# List of people from Kazan

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

## Born in Kazan
### 1700–1799

* Gavrila Derzhavin (1743–1816), Russian poet
* Gavriil Kamenev (1772–1803), Russian poet, writer and translator
* Peter Zheltukhin (1777–1829), Russian general

### 1800–1899

* Karl L. Littrow (1811–1877), Austrian astronomer
* Ivan Martynov (1821–1894), Russian Jesuit priest
* Alexander Zaytsev (1841–1910), Russian chemist
* Alexander Solovtsov (1847–1923), Russian chess master
* Stepan Smolensky (1848–1909), Russian choir director and scholar of ancient
* Vera Figner (1852–1942), Russian revolutionary and narodnik
* Evgeny Chirikov (1864–1932), Russian novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist and publicist
* Aleksandr Kotelnikov (1865–1944), Russian mathematician
* Pyotr Pertsov (1868–1947), Russian poet, publisher, editor, literary critic, journalist and memoirist
* Nikolay Bauman (1873–1905), Russian revolutionary of the Bolshevik party
* Feodor Chaliapin (1873–1938), Russian opera singer
* Ivan Grave (1874–1960), Russian and Soviet scientist in the field of artillery
* Sergey Namyotkin (1876–1950), Russian chemist
* Vladimir Adoratsky (1878–1945), Soviet communist historian and political theorist
* Sadri Maksudi Arsal (1879–1957), Tatar and Turkish statesman, scholar and thinker
* Sergey Malov (1880–1957), Russian Turkologist
* Nicolai A. Vasiliev (1880–1940), Russian logician, philosopher, psychologist, poet
* Nicolai Fechin (1881–1955), Russian-American painter
* Aleksandr Ivanovsky (1881–1968), Russian screenwriter and film director
* Valentin Dogiel (1882–1955), Russian and Soviet zoologist, specialized in parasitology and protozoology
* Fatix Ämirxan (1886–1926), Tatar classic writer, editor and publicist
* Boris Obukhov (1891-1937), naval officer, victim of Stalin's purges, Catholic convert from Orthodoxy
* Alexander Arkhangelsky (1892–1978), aircraft designer and doctor of technical sciences
* Vadim Shershenevich (1893–1942), Russian poet
* Gala Dalí (1894–1982), Russian wife of Salvador Dalí
* Evgeny Shvarts (1896–1958), Soviet writer and playwright

### 1900–1949

* Mikhail Lavrentyev (1900–1980), Soviet mathematician and hydrodynamicist
* Alexandre Alexeieff (1901–1982), Russian artist, filmmaker and illustrator
* Alexander Kazembek (1902–1977), Russian émigré and political activist
* Alexander Luria (1902–1977), Soviet neuropsychologist and developmental psychologist
* Alexander Dubyago (1903–1959), Soviet astronomer and expert in theoretical astrophysics
* Nikolay Zabolotsky (1903–1958), Russian poet, children's writer and translator
* Aleksey Zhivotov (1904–1964), Russian composer
* Galina Kravchenko (1905–1996), Russian actress
* Sara Sadíqova (1906–1986), Soviet Tatar actress, singer and composer
* Alexander Vishnevsky (1906–1975), Soviet surgeon
* Vladimir Kotelnikov (1908–2005), Soviet information theory and radar astronomy pioneer
* Georgi Vinogradov (1908–1980), Russian tenor
* Kārlis Šteins (1911–1983), Latvian and Soviet astronomer
* Veronika Tushnova (1911–1965), Soviet poet and member of the Soviet Union of Writers
* Yitzchok Zilber (1917–2004), Russian-born Haredi Rabbi and a leader of the Russian baal teshuva movement
* Gregory Freiman (born 1926), Russian mathematician
* German Zonin (born 1926), Soviet Russian football coach and player
* Amina Adil (1930–2004), Tatar writer and Islamic theologian
* Sofia Gubaidulina (born 1931), Russian composer
* Vasily Aksyonov (1932–2009), Soviet and Russian novelist
* Mikhail Roshchin (1933–2010), Russian playwright, screenwriter and short story writer
* Albert Schwarz (born 1934), Soviet mathematician and a theoretical physicist
* Dmitry Fuchs (born 1939), mathematician, professor at the University of California, Davis
* Valery Popov (born 1938), Russian writer
* Igor Vulokh (1938–2012), Russian nonconformist artist of the 1960s
* Vladimir E. Zakharov (born 1939), Soviet and Russian mathematician and physicist
* Aida Vedishcheva (born 1941), Soviet and Russian singer of Jewish descent
* Natalia Gutman (born 1942), Russian cellist
* Dmytro Kiva (born 1942), Ukrainian engineer and President–General designer at Antonov
* Albert Kapengut (born 1944), Soviet chess master
* Viktor Yerin (born 1944), Russian army general
* Gennady Yevryuzhikhin (1944–1998), Russian footballer
* Vyacheslav Bulavin (born 1946), Russian football coach and a former player
* Leonid Filatov (1946–2003), Soviet and Russian actor, director, poet, pamphleteer
* Talgat Tadzhuddin (born 1948), Chief Mufti of Russia
* Kamil Iskhakov (born 1949), Russian regional development minister's assistant of Tatar origin

### 1950–1975

* Natalia Rom (born 1950), Soviet-born operatic soprano
* Lidiya Loginova (born 1951), Soviet volleyball player
* Valentin A. Bazhanov (born 1953), Russian professor, chairperson of Philosophy Department at Ulyanovsk State University
* Nailya Gilyazova (born 1953), Soviet fencer
* Youri Egorov (1954–1988), Soviet classical pianist
* Olga Knyazeva (1954–2015), Soviet fencer
* Valery Gerasimov (born 1955), Russian General and current Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia
* Rustem Adagamov (born 1961), influential Russian blogger
* Sergey Mavrin (born 1963), Russian musician and composer
* Alexandre Fadeev (born 1964), Russian competitive figure skater
* Marat Khusnullin (born 1966), Russian politician
* Aleksandr Tatarkin (born 1966), Russian professional footballer
* Ildar Ibragimov (born 1967), Russian-American chess Grandmaster
* Dmitry Balmin (born 1970), Russian ice hockey defender
* Denis Kapustin (born 1970), Russian triple jumper
* Alisa Galliamova (born 1972), Russian chess player
* Anna Gourari (born 1972), Russian classical concert pianist
* Rustem Khuzin (born 1972), Russian professional football coach and a former player
* Vasily Mosin (born 1972), Russian sport shooter
* Rustem Bulatov (1974–2008), Russian professional footballer
* Maria Manakova (born 1974), Russian and Serbian chess Grandmaster
* Ruslan Nigmatullin (born 1974), Russian footballer
* Roman Shaykhutdinov (born 1974), Russian politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan
* Marsel Tukhvatullin (born 1974), Russian football player
* Chulpan Khamatova (born 1975), Russian film, theater and TV actress of Volga Tatar origin
* Yevgeni Varlamov (born 1975), Russian football player

### 1976–1999

* Denis Arkhipov (born 1979), Russian professional ice hockey player
* Sofya Gulyak (born 1979), Russian classical pianist
* Alexandre Dinerchtein (born 1980), professional Go player from Russia
* Maxim Sharafutdinov (born 1980), Russian journalist, television presenter of Channel One
* Svetlana Shikshina (born 1980), Russian professional Go player
* Evgeny Konstantinov (born 1981), Russian professional ice hockey goaltender
* Tatiana Kovylina (born 1981), Russian model
* Ruslan Mukhametshin (born 1981), Russian professional football player
* Nikolay Nikiforov (born 1982), Russian politician
* Ruslan Zainullin (born 1982), Russian professional ice hockey center
* MakSim (born 1983), Russian singer, songwriter and a music producer
* Dmitri Obukhov (born 1983), Russian professional ice hockey winger
* Venera Gimadieva (born 1984), Russian operatic soprano
* Ayrat Kashaev (born 1984), Russian conductor
* Marat Khairullin (born 1984), Russian-born Kazakh football attacking midfielder/forward
* Anastasiya Kolesnikova (born 1984), Russian Olympic gymnast
* Yelena Migunova (born 1984), Russian sprint athlete
* Rustem Mukhametshin (born 1984), Russian professional football player
* Eugenia Volodina (born 1984), Russian model
* Lenar Gilmullin (1985–2007), Russian football full-back of Tatar origin
* Anastasia Luppova (born 1985), Russian billiards player, the two-time European champion in Russian pyramid
* Alexander Rybakov (born 1985), Russian professional ice hockey forward
* Artyom Timofeev (born 1985), Russian chess grandmaster
* Aida Garifullina (born 1987), Russian operatic soprano
* Alsu Murtazina (born 1987), Russian triple jumper
* Kamilla Gafurzianova (born 1988), Russian female fencer
* Yana Martynova (born 1988), Russian swimmer
* Dinar Khafizullin (born 1989), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
* Niyaz Nabeev (born 1989), Russian nordic combined skier
* Nail Zamaliyev (born 1989), Russian professional football player
* Kirill Petrov (born 1990), Russian professional ice hockey player
* Daria Shkurikhina (born 1990), Russian group rhythmic gymnast and Olympic champion
* Alexander Burmistrov (born 1991), Russian professional ice hockey player
* Emil Garipov (born 1991), Russian professional ice hockey goaltender of Tatar descent
* Maksim Zhestokov (born 1991), Russian football defender
* Natalia Zhukova (born 1992), Russian cross-country skier
* Andrey Makarov (born 1993), Russian professional ice hockey goaltender
* Albert Yarullin (born 1993), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
* Evgenia Tarasova (born 1994), Russian pair skater
* Elmir Nabiullin (born 1995), Russian professional football player
* Veronika Kudermetova (born 1997), Russian tennis player

### 2000–2050

* Dayana Kirillova (born 2002), Russian singer
* Kamila Valieva (born 2006), figure skater

## Lived in Kazan

* Joseph Johann von Littrow (1781–1840), Austrian astronomer
* Nikolai Lobachevsky (1792–1856), Russian mathematician and geometer
* Ğabdulla Tuqay (1886–1913), Tatar poet
* Yevgeny Zavoisky (1907–1976), Soviet physicist
* Rashid Nezhmetdinov (1912–1974), Soviet chess player, International Master and 5-time winner of the Russian Chess Championship
* Viktor Kolotov (1949–2000), Soviet footballer
* Taliya Habrieva (born 1958), Russian legal writer; graduated in 1980 from the Law Faculty of Kazan State University
* Svetlana Demina (born 1961), Russian sport shooter
* Pavel Prygunov (born 1976), Russian professional footballer; made his professional debut in the Russian Second Division in 1994 for FC Rubin Kazan