# List of people from Chelyabinsk

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

## Born in Chelyabinsk
### 19th century
#### 1801–1900

* Vladimir Szmurlo (1865–1931), Russian Esperantist and railway engineer

### 20th century
#### 1901–1940

* Esphyr Slobodkina (1908–2002), popular artist, author and illustrator
* Sidney Gordin (1918–1996), Russian-born American artist and educator
* Makhmut Gareev (1923–2019), Russian General of the Army, historian and military scientist
* Evgeni Rogov (1929–1996), Russian and Soviet football player and football manager
* Yuri Klepikov (born 1935), Russian screenwriter and actor
* Tatyana Sidorova (born 1936), Russian speed skater
* Nelli Abramova (born 1940), Soviet competitive volleyball player and Olympic silver medalist in 1964

#### 1941–1950

* Aleksey Kuznetsov (born 1941), Russian guitarist, composer and guitar pedagogue
* Eduard Sibiryakov (1941–2014), Soviet volleyball player
* Svyatoslav Belza (1942–2014), Soviet Russian literary and musical scholar, critic and essayist
* Gennady Tsygurov (1942–2016), Russian professional ice hockey coach and former player
* Vera Popkova (1943–2011), Soviet track and field athlete
* Pyotr Shubin (born 1944), Russian professional football coach and former player
* Yuri Aizenshpis (1945–2005), Russian music manager and producer
* Boris Kopeikin (born 1945), Soviet football player and Russian coach
* Anna Sablina (born 1945), Russian speed skater
* Galina Starovoytova (1946–1998), Soviet dissident, Russian politician and ethnographer
* Anatoli Kartayev (born 1947), Russian and Soviet professional ice hockey player and coach
* Sergei Mikhalev (1947–2015), Russian ice hockey coach
* Nikolay Makarov (born 1948), Russian ice hockey player
* Yevgeny Kotlov (1949–2016), Soviet hockey player
* Evgeny Sveshnikov (born 1950), Russian, former Soviet and Latvian Grandmaster of chess and a chess writer

#### 1951–1960

* Aleksandr Voronin (1951–1992), Russian weightlifter and Olympic champion
* Alexander Panchenko (1953–2009), Russian chess Grandmaster
* Pavel Zhagun (born 1954), Russian poet, musician, record producer, artist and curator
* Sergei Babinov (born 1955), Soviet ice hockey player
* Oleg Mityaev (born 1956), Russian bard, musician and actor
* Viktor Khristenko (born 1957), Russian politician
* Vladimir Markelov (born 1957), Russian former gymnast
* Fail Mirgalimov (born 1957), Russian football manager and former player
* Nelli Rokita (born 1957), Polish politician
* Sergei Makarov (born 1958), Russian former ice hockey right wing and two-time Olympic gold medalist
* Sergei Mylnikov (born 1958), Soviet ice hockey player
* Svetlana Nikishina (born 1958), Soviet volleyball player
* Alexander Pochinok (1958–2014), Russian economist and politician
* Sergei Starikov (born 1958), Russian ice hockey coach and player
* Vyacheslav Bykov (born 1960), Soviet and Russian ice hockey player and a former head coach of the Russian national hockey team
* Alexander Seraphim (born 1960), Russian fashion designer and knitwear innovator

#### 1961–1970

* Irina Kostyuchenkova (born 1961), Soviet and Ukrainian female javelin thrower
* Yelena Skrynnik (born 1961), the first female minister of agriculture of the Russian Federation between 2009 and 2012
* Oleg Gusev (born 1964), Russian entrepreneur and politician
* Andrei Zuev (born 1964), Russian ice hockey goaltender
* Marat Romanov (born 1966), Russian wheelchair curler
* Evgeny Davydov (born 1967), Russian professional ice hockey player
* Yelena Sayko (born 1967), Russian race walker
* Leonid Novitskiy (born 1968), Russian cross-country rally driver
* Vadim Brovtsev (born 1969), Russian businessman who was Prime Minister of the Republic of South Ossetia from 2009 to 2012
* Svetlana Goundarenko (born 1969), Russian mixed martial artist and judoka
* Mikhail Yurevich (born 1969), Russian politician; former governor of Chelyabinsk Oblast (2010–2014)
* Ariel (formed 1970), Soviet "VIA" (pop/rock) band
* Sergey Gomolyako (born 1970), Russian ice hockey player
* Yuriy Konovalov (born 1970), Russian professional footballer
* Rishat Shafikov (born 1970), Russian race walker
* Yelena Yelesina (born 1970), Russian female high jumper; won the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics with 2,01 m

#### 1971–1975

* Valeri Karpov (1971–2014), Soviet ice hockey player
* Andrei Sapozhnikov (born 1971), Soviet ice hockey player
* Denis Tsygurov (1971–2015), Russian professional ice hockey player
* Igor Varitsky (born 1971), Soviet ice hockey player
* Svetlana Bazhanova (born 1972), Russian speed skater
* Viktor Bulatov (born 1972), Russian football coach and a former international football player
* Artem Kopot (1972–1992), Russian professional ice hockey defenseman
* Natalya Polozkova (born 1972), Russian speed skater
* Eugene Roshal (born 1972), Russian software engineer
* Maksim Surayev (born 1972), Russian cosmonaut
* Lera Auerbach (born 1973), Soviet-Russian-born American classical composer and pianist
* Natalya Sokolova (born 1973), Russian biathlete
* Maxim Bets (born 1974), Russian professional ice hockey player
* Sergei Gonchar (born 1974), Russian professional ice hockey player
* Andrei Konovalov (born 1974), Russian professional football coach and a former player
* Maria Koroleva (born 1974), Russian water polo player
* Konstantin Lyzhin (born 1974), Russian football player
* Andrei Mezin (born 1974), Belarusian goaltender
* Andrei Nazarov (born 1974), Russian professional ice hockey player
* Kostyantyn Rurak (born 1974), Ukrainian sprinter
* Dmitry Yesipchuk (born 1974), Russian race walker
* Alexandre Boikov (born 1975), Russian ice hockey defenceman
* Evgeni Galkin (born 1975), Russian professional ice hockey winger
* Vitali Yachmenev (born 1975), Russian professional ice hockey left wing

#### 1976–1980

* Denis Peremenin (born 1976), Russian football player
* Dmitri Tertyshny (1976–1999), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
* Konstantin Sidulov (born 1977), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
* Alexei Tertyshny (born 1977), Russian professional ice hockey winger
* Svetlana Kaykan (born 1978), Russian speed skater
* Mikhail Koklyaev (born 1978), Russian National weightlifting champion, strongman competitor and powerlifter
* Rustam Akhmyarov (born 1979), Russian who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps
* Anastasiya Kodirova (born 1979), Russian volleyball player
* Staņislavs Olijars (born 1979), Latvian athlete
* Yuliya Petrova (born 1979), Russian water polo player
* Nikolay Averyanov (born 1980), Russian decathlete
* Yekaterina Gamova (born 1980), Russian volleyball player
* Dmitri Kalinin (born 1980), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
* Sofia Konukh (born 1980), Russian water polo player
* Konstantin Panov (born 1980), Russian professional ice hockey Right Wing
* Tatyana Sibileva (born 1980), Russian female race walker
* Anna Trebunskaya (born 1980), Russian born American professional ballroom and Latin dancer
* Alexei Zavarukhin (born 1980), Russian professional ice hockey center

#### 1981–1985

* Ivan Savin (born 1981), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
* Danis Zaripov (born 1981), Russian professional ice hockey left winger
* Ivan Danshin (born 1982), Russian professional footballer
* Denis Kulakov (born 1982), Russian sport shooter
* Irina Kulikova (born 1982), Russian classical guitarist
* Evgeny Medvedev (born 1982), Russian professional ice hockey defenseman
* Olga Permyakova (born 1982), Russian ice hockey defender
* Yevgeni Yaroslavtsev (born 1982), Russian professional footballer
* Yegor Yevdokimov (born 1982), Russian handball player
* Stanislav Chistov (born 1983), Russian professional ice hockey player
* Georgy Gelashvili (born 1983), Russian professional ice hockey goaltender
* Aleksei Gorelkin (born 1983), Russian professional footballer
* Alexei Kaigorodov (born 1983), Russian professional ice hockey forward
* Kirill Koltsov (born 1983), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
* Arseniy Lavrentyev (born 1983), Russian-born Portuguese professional swimmer
* Anton Vasilev (born 1983), Russian sprint canoer
* Tatyana Yerokhina (born 1984), Russian handball goalkeeper
* Marina Akulova (born 1985), Russian female volleyball player
* Igor Bogolyubskiy (born 1985), Russian speed skater
* Yuri Koksharov (born 1985), Russian professional ice hockey centre
* Igor Kurnosov (1985–2013), Russian chess grandmaster
* Iuliia Morozova (born 1985), Russian volleyball player
* Mariya Savinova (born 1985), Russian athlete
* Grigory Shafigulin (born 1985), Russian professional ice hockey player

#### 1986–1990

* Alexander Budkin (born 1986), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
* Vladislav Fokin (born 1986), Russian professional ice hockey Goaltender
* Sergei Ignatyev (born 1986), Russian professional football player
* Evgeny Katichev (born 1986), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
* Dmitry Starodubtsev (born 1986), Russian pole vaulter
* Ivan Ukhov (born 1986), Russian high jumper
* Vadim Berdnikov (born 1987), Russian professional ice hockey player
* Vladimir Ivanov, Russian badminton player
* Alexander Kalyanin (1987–2011), Russian professional ice hockey winger
* Yekaterina Malysheva (born 1987), Russian speed skater
* Ilya Zubov (born 1987), Russian professional ice hockey player
* Ivan Dorn (born 1988), Russian-born Ukrainian singer and TV presenter
* Anton Glinkin (born 1988), Russian professional ice hockey forward
* Mikhail Kuznetsov (born 1988), Russian pair skater
* Andrei Popov (born 1988), Russian professional ice hockey right winger
* Dmitri Sayustov (born 1988), Russian professional ice hockey centre
* Evgenii Dadonov (born 1989), Russian professional ice hockey player
* Aleksey Dremin (born 1989), Russian sprinter
* Oxana Guseva (born 1989), Russian Paralympic swimmer
* Vitali Menshikov (born 1989), Russian professional ice hockey player
* Kseniya Moskvina (born 1989), Russian swimmer
* Mikhail Pashnin (born 1989), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
* Evgeny Rybnitsky (born 1989), Russian ice hockey defenceman
* Yevgeniya Startseva (born 1989), Russian volleyball player
* Danil Yerdakov (born 1989), Russian professional ice hockey player
* Nikita Zhdankin (born 1989), Russian professional football player
* Alexandra Vafina (born 1990), Russian Olympic ice hockey player
* Danila Alistratov (born 1990), Russian ice hockey goaltender
* Anastasia Baryshnikova (born 1990), Russian taekwondo practitioner
* Egor Dugin (born 1990), Russian professional ice hockey centre
* Olga Fatkulina (born 1990), Russian long-track speed skater
* Anton Lazarev (born 1990), Russian professional ice hockey forward
* Dmitri Kostromitin (born 1990), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
* Vadim Muntagirov (born 1990), Russian ballet dancer
* Slava Voynov (born 1990), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman

#### 1991–2000

* Anton Burdasov (born 1991), Russian professional ice hockey forward
* Natalia Gantimurova (born 1991), Russian beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Russia 2011
* Maxim Karpov (born 1991), Russian professional ice hockey player
* Ksenia Pervak (born 1991), Russian professional tennis player
* Aleksey Suvorov (born 1991), Russian speed-skater
* Anna Vinogradova (born 1991), Russian ice hockey goaltender
* Andrey Zubkov (born 1991), Russian basketball player
* Dmitri Akishin (born 1992), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
* Vladislav Kartayev (born 1992), Russian ice hockey player
* Denis Kudryavtsev (born 1992), Russian athlete specialising in the 400 metres hurdles
* Evgeny Kuznetsov (born 1992), Russian professional ice hockey forward
* Yakov Toumarkin (born 1992), Israeli swimmer
* Zhan Bush (born 1993), Russian figure skater
* Sergey Glukhov (born 1993), Russian curler
* Nikita Nesterov (born 1993), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
* Ksenia Pecherkina (born 1993), ice dancer
* Nikolai Prokhorkin (born 1993), Russian professional ice hockey player
* Maxim Shalunov (born 1993), Russian professional ice hockey player
* Ekaterina Alexandrova (born 1994), Russian professional tennis player
* Evgeniya Kosetskaya (born 1994), Russian female badminton player
* Vyacheslav Osnovin (born 1994), Russian ice hockey player
* Marina Shults (born 1994), Israeli group rhythmic gymnast
* Valeri Nichushkin (born 1995), Russian professional ice hockey right winger
* Viktor Poletaev (born 1995), Russian volleyball player
* Ekaterina Efremenkova (born 1997), Russian speed skater
* Yegor Nikulin (born 1997), Russian football player
* Roman Abalin, (born 1998), Russian YouTuber
* Ekaterina Borisova (born 1999), Russian pair skater

## Lived in Chelyabinsk

* Stanislav Hazheev (born 1941), the Minister of Defence in Transnistria
* Sergey Kovalev (born 1983), current WBO Light Heavyweight Boxing Champion; former IBF, WBA, the Ring Champion
* Vladimir Stepanov (born 1958), Russian armwrestler
* Oleg Znarok (born 1963), former Soviet and Latvian ice hockey player, with German citizenship since 2001; coach of the Russian national hockey team