List of people from Penza

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

1801–1900

 * Aleksey Khovansky (1814–1899), publisher of the first Russian scientific linguistic journal Filologicheskie Zapiski
 * Nikolay Ilminsky (1822–1891), Russian turkologist
 * Pavel Maksutov (1825–1882), Imperial Russian Navy rear-admiral, prince, hero of Crimean War
 * Ilya Salov (1834–1902), Russian writer, playwright and translator
 * Peter Hermann Stillmark, scientist, founder of lectinology
 * Vsevolod Meyerhold (1874–1940), Russian and Soviet theatre director, actor and theatrical producer
 * Nikolai Avksentiev (1878–1943), leading member of the Russian Socialist-Revolutionary Party
 * Peter Arshinov (1886–1939), acclaimed Russian Anarcho-Communist
 * Ivan Mosjoukine (1889–1963), Russian silent film actor
 * Vsevolod Pudovkin (1893–1953), Russian and Soviet film director, screenwriter and actor
 * Aleksandr Medvedkin (1900–1989), Soviet Russian film director
 * Vladimir Stavsky (1900–1943), Soviet Russian writer, editor and literary administrator

1901–1950

 * Konstantin Badygin (1910–1984), Soviet naval officer, explorer, author and scientist
 * Anna Andreyeva (1915–1997), Soviet track and field athlete
 * Pyotr Dolgov (1920–1962), colonel in the Soviet Air Force, Hero of the Soviet Union
 * Victor Karpov (1928–1997), Russian diplomat
 * Vladimir Grebennikov (1932–1992), Soviet ice hockey player
 * Yuri Moiseev (1940–2005), Soviet ice hockey player
 * Tatiana Dorofeeva (1948–2012), Russian linguist, orientalist and translator

1951–1970

 * Aleksandr Golikov (born 1952), Russian former ice hockey player
 * Boris Sokolovsky (born 1953), Russian basketball coach and former player
 * Vladimir Golikov (born 1954), Soviet ice hockey player
 * Alexander Melentyev (1954–2015), Soviet competitive sport shooter who won the gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics
 * Vasili Pervukhin (born 1956), Russian ice hockey player
 * Alexander Kozhevnikov (born 1958), Soviet ice hockey player
 * Aleksandr Geramisov (born 1959), Soviet ice hockey player
 * Irina Kalinina (born 1959), Soviet diver and olympic champion
 * Marat Kulakhmetov (born 1959), Major General of the Russian Army
 * Sergei Svetlov (born 1961), Soviet ice hockey player
 * Sergei Yashin (born 1962), Soviet ice hockey player
 * Aleksey Vdovin (born 1963), Russian water polo player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics
 * Aleksandr Samokutyayev (born 1970), Russian cosmonaut

1971–1980

 * Yan Kaminsky (born 1971), Soviet ice hockey player
 * Vladislav Bulin (born 1972), Russian ice hockey defenceman
 * Yuliya Pakhalina (born 1977), Russian diver; won the gold medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics
 * Yuri Babenko (born 1978), Russian professional ice hockey player
 * Vitaly Atyushov (born 1979), Russian ice hockey defenceman
 * Yuri Dobryshkin (born 1979), Russian ice hockey player
 * Alexei Kosourov (born 1979), Russian professional ice hockey player
 * Igor Lukashin (born 1979), Russian diver; won the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics
 * Timur Rodriguez (born 1979), Russian showman, singer, TV and radio personality
 * Pavel Volya (born 1979), Russian TV host, actor and singer
 * Dimitri Altaryov (born 1980), Russian professional ice hockey winger
 * Yevgeniya Bochkaryova (born 1980), Russian gymnast
 * Natalya Sutyagina (born 1980), Russian butterfly swimmer

1981–1990

 * Andrei Kuzmin (born 1981), Russian ice hockey player
 * Sergei Kuchmasov (born 1981), Belarusian springboard diver
 * Viktor Burayev (born 1982), Russian race walker
 * Dmitry Kokarev (born 1982), Russian chess player
 * Alexei Medvedev (born 1982), Russian professional ice hockey forward
 * Stanislav Zhmakin (born 1982), Russian ice hockey winger
 * Yelena Dembo (born 1983), Greek chess player
 * Sergei Ageyev (born 1984), Russian ice hockey goaltender
 * Natalia Lavrova (1984–2010), Russian dual Olympic gold medalist
 * Yevgeni Popov (born 1984), Russian cyclist
 * Nadezhda Bazhina (born 1987), Russian diver
 * Vladimir Galchenko (born 1987), Russian juggler
 * Yekaterina Lisina (born 1987), Russian basketball player
 * Oleg Vikulov (born 1987), Russian platform diver
 * Roman Lyuduchin (born 1988), Russian professional ice hockey forward
 * Sergei Andronov (born 1989), Russian professional ice hockey player
 * Pavel Medvedev (born 1989), Russian professional ice hockey player
 * Olga Galchenko (born 1990), Russian juggler

1991–2000

 * Denis Ablyazin (born 1992), Russian artistic gymnast
 * Egor Kreed (born 1994), Russian rapper and singer-songwriter
 * Anton Slepyshev (born 1994), Russian professional ice hockey player
 * Aleksandr Kalyashin (born 1995), Russian football defender
 * Ziyat Paigin (born 1995), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
 * Maria Astashkina (born 1999), Russian swimmer
 * Klim Kostin (born 1999),, ice hockey player

Lived in Penza

 * Alexandr Aksakov (1832–1903), Russian writer, translator, journalist, editor, state official and psychic researcher
 * Nikolai Ishutin (1840–1879), Russian utopian socialist; was raised in Penza
 * Aristarkh Lentulov (1882–1943), Russian avant-garde artist of Cubist orientation; studied art in the Penza art school
 * Alexandr and Mariya Dmitriev, the couple who owns a pet cougar named Messi