List of people from Kazan

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



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