List of people from Chelyabinsk

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



1801–1900

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

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