# List of people from Perm

This is a list of notable people who were born or have lived in Perm (1940–1957: Molotov), Russia.

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

* Feodor Pryanishnikov (1793–1867), Russian actual privy councillor and postal administrator

### 19th century
#### 1801–1900

* Dmitry Smyshlyayev (1828–1893), Russian historian, ethnographer and politician
* Ivan Larionov (1830–1889), Russian composer, writer and folklorist
* Dmitry Maksutov (1832–1889), Imperial Russian Navy rear-admiral
* Pyotr Vereshchagin (1834–1886), Russian landscape and cityscape painter
* Vasily Vereshchagin (1835–1909), Russian portraitist, history painter and illustrator
* Peter Struve (1870–1944), Russian political economist, philosopher and editor
* Olga Lepeshinskaya (1871–1963), Soviet biologist
* Mikhail Osorgin (1878–1942), Russian writer, journalist, and essayist
* Vasily Kamensky (1884–1961), Russian Futurist poet, playwright and artist
* Ariy Pazovsky (1887–1953), Russian Jewish conductor

### 20th century
#### 1901–1950

* Nikolay Moiseyev (1902–1955), Soviet astronomer and expert in celestial mechanics
* Victor Oreshnikov (1904–1987), Soviet Russian painter
* Vladimir Yemelyanov (1911–1975), Soviet actor and producer
* Vladislav Zanadvorov (1914–1942), Soviet writer
* Mikhail Schweitzer (1920–2000), Soviet film director
* Lev Voronin (1928–2006), Soviet Russian official
* Lora Yakovleva (born 1932), Russian woman International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster, the second ICCF Women's World Champion in correspondence chess between 1972 and 1977
* Alexander Bolonkin (born 1933), Russian-American scientist and academic
* Georgi Burkov (1933–1990), Soviet film actor
* Tamara Erofeyeva (born 1937), Soviet and Russian linguist
* Aleksandr Nossov (born 1942), Soviet Nordic combined skier
* Pavel Sadyrin (1942–2001), Soviet and Russian footballer and manager
* Igor Volgin (born 1942), Soviet and Russian writer and historian, poet, specialist in literature

#### 1951–1960

* Alexander Bortnikov (born 1951), Russian official; Director of the FSB since 2008
* Valentin Stepankov (born 1951), first prosecutor general of the Russian Federation
* Vassily Solomin (1953–1997), Soviet boxer
* Venera Chernyshova (born 1954), Soviet biathlete
* Boris Kondakov (born 1954), Russian specialist in literary criticism, philologist
* Yury Trutnev (born 1956), Russian politician; Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment from 2004 to 2012
* Ludmila Kalinina (born 1957), Russian pair skating coach
* Valentin Yumashev (born 1957), Russian journalist, politician and businessman-developer

#### 1961–1970

* Andrey Vavilov (born 1961), Russian politician and businessman
* Dmitry Fedoseyev (born 1965), Russian football player (1993–1999), coach (1993–1998) and sports functionary (1993–1999)
* Vladimir Filimonov (born 1965), Russian professional football player
* Igor Gindis (born 1965), Russian journalist, rock musician and actor
* Dmitry Rybolovlev (born 1966), Russian businessman, investor and philanthropist
* Vladislav Kormtshikov (born 1967), Russian ski-orienteering competitor and world champion
* Sergey Nagovitsyn (1968–1999), Russian singer, composer and author of Russian chanson style songs
* Dmitri Sergeyev (born 1968), Russian judoka
* Mikhail Zubkov (born 1968), Russian swimmer
* Dmitri Piskunov (born 1969), Russian professional football coach and a former player
* Andrei Smetanin (born 1969), Russian professional footballer
* Sergey Burdin (born 1970), Russian football player
* Vladimir Chagin (born 1970), Russian rally raid driver
* Yuliana Malkhasyants, Russian choreographer
* Tatiana Borodina, Russian opera soprano

#### 1971–1980

* Anna Vodovatova (born 1971), Russian journalist
* Andrei Bryukhanov (born 1972), Russian football player
* Aleksandr Tretyakov (born 1972), Russian wrestler who won bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics
* Alexander Gulyavtsev (born 1973), Russian professional ice hockey winger
* Konstantin Paramonov (born 1973), Russian football coach and a former player
* Yevgeni Yarkov (born 1973), Russian football player
* Nikita Belykh (born 1975), Russian politician; Governor of Kirov Oblast since 2009
* Rinat Farkhoutdinov (born 1975), Russian ice dancer
* Tatyana Tomashova (born 1975), Russian middle distance runner
* Sergey Armishev (born 1976), Russian football player
* Nikolai Bardin (born 1976), Russian professional ice hockey winger
* Michael Beilin (born 1976), Israeli Olympic Greco-Roman wrestler
* Natalia Tomilova (born 1977), Russian ski-orienteering competitor
* Andrei Tsaplin (born 1977), Russian professional footballer
* Konstantin Zyryanov (born 1977), Russian footballer
* Konstantin Chaschukhin (born 1978), Russian professional ice hockey goaltender
* Aleksei Popov (born 1978), Russian-born Kazakhstani footballer
* Grigori Petrovski (born 1979), Russian pair skater
* Aleksandr Pitchkounov (born 1979), Russian super heavyweight kickboxer and kyokushin karateka competing in K-1
* Yekaterina Shipulina (born 1979), Russian prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Ballet
* Vitali Koval (born 1980), Belarusian professional ice hockey goaltender
* Dmitri Polyanin (born 1980), Russian professional football player
* Alexander Zevakhin (born 1980), Russian professional ice hockey right winger

#### 1981–1985

* Alexander Chagodayev (born 1981), Russian professional ice hockey forward
* Natalya Korostelyova (born 1981), Russian cross country skier
* Mikhail Kuleshov (born 1981), Russian ice hockey player
* Viktor Polyakov (born 1981), Ukrainian boxer of Russian ethnicity
* Viktoria Shliakhova (born 1981), Russian pair skater
* Tatiana Totmianina (born 1981), Russian pair skater
* Tatyana Veshkurova (born 1981), Russian sprint athlete
* DJ Smash (born 1982), Russian DJ in house music and electronic music
* Ilya Solaryov (born 1982), Kazakhstani professional ice hockey winger of Russian ethnicity
* Vyacheslav Belov (born 1983), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
* Maxim Trankov (born 1983), Russian pair skater
* Pavel Alikin (born 1984), Russian professional footballer
* Alexandra Kosteniuk (born 1984), Russian chess Grandmaster and a former Women's World Chess Champion
* Evgeniy Pechenin (born 1984), Russian cross-country mountain biker
* Alexander Popov (born 1984), Russian former pair skater
* Andrei Griazev (born 1985), Russian figure skater
* Dmitri Megalinsky (born 1985), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
* Alexander Nikulin (born 1985), Russian professional ice hockey player
* Natasha Poly (born 1985), Russian model
* Yevgeni Shipitsin (born 1985), Russian professional football player
* Katerina Shpitsa (born 1985), Russian actress of theater and cinema

#### 1986–1990

* Kristina Alikina (born 1986), Russian basketball power forward
* Alexander Berkutov (born 1986), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
* Olga Golovkina (born 1986), Russian athlete
* Nikolay Morilov (born 1986), Russian cross country skier
* Igor Polygalov (born 1986), Russian professional ice hockey forward
* Katya Shchekina (born 1986), Russian model
* Ilia Tkachenko (born 1986), Russian ice dancer
* Vitali Butikov (born 1987), Russian ice dancer
* Maksim Dyldin (born 1987), Russian sprint athlete
* Denis Kazionov (born 1987), Russian professional ice hockey winger
* Mariya Panfilova (born 1987), Russian (2007–2012), Ukrainian (2013–2014) and Belarusian (since 2015) biathlete
* Konstantin Bezmaternikh (born 1988), Russian pair skater
* Marina Mokhnatkina (born 1988), Russian mixed martial artist and sambo competitor
* Natalia Shestakova (born 1988), Russian pair skater
* Artem Borodulin (born 1989), Russian figure skater
* Marina Melnikova (born 1989), Russian tennis player
* Andrei Novoselov (born 1989), Russian pair skater
* Ekaterina Rybolovleva (born 1989), Russian businesswoman, equestrian and socialite
* Andrei Sekretov (born 1989), Russian professional football player
* Arina Ushakova (born 1989), Russian retired pair skater
* Ildar Khairullin (born 1990), Russian chess Grandmaster

#### 1991–2000

* Liana Churilova (born 1991), Russian-American professional ballroom dancer
* Elena Komendrovskaja (born 1991), Russian female badminton player
* Aleksandr Subbotin (born 1991), Russian professional football player
* Maksim Batov (born 1992), Russian football defender
* Oleg Ponomarev (born 1992), Russian Paralympic Nordic skier
* Yevgeni Tyukalov (born 1992), Russian professional football player
* Sergei Abramov (born 1993), Russian ice hockey player
* Lubov Bakirova (born 1993), Russian pair skater
* Sabina Imaikina (born 1993), Russian pair skater
* Tanya Mityushina (born 1993), Russian fashion model
* Evgeni Klimov (born 1994), Russian Nordic combined skier
* Vasili Aleynikov (born 1995), Russian football player
* Anatoly Golyshev (born 1995), Russian ice hockey forward
* Anastasia Martiusheva (born 1995), Russian pair skater
* Tatiana Tudvaseva (born 1997), Russian pair skater
* Ivan Ivanchenko (born 1998), Russian football player
* Maria Vigalova (born 1999), Russian pair skater

## Lived in Perm

* Vasily Tatishchev (1686–1750), Russian statesman and ethnographer; founded the cities of Perm and Yekaterinburg
* Andrey Voronikhin (1759–1814), Russian architect and painter
* Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859), Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer
* Mikhail Speransky (1772–1839), Russian reformist during the reign of Alexander I of Russia
* Alexander Herzen (1812–1870), Russian writer and thinker
* Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak (1852–1912), Russian author
* Vladimir Korolenko (1853–1921), Russian short story writer, journalist, human rights activist and humanitarian
* Nikolay Slavyanov (1854–1897), Russian inventor
* Alexander Popov (1859–1906), Russian physicist who is acclaimed in his homeland and eastern European countries as the inventor of radio
* Andronik (Nikolsky) (1870–1918), bishop in the Russian Orthodox Church and a saint
* Sergei Diaghilev (1872–1929), Russian art critic, patron, ballet impresario and founder of the Ballets Russes
* Mikhail Shuisky (1883–1953), Russian (people) opera and concert singer
* Boris Pasternak (1890–1960), Soviet and Russian poet, novelist and literary translator; lived in Perm for a time, and it figures in his novel Doctor Zhivago under the fictional name "Yuriatin" where Yuri sees Lara again in the public library
* Arkadiy Shvetsov (1892–1953), Soviet aircraft engine designer
* Margarita Kozhina (1925–2012), Soviet and Russian linguist
* Sergei Toropov (1928–1990), Russian historian and regional ethnographer
* Sergei Belov (1944–2013), Soviet professional basketball player
* Gennady Troshev (1947–2008), Russian Colonel General in the Russian military
* Pyotr Latyshev (1948–2008), Russian politician
* Nikolai Zarubin (1948–1998), Russian artist
* Alexei Ivanov (born 1969), Russian writer