List of people from Perm

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



1701–1800

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

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

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