# List of people from Rostov-on-Don

This is a list of notable people who were born or have lived in Rostov-on-Don, Russia.

## Born in Rostov-on-Don
### 19th century
#### 1801–1890

* George VI of Armenia (1868–1954), Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church from 1945 to 1954
* Mikhail Bernshtein (1875–1960), Russian and Soviet painter and art educator
* Martiros Saryan (1880–1972), Soviet Armenian painter
* Mikhail Gnessin (1883–1957), Russian composer and teacher
* Raïssa Maritain (1883–1960), Russian-born French poet and philosopher
* Alexander Schapiro (1883–1946), Russian Jewish anarcho-syndicalist militant active in the international anarchist movement
* Sophie Liebknecht (1884–1964), Russian-born German socialist and feminist
* Sabina Spielrein (1885–1942), Russian physician and one of the first female psychoanalysts
* Jerzy Żurawlew (1886–1980), Polish pianist, conductor, teacher
* Savielly Tartakower (1887–1956), Polish and French chess grandmaster
* Efrem Zimbalist (1889–1985), concert violinist, composer, teacher, conductor and director of the Curtis Institute of Music

#### 1891–1900

* Yakov Frenkel (1894–1952), Soviet physicist
* Zinaida Reich (1894–1939), Russian actress
* Nikolay Bestchetvertnoi (1895–1937), Russian revolutionary, bolshevik
* Olga Spessivtseva (1895–1991), Russian ballerina
* Daniel Guilet (1899–1990), French and American classical violinist
* Avet Ter-Gabrielyan (1899–1983), Armenian violinist
* Izabella Yurieva (1899–2000), Russian singer
* Roman Chatov (1900–1987), Russian-born American artist, painter, designer, and illustrator
* Evgeny Henkin (1900-1938), a notable photographer and musician playing the theremin, active in Berlin in the 1930s

### 20th century
#### 1901–1910

* Marion Gering (1901–1977), Russian-born American stage producer and director
* Boris Shpitalniy (1902–1972), Soviet designer of aircraft guns and cannons
* Yevgeny Brusilovsky (1905–1981), Soviet Russian composer
* Vera Panova (1905–1973), Soviet novelist, playwright and journalist
* Leonid Sedov (1907–1999), leading physicist of the Soviet Union
* Rostislav Plyatt (1908–1989), Russian-born Soviet film and television actor
* John Travlos (1908–1985), Greek architect, architectural historian and archaeologist
* Caesar Kunikov (1909–1943), officer in the Soviet Naval Infantry; Hero of the Soviet Union
* Aleksandr Laktionov (1910–1972), Socialist realism painter in the post-war Soviet Union
* David Lichine (1910–1972), Russian-American ballet dancer and choreographer
* Yakov Henkin (1903-1941), notable Russian street photographer, active in Leningrad in the 1930s

#### 1911–1920

* Emmanuil Evzerikhin (1911–1984), Russian photographer
* Vitali Gubarev (1912–1981), Soviet Russian writer of children's literature
* Ray Lev (1912–1968), American classical pianist
* Nikolai Timkov (1912–1993), Soviet Russian painter
* Igor Bondarevsky (1913–1979), Soviet Russian chess Grandmaster
* Georgy Flyorov (1913–1990), Soviet nuclear physicist
* Gayane Chebotaryan (1918–1998), Soviet Armenian composer and musicologist
* Boris Lavrenko (1920–2001), Russian Soviet realist painter
* Ghazaros (Lazar) Saryan (1920–1998), Armenian composer and educator

#### 1921–1930

* Isabella Bashmakova (1921–2005), Russian historian of mathematics
* Mark Stolberg (1922–1942), Russian chess master
* Daniil Khrabrovitsky (1923–1980), Soviet scriptwriter and film director
* Victor Glushkov (1923–1982), the founding father of information technology in the Soviet Union
* Leonid Shamkovich (1923–2005), Russian chess Grandmaster and chess writer
* Gevork Vartanian (1924–2012), Soviet intelligence agent
* Zinaida Sharko (1929-2016), Soviet and Russian actress of theatre and film
* Mikhail Simonov (1929–2011), Russian aircraft designer famed for creating the Sukhoi Su-27 fighter-bomber
* Ashot Melkonian (1930–2009), Armenian artist

#### 1931–1940

* Yuri Oganessian (born 1933), Russian nuclear physicist of Armenian descent, namesake of oganesson (element 118)
* Mikhail Semyonov (1933–2006), Russian basketball player
* Lev Anninsky (born 1934), Soviet, Russian literary critic and historian, publicist, essayist, author of more than 30 books
* Anatoly Kononenko (born 1935), Soviet sprint canoer
* Sergei Vronsky (1935–2003), Soviet and Russian cinematographer
* Izabella Arazova (born 1936), Armenian composer
* Seiran Khatlamadjian (1937–1994), Armenian painter, graphic artist and public figure
* Gennadi Matveyev (1937–2014), Soviet football player
* Viktor Ponedelnik (born 1937), Soviet football player, regarded as one of the best strikers in Soviet football history
* Lev Sandakchiev (1937–2006), Soviet and Russian scientist, specialist in molecular biology and virology
* Viktor Zubkov (born 1937), Soviet basketball player
* Enver Yulgushov (born 1938), Russian professional football coach and former player

#### 1941–1950

* Stefan Samko (born 1941), Russian mathematician
* Nikolay Yakovenko (1941–2006), Russian wrestler
* Viktor Kravchenko (born 1941), Russian triple jumper
* Vladimir Shumeyko (born 1945), Russian political figure
* Alexander Kaidanovsky (1946–1995), Soviet and Russian actor and film director
* Nikolai Korolkov (born 1946), Soviet equestrian and Olympic champion
* Viktor Asmaev (1947–2002), equestrian and Olympic champion from Russia
* Lyudmila Karachkina (born 1948), Soviet and Ukrainian astronomer
* Georgy Khazagerov (born 1949), Russian scholar
* Aleksandr Ivanov-Sukharevsky (born 1950), far right politician

#### 1951–1960

* Irina Allegrova (born 1952), Russian-Armenian singer
* Yevgeniya Glushenko (born 1952), Russian actress
* Nikolai Sorokin (1952–2013), Russian theatre and film actor
* Yuri Bashmet (born 1953), Russian conductor, violinist and violist
* Pavel Gusev (born 1953), Russian professional football coach and a former player
* Evgeni Barbakov (born 1954), Russian rower
* Vladimir Repyev (1956–2009), Soviet and Russian handball player
* Viktor Kolyadko (born 1957), Russian professional football coach and a former player
* Svetlana Grozdova (born 1959), Soviet Russian gymnast
* Lyubov Orechova (born 1959), Soviet sprint canoer
* Sviatoslav Nikitenko (born 1960), Ukrainian glyptic artist

#### 1961–1970

* Konstantin Lavronenko (born 1961), Russian actor
* Miroslav Nemirov (1961–2016), Russian poet, associated with Russian punk rock
* Natalia Shaposhnikova (born 1961), Soviet gymnast, two-time Olympic Champion
* Avdey Ter-Oganyan (born 1961), Russian-Armenian painter
* Lyubov Zakharchenko (1961–2008), Russian poet and singer-songwriter
* Stanislav Rudenko (born 1962), Russian football coach and a former player
* Aleksandr Vorobyov (born 1962), Soviet and Russian football player and current coach
* Natalya Artyomova (born 1963), Russian middle-distance runner
* Rafael Samurgashev (born 1963), Soviet Armenian former World champion and European champion Greco-Roman wrestler
* Sergey Zhigunov (born 1963), Soviet and Russian actor and producer
* Igor Vishnevetsky (born 1964), Russian poet and novelist
* Gennadiy Prigoda (born 1965), Russian freestyle swimmer
* Natalya Morskova (born 1966), Russian former handball player
* Andrei Timoshenko (1969–2010), Russian professional footballer
* Larisa Kiselyova (born 1970), Russian handball player
* Oleh Matveyev (born 1970), Soviet and Ukrainian football player
* Vladimir Pyshnenko (born 1970), Russian freestyle swimmer

#### 1971–1975

* Yuri Borovskoy (born 1971), Russian professional football referee and a former player
* Andrei Fedkov (born 1971), Russian football player
* Svetlana Goncharenko (born 1971), Russian athlete
* Svetlana Boyko (born 1972), Russian foil fencer
* Sergey Markedonov (born 1972), Director of the Department for Problems of Ethnic Relations at the Institute for Political and Military Analysis in Moscow
* Andrei Redkin (born 1972), Russian football player
* Konstantin Tsuranov (born 1972), Russian sport shooter
* Oleg Vernigorov (born 1972), Russian football player
* Anatoly Morozov (born 1973), Russian professional football player and a coach
* Yekaterina Yusheva (born 1973), Russian fencer
* Vitaly Fokeev (born 1974), Russian sport shooter
* Aleksandr Kostoglod (born 1974), Russian sprint canoeist
* Ekaterina Kovalevskaya (born 1974), Russian chess player
* Serge Polyanichko (born 1974), Russian conductor, horn player and TV presenter
* Nikolay Spinyov (born 1974), Russian rower
* Vitali Tasenko (born 1975), Russian football player

#### 1976–1980

* Eduard Gritsun (born 1976), Russian professional road bicycle racer
* Angelina Nikonova (born 1976), Russian filmmaker, script writer and film producer
* Oksana Romenskaya (born 1976), Russian team handball player
* Maxim Staviski (born 1977), Russian-born naturalized Bulgarian ice dancer
* Yelena Dudnik (born 1978), Russian sport shooter
* Nina Kaptsova (born 1978), Russian prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Ballet
* Sergei Davydov (born 1979), Russian and Belarusian figure skater
* Aleksandr Galkin (born 1979), Russian chess grandmaster
* Andrey Moiseyev (born 1979), Russian pentathlete
* Varteres Samurgashev (born 1979), Armenian-Russian Greco-Roman wrestler
* Basta (born 1980), Russian rapper and RJ
* Ivan Dyagolchenko (born 1980), Russian professional footballer
* Sergey Fedorovtsev (born 1980), Russian rower
* Yulia Mayboroda (born 1980), Russian theater and film actress
* Yelena Produnova (born 1980), Russian competitive gymnast
* Tony Vilgotsky (born 1980), Russian (ethnically German) musician, composer, horror/fantasy writer and musical columnist

#### 1981–1985

* Anton Rogochiy (born 1982), Russian professional footballer
* Andrei Vorobyov (born 1982), Russian professional footballer
* Alexei Eremenko (born 1983), Russian-born Finnish professional footballer
* Pyotr Gitselov (born 1983), Russian-Swedish footballer
* Victoria Lopyreva (born 1983), Russian actress, model, TV Host, blogger and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Russia 2003
* Alexey Makovetskiy (born 1983), Russian rugby union footballer
* Yelena Rigert (born 1983), Russian female hammer thrower
* Igor Salov (born 1983), Russian rower
* Anastasia Sinitsyna (born 1983), Russian female handballer
* Victor Keyru (born 1984), Russian professional basketball player
* Oksana Pochepa (born 1984), Russian pop singer and model
* Marina Belikova (born 1985), Russian sport shooter
* Tatiana Kotova (born 1985), Russian singer, actress, television personality, winner of the title "Miss Russia 2006"
* Pavel Sviridenko (born 1985), Russian professional football player

#### 1986–1990

* Ivan Drannikov (born 1986), Russian professional footballer
* Valery Likhodey (born 1986), Russian professional basketball player
* Sergey Litvinov (born 1986), German and Russian hammer thrower
* Vladislav Ryazantsev (born 1986), Russian left-wing politician
* Aleksandr Abroskin (born 1987), Russian football striker
* Yekaterina Galitskaya (born 1987), Russian hurdler
* Antonina Krivoshapka (born 1987), Russian sprinter
* Andrei Mikheyev (born 1987), Russian professional football player
* Eva Rivas (born 1987), Russian-Armenian singer
* Yekaterina Tudegesheva (born 1987), Russian professional snowboarder
* Katerina Keyru (born 1988), Russian basketball shooting guard
* Maria Kryuchkova (1988–2015), Russian gymnast
* Vladimir Khozin (born 1989), Russian professional footballer
* Andrei Lyakh (born 1990), Russian professional football player
* Ivan Popov (born 1990), Russian chess grandmaster

#### 1991–1995

* Aleksandr Tumasyan (born 1992), Armenian football player
* Aleksey Denisenko (born 1993), Russian taekwondo practitioner
* Vlada Chigireva (born 1994), Russian competitor in synchronized swimming
* Anton Lazutkin (born 1994), Russian football player
* Igor Leontyev (born 1994), Russian football player
* Yulia Belokobylskaya (born 1995), Russian artistic gymnast
* Ivan Bukavshin (1995–2016), Russian chess Grandmaster
* Kasta (formed in 1995), Russian rap group
* Mikhail Puntov (born 1995), Russian singer

#### 1996–2000

* Mikhail Samarsky (born 1996), Russian writer, blogger and public figure
* Konstantin Tolokonnikov (born 1996), Russian middle distance runner
* Leo Goglichidze (born 1997), Russian football player of Georgian origin
* Nikita Nagornyy (born 1997), Russian artistic gymnast
* Maria Kharenkova (born 1998), Russian artistic gymnast
* Georgi Makhatadze (born 1998), Russian football player
* Vladimir Atoev (born 1999), Russian racing driver

### 21st century
#### 2001–2010

* Alisa Fedichkina (born 2002), Russian competitive figure skater
* Motorama (formed in 2005), Russian post-punk band
* Nikita Evstratov (born 2002), hockey goalie

## Lived in Rostov-on-Don

* Georgy Sedov (1877–1914), Russian Arctic explorer
* Evgeny Schwartz (1896–1958), Soviet writer and playwright
* Alexander Pechersky (1909–1990), one of the organizers, and the leader, of the most successful uprising and mass-escape of Jews from a Nazi extermination camp during World War II
* Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918–2008), Russian novelist, historian and short story writer
* Svyatoslav Fyodorov (1927–2000), Russian ophthalmologist, politician, professor
* Natalia Duritskaya (born 1960), Russian painter