# 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
* Aleksei Zachvatkin (1905–1950), Russian entomologist and acarologist
* 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
* Boris Kondrashin (1923–1994), Russian and Soviet painter of socialist realism
* Vladimir Gulyaev (1924–1997), Soviet actor of theater and cinema
* Nikolay Krasovsky (1924–2012), Russian mathematician
* Lyudmila Lyadova (born 1925), Russian composer
* Ernst Neizvestny (1925–2016), Russian-American sculptor, painter, graphic artist and art philosopher
* Rimma Zhukova (1925–1999), Soviet speed skater
* Aleksandr Matveyev (1926–2010), Russian linguist
* Aleksandr Zasukhin (1928–2012), 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
* Vitaliy Konovalov (1932–2013), Soviet politician
* 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
* Eduard Lazarev (1935–2008), Moldovan composer of Russian descent
* Georgy Koshlakov (1936–2017), deputy Prime Minister of Tajikistan
* 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
* Valery Kichin (born 1938), Russian journalist, film and theater critic, radio host
* 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 (1941–2024), 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 (1947–2024), Soviet and Russian director of photography, producer and film director
* Boris Belkin (born 1948), Russian violin virtuoso
* Ekaterina Lakhova (born 1948), Russian politician and statesman
* 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
* Sergey Nefedov (born 1951), Russian historian
* 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
* Alexander Dudoladov (1953–1999), Soviet and Russian writer, screenwriter and film director
* 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
* Mikhail Kuzmin (born 1955), Russian political figure and a deputy of the 8th State Duma
* Viktor Shishkin (born 1955), Soviet football player and Russian football coach
* Aleksandr Sergeyevich Vishnevsky (1955–2015), Russian speleologist
* 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
* Nikolai Zouev (1958–2022), Russian mixed martial artist
* 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
* Andrey Rudensky (born 1959), Soviet and Russian film and stage actor
* Alexander Korotich (born 1960), Russian artist, designer, writer and teacher
* 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, 2013-2018
* Ilya Byakin (born 1963), Soviet ice hockey player
* Yulia Bystrova (born 1963), Soviet and Russian pair skater
* 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
* Mark Lipovetsky (born 1964), Russian literary, film, and cultural critic
* 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
* Maxim Ivanov (born 1967), Russian political figure and a deputy of the 7th and 8th State Dumas
* Vladimir Miklushevsky (born 1967), Russian politician
* 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
* Roman Zvonkov (1967–1995), Ukrainian biathlete
* 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
* Svetlana Petcherskaia (born 1968), Soviet biathlete
* 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
* Natasha Stefanenko (born 1969), Russian actress, model and television presenter
* Andrey Anufriyenko (1970–2019), Russian speed skater
* Alexey Bakunin (born 1970), Russian professional footballer
* Oleg Bogayev (born 1970), Russian playwright
* Aleksandr Demidov (born 1970), Russian actor, screenwriter, camera operator and film producer
* 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
* Yelena Tyurina (born 1971), Russian female volleyball player
* Andrey Alshevskikh (born 1972), Russian political figure
* Sergei Bulatov (born 1972), Russian professional football coach and a former player
* Yevgeni Davletshin (born 1972), Russian football player
* Dmitry Gusev (born 1972), Russian professional campaign manager and a deputy of the 8th State Duma
* Andrey Klishas (born 1972), Russian politician and jurist
* 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
* Alexander Dorosinskiy (born 1973), Russian racing car driver and entrepreneur
* Valeri Goryushev (1973–2014), Russian volleyball player
* Tatyana Grachova (born 1973), Russian volleyball player
* Eduard Isakov (born 1973), Russian politician serving as a senator from the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug since 14 September 2015
* 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 Vysokinsky (born 1973), Russian politician serving as a senator from Sverdlovsk Oblast
* 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
* Boris Dyakonov (born 1977), Russian banker
* 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
* Mikhail Mikushin (born 1978), Russian scientist
* Elias Pavlidis (born 1978), Greek amateur boxer
* Valeri Pokrovsky (born 1978), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
* Olga Sharutenko (born 1978), Russian ice dancer
* Vitaliy Smirnov (born 1978), Russian-Uzbekistani decathlete
* 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 (singer) (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
* Natalia Ponomareva (born 1982), Russian-Uzbekistani pair skater
* 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
* Alexandra Ageeva (born 1986), Russian opposition journalist
* 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
* Egor Baranov (born 1988), Russian film director
* 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
* Sergey Sviridov (born 1990), Russian decathlete

#### 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
* Roman Manukhov (born 1994), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
* 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
* Olga Morozova (born 1995), Russian badminton 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
* Artyom Yusupov (born 1997), Russian football player
* Dmitrii Ialin (born 1998), Russian pair skater
* 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
* Aleksei Mamin (born 1999), Russian football player
* Sergei Slepov (born 1999), Russian football player
* Aleksandr Galimov (born 2000), Russian football player
* Viktoriia Meshkova (born 2000), Russian rock climber
* Egor Sokolov (born 2000), Russian professional ice hockey left winger

### 21st century

* Sweetie Fox (born 2001), Russian actress, model and cosplayer
* Kamilla Rakhimova (born 2001), Russian professional tennis player
* Danil Gushchin (born 2002), Russian professional ice hockey player
* Yegor Mosin (born 2003), Russian football player
* Jelizaveta Žuková (born 2003), Russian-Czech pair skater
* Kristina Dudina (born 2004), Russian judoka and sambo competitor
* Ilya Ishkov (born 2005), Russian football 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 to Anti-Russian hysteria.
* Sofia Nikitchuk (born 1993), Russian actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Russia 2015