1987), Russian heptathlete
* Arman Pashikian (born 1987), Armenian chess Grandmaster
* Dmitri Pytlev (born 1987), Russian professional football player
* Aleksei Yushchuk (born 1987), Russian professional football player
* Vadim Bogdanov (born 1998), Russian football player
* Alexey Negodaylo (born 1989), Russian bobsledder

#### 1991–2000

* Denis Koval (born 1991), Russian speed skater
* Rustam Orujov (born 1991), Azerbaijani judoka
* Mariya Ovechkina (born 1991), Russian beauty contest contestant
* Angelina Zhuk-Krasnova (born 1991), Russian athlete specialising in the pole vault
* Darya Dmitriyeva (born 1993), Russian rhythmic gymnast
* Maksim Mashnev (born 1993), Russian football midfielder
* Nazí Paikidze (born 1993), Georgian-American chess player
* Ekaterina Vedeneeva (born 1994), Russian-born Slovenian rhythmic gymnast (born in Irkutsk, Russia and currently based in Ljubljana, Slovenia)
* Eduard Bogdanov (born 1994), Russian football player
* Roman Zobnin (born 1994), Russian football midfielder
* Konstantin Drokov (born 1995), Russian ice hockey defenceman
* Viktor Utyuzhnikov (born 1995), Russian football defender
* Alayna Lutkovskaya (born 1996), Russian pole vaulter
* Maksim Mayrovich (born 1996), Russian football player
* Vladimir Tolmachyov (born 1996), Russian football player
* Grigori Trufanov (born 1997), Russian football player
* Veronika Polyakova (born 1999), Russian rhythmic gymnast

## Lived in Irkutsk

* Mariya Volkonskaya (1805–1863), youngest daughter of the Russian general Nikolay Raevsky and Sophia Konstantinova, granddaughter of Mikhail Lomonosov. Popularly known in Irkutsk as the Princess of Siberia, she founded a local hospital and opened a concert hall, in addition to hosting musical and cultural soirees in her home.
* Ivan Naumovich Yazev (1895–1955), Soviet astronomer and head of the astronomical observatory at Irkutsk State University
* Rudolf Nureyev (1938–1993), Soviet dancer of ballet and modern dance
* Alitet Nemtushkin (1939–2006), Evenk-Russian poet
* Natalia Lipkovskaya (born 1979), Russian rhythmic gymnast