# List of people from Astana

This is a list of people who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of Astana, Kazakhstan and its surrounding metropolitan statistical area.
* Alexander Achziger (born 1953), ice hockey coach.
* Konstantin Airich (born 1978), heavyweight boxer.
* Damir Akhmetbekov (born 1975), diver.
* Merey Akshalov (born 1988), amateur boxer.
* Anna Alyabyeva (born 1993), rhythmic gymnast.
* Maksim Azovsky (born 1986), football player.
* Yegor Azovsky (born 1985), football player and defender.
* Aida Bauyrzhanova (born 1997), artistic gymnast.
* Nursultan Belgibayev (born 1991), ice hockey forward.
* Larisa Bergen (1949–2023), Olympic volleyball medalist.
* Anton Chichulin (born 1984), football midfielder.
* Ruslan Dälenov (born 1975), politician.
* Samat Daniyar (born 1999), ice hockey player.
* Sayan Daniyar (born 1999), ice hockey player.
* Mukharbek Didigov (born 1952), politician.
* Alexander Galaisha (born 1991), ice hockey goaltender.
* Anzhelika Gavrilova (born 1978), speed skater.
* Dmitriy Gruzdev (born 1986), road bicycle racer.
* Mikhail Gutseriev (born 1958), billionaire businessperson of Ingush descent.
* Maxim Iglinsky (born 1981), road racing cyclist.
* Valentin Iglinsky (born 1984), road racing cyclist.
* Artyom Ignatenko (born 1990), ice hockey player.
* Natalya Ivoninskaya (born 1985), hurdler.
* Arman Kamyshev (born 1991), road racing cyclist.
* Ramazan Karimov (born 1999), football player.
* Alexander Kazantsev (1906–2002), science fiction writer.
* Mels Kenetaev (1945–2021), football player and midfielder.
* Roman Khassanov (born 1996), tennis player.
* Aleksandr Kibalko (born 1973), speed skater.
* Aleksandr Kirov (born 1984), football player.
* Yury Kokhanets (born 1972), speed skater.
* Islambek Kuat (born 1993), football player.
* Anastassiya Lavrova (born 1995), table tennis player.
* Anna Levkovets (born 2007), figure skater.
* David Loriya (born 1981), football goalkeeper.
* Asqar Mamin (born 1965), politician and economist.
* Karim Massimov (born 1965), politician.
* Sultanmurat Miraliyev (born 1990), road and track cyclist.
* Nurbergen Nurlykhassym (born 2000), cyclist.
* Aibek Oralbay (born 2000), amateur boxer.
* Nurbek Oralbay (born 2000), amateur boxer.
* Valeri Orekhov (born 1999), ice hockey defenceman.
* Kirill Panyukov (born 1997), ice hockey winger.
* Dmitry Popko (born 1996), tennis player.
* Angelina Portnova (born 2001), football player.
* Dmitry Pozdnyakov (born 1972), biathlete.
* Vladislav Prokopenko (born 2000), football player.
* Vadim Pronskiy (born 1998), cyclist.
* Rakhimzhan Qoshqarbaev (1924–1988), the first soldier to raise the Soviet Flag at the Reichstag building in Berlin.
* Arutik Rubenian (born 1966), wrestler.
* Yekaterina Rudenko (born 1994), swimmer.
* Dinara Saduakassova (born 1996), chess player.
* Arkady Sarkisyan (born 1959), politician.
* Sergey Shakimov (born 1972), judoka.
* Grigoriy Shtein (born 1996), cyclist.
* Yaroslava Shvedova (born 1987), tennis player.
* Lev Skvortsov (born 2000), football player.
* Nikita Stalnov (born 1991), cyclist.
* Mark Starostin (born 1990), cross-country skier.
* Darya Starostina (born 1982), cross-country skier.
* Tetiana Tarasova (born 1957), speed skater.
* Sanzhar Tashkenbay (born 2003), amateur boxer.
* Sergej Tcherepanov (born 1959), organ and harpsichord teacher and church musician working in Germany.
* Andrey Teteryuk (born 1967), road bicycle racer.
* Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (born 1953), politician and diplomat.
* Daneliya Tuleshova (born 2006), singer.
* Gulzat Uralbayeva (born 1989), judoka.
* Galina Voskoboeva (born 1984), tennis player.
* Sergey Yakshin (born 1968), sport shooter.
* Maksim Zhalmagambetov (born 1983), football defender.
* Alisher Zhumakan (born 1997), track and road cyclist.
* Alexander Zozulya (born 1993), ice hockey player.
* Igor Zubrilin (born 1976), cross-country skier.