List of people from Rostov-on-Don

This is a list of notable people who were born or have lived in Rostov-on-Don, Russia.





1801–1890

 * George VI of Armenia (1868–1954), Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church from 1945 to 1954
 * Mikhail Bernshtein (1875–1960), Russian and Soviet painter and art educator
 * Martiros Saryan (1880–1972), Soviet Armenian painter
 * Mikhail Gnessin (1883–1957), Russian composer and teacher
 * Raïssa Maritain (1883–1960), Russian-born French poet and philosopher
 * Alexander Schapiro (1883–1946), Russian Jewish anarcho-syndicalist militant active in the international anarchist movement
 * Sophie Liebknecht (1884–1964), Russian-born German socialist and feminist
 * Sabina Spielrein (1885–1942), Russian physician and one of the first female psychoanalysts
 * Jerzy Żurawlew (1886–1980), Polish pianist, conductor, teacher
 * Savielly Tartakower (1887–1956), Polish and French chess grandmaster
 * Efrem Zimbalist (1889–1985), concert violinist, composer, teacher, conductor and director of the Curtis Institute of Music

1891–1900

 * Yakov Frenkel (1894–1952), Soviet physicist
 * Zinaida Reich (1894–1939), Russian actress
 * Nikolay Bestchetvertnoi (1895–1937), Russian revolutionary, bolshevik
 * Olga Spessivtseva (1895–1991), Russian ballerina
 * Daniel Guilet (1899–1990), French and American classical violinist
 * Avet Ter-Gabrielyan (1899–1983), Armenian violinist
 * Izabella Yurieva (1899–2000), Russian singer
 * Roman Chatov (1900–1987), Russian-born American artist, painter, designer, and illustrator
 * Evgeny Henkin (1900-1938), a notable photographer and musician playing the theremin, active in Berlin in the 1930s

1901–1910

 * Marion Gering (1901–1977), Russian-born American stage producer and director
 * Boris Shpitalniy (1902–1972), Soviet designer of aircraft guns and cannons
 * Yevgeny Brusilovsky (1905–1981), Soviet Russian composer
 * Vera Panova (1905–1973), Soviet novelist, playwright and journalist
 * Leonid Sedov (1907–1999), leading physicist of the Soviet Union
 * Rostislav Plyatt (1908–1989), Russian-born Soviet film and television actor
 * John Travlos (1908–1985), Greek architect, architectural historian and archaeologist
 * Caesar Kunikov (1909–1943), officer in the Soviet Naval Infantry; Hero of the Soviet Union
 * Aleksandr Laktionov (1910–1972), Socialist realism painter in the post-war Soviet Union
 * David Lichine (1910–1972), Russian-American ballet dancer and choreographer
 * Yakov Henkin (1903-1941), notable Russian street photographer, active in Leningrad in the 1930s

1911–1920

 * Emmanuil Evzerikhin (1911–1984), Russian photographer
 * Vitali Gubarev (1912–1981), Soviet Russian writer of children's literature
 * Ray Lev (1912–1968), American classical pianist
 * Nikolai Timkov (1912–1993), Soviet Russian painter
 * Igor Bondarevsky (1913–1979), Soviet Russian chess Grandmaster
 * Georgy Flyorov (1913–1990), Soviet nuclear physicist
 * Gayane Chebotaryan (1918–1998), Soviet Armenian composer and musicologist
 * Boris Lavrenko (1920–2001), Russian Soviet realist painter
 * Ghazaros (Lazar) Saryan (1920–1998), Armenian composer and educator

1921–1930

 * Isabella Bashmakova (1921–2005), Russian historian of mathematics
 * Mark Stolberg (1922–1942), Russian chess master
 * Daniil Khrabrovitsky (1923–1980), Soviet scriptwriter and film director
 * Victor Glushkov (1923–1982), the founding father of information technology in the Soviet Union
 * Leonid Shamkovich (1923–2005), Russian chess Grandmaster and chess writer
 * Gevork Vartanian (1924–2012), Soviet intelligence agent
 * Zinaida Sharko (1929-2016), Soviet and Russian actress of theatre and film
 * Mikhail Simonov (1929–2011), Russian aircraft designer famed for creating the Sukhoi Su-27 fighter-bomber
 * Ashot Melkonian (1930–2009), Armenian artist

1931–1940

 * Yuri Oganessian (born 1933), Russian nuclear physicist of Armenian descent, namesake of oganesson (element 118)
 * Mikhail Semyonov (1933–2006), Russian basketball player
 * Lev Anninsky (born 1934), Soviet, Russian literary critic and historian, publicist, essayist, author of more than 30 books
 * Anatoly Kononenko (born 1935), Soviet sprint canoer
 * Sergei Vronsky (1935–2003), Soviet and Russian cinematographer
 * Izabella Arazova (born 1936), Armenian composer
 * Seiran Khatlamadjian (1937–1994), Armenian painter, graphic artist and public figure
 * Gennadi Matveyev (1937–2014), Soviet football player
 * Viktor Ponedelnik (born 1937), Soviet football player, regarded as one of the best strikers in Soviet football history
 * Lev Sandakchiev (1937–2006), Soviet and Russian scientist, specialist in molecular biology and virology
 * Viktor Zubkov (born 1937), Soviet basketball player
 * Enver Yulgushov (born 1938), Russian professional football coach and former player

1941–1950

 * Stefan Samko (born 1941), Russian mathematician
 * Nikolay Yakovenko (1941–2006), Russian wrestler
 * Viktor Kravchenko (born 1941), Russian triple jumper
 * Vladimir Shumeyko (born 1945), Russian political figure
 * Alexander Kaidanovsky (1946–1995), Soviet and Russian actor and film director
 * Nikolai Korolkov (born 1946), Soviet equestrian and Olympic champion
 * Viktor Asmaev (1947–2002), equestrian and Olympic champion from Russia
 * Lyudmila Karachkina (born 1948), Soviet and Ukrainian astronomer
 * Georgy Khazagerov (born 1949), Russian scholar
 * Aleksandr Ivanov-Sukharevsky (born 1950), far right politician

1951–1960

 * Irina Allegrova (born 1952), Russian-Armenian singer
 * Yevgeniya Glushenko (born 1952), Russian actress
 * Nikolai Sorokin (1952–2013), Russian theatre and film actor
 * Yuri Bashmet (born 1953), Russian conductor, violinist and violist
 * Pavel Gusev (born 1953), Russian professional football coach and a former player
 * Evgeni Barbakov (born 1954), Russian rower
 * Vladimir Repyev (1956–2009), Soviet and Russian handball player
 * Viktor Kolyadko (born 1957), Russian professional football coach and a former player
 * Svetlana Grozdova (born 1959), Soviet Russian gymnast
 * Lyubov Orechova (born 1959), Soviet sprint canoer
 * Sviatoslav Nikitenko (born 1960), Ukrainian glyptic artist

1961–1970

 * Konstantin Lavronenko (born 1961), Russian actor
 * Miroslav Nemirov (1961–2016), Russian poet, associated with Russian punk rock
 * Natalia Shaposhnikova (born 1961), Soviet gymnast, two-time Olympic Champion
 * Avdey Ter-Oganyan (born 1961), Russian-Armenian painter
 * Lyubov Zakharchenko (1961–2008), Russian poet and singer-songwriter
 * Stanislav Rudenko (born 1962), Russian football coach and a former player
 * Aleksandr Vorobyov (born 1962), Soviet and Russian football player and current coach
 * Natalya Artyomova (born 1963), Russian middle-distance runner
 * Rafael Samurgashev (born 1963), Soviet Armenian former World champion and European champion Greco-Roman wrestler
 * Sergey Zhigunov (born 1963), Soviet and Russian actor and producer
 * Igor Vishnevetsky (born 1964), Russian poet and novelist
 * Gennadiy Prigoda (born 1965), Russian freestyle swimmer
 * Natalya Morskova (born 1966), Russian former handball player
 * Andrei Timoshenko (1969–2010), Russian professional footballer
 * Larisa Kiselyova (born 1970), Russian handball player
 * Oleh Matveyev (born 1970), Soviet and Ukrainian football player
 * Vladimir Pyshnenko (born 1970), Russian freestyle swimmer

1971–1975

 * Yuri Borovskoy (born 1971), Russian professional football referee and a former player
 * Andrei Fedkov (born 1971), Russian football player
 * Svetlana Goncharenko (born 1971), Russian athlete
 * Svetlana Boyko (born 1972), Russian foil fencer
 * Sergey Markedonov (born 1972), Director of the Department for Problems of Ethnic Relations at the Institute for Political and Military Analysis in Moscow
 * Andrei Redkin (born 1972), Russian football player
 * Konstantin Tsuranov (born 1972), Russian sport shooter
 * Oleg Vernigorov (born 1972), Russian football player
 * Anatoly Morozov (born 1973), Russian professional football player and a coach
 * Yekaterina Yusheva (born 1973), Russian fencer
 * Vitaly Fokeev (born 1974), Russian sport shooter
 * Aleksandr Kostoglod (born 1974), Russian sprint canoeist
 * Ekaterina Kovalevskaya (born 1974), Russian chess player
 * Serge Polyanichko (born 1974), Russian conductor, horn player and TV presenter
 * Nikolay Spinyov (born 1974), Russian rower
 * Vitali Tasenko (born 1975), Russian football player

1976–1980

 * Eduard Gritsun (born 1976), Russian professional road bicycle racer
 * Angelina Nikonova (born 1976), Russian filmmaker, script writer and film producer
 * Oksana Romenskaya (born 1976), Russian team handball player
 * Maxim Staviski (born 1977), Russian-born naturalized Bulgarian ice dancer
 * Yelena Dudnik (born 1978), Russian sport shooter
 * Nina Kaptsova (born 1978), Russian prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Ballet
 * Sergei Davydov (born 1979), Russian and Belarusian figure skater
 * Aleksandr Galkin (born 1979), Russian chess grandmaster
 * Andrey Moiseyev (born 1979), Russian pentathlete
 * Varteres Samurgashev (born 1979), Armenian-Russian Greco-Roman wrestler
 * Basta (born 1980), Russian rapper and RJ
 * Ivan Dyagolchenko (born 1980), Russian professional footballer
 * Sergey Fedorovtsev (born 1980), Russian rower
 * Yulia Mayboroda (born 1980), Russian theater and film actress
 * Yelena Produnova (born 1980), Russian competitive gymnast
 * Tony Vilgotsky (born 1980), Russian (ethnically German) musician, composer, horror/fantasy writer and musical columnist

1981–1985

 * Anton Rogochiy (born 1982), Russian professional footballer
 * Andrei Vorobyov (born 1982), Russian professional footballer
 * Alexei Eremenko (born 1983), Russian-born Finnish professional footballer
 * Pyotr Gitselov (born 1983), Russian-Swedish footballer
 * Victoria Lopyreva (born 1983), Russian actress, model, TV Host, blogger and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Russia 2003
 * Alexey Makovetskiy (born 1983), Russian rugby union footballer
 * Yelena Rigert (born 1983), Russian female hammer thrower
 * Igor Salov (born 1983), Russian rower
 * Anastasia Sinitsyna (born 1983), Russian female handballer
 * Victor Keyru (born 1984), Russian professional basketball player
 * Oksana Pochepa (born 1984), Russian pop singer and model
 * Marina Belikova (born 1985), Russian sport shooter
 * Tatiana Kotova (born 1985), Russian singer, actress, television personality, winner of the title "Miss Russia 2006"
 * Pavel Sviridenko (born 1985), Russian professional football player

1986–1990

 * Ivan Drannikov (born 1986), Russian professional footballer
 * Valery Likhodey (born 1986), Russian professional basketball player
 * Sergey Litvinov (born 1986), German and Russian hammer thrower
 * Vladislav Ryazantsev (born 1986), Russian left-wing politician
 * Aleksandr Abroskin (born 1987), Russian football striker
 * Yekaterina Galitskaya (born 1987), Russian hurdler
 * Antonina Krivoshapka (born 1987), Russian sprinter
 * Andrei Mikheyev (born 1987), Russian professional football player
 * Eva Rivas (born 1987), Russian-Armenian singer
 * Yekaterina Tudegesheva (born 1987), Russian professional snowboarder
 * Katerina Keyru (born 1988), Russian basketball shooting guard
 * Maria Kryuchkova (1988–2015), Russian gymnast
 * Vladimir Khozin (born 1989), Russian professional footballer
 * Andrei Lyakh (born 1990), Russian professional football player
 * Ivan Popov (born 1990), Russian chess grandmaster

1991–1995

 * Aleksandr Tumasyan (born 1992), Armenian football player
 * Aleksey Denisenko (born 1993), Russian taekwondo practitioner
 * Vlada Chigireva (born 1994), Russian competitor in synchronized swimming
 * Anton Lazutkin (born 1994), Russian football player
 * Igor Leontyev (born 1994), Russian football player
 * Yulia Belokobylskaya (born 1995), Russian artistic gymnast
 * Ivan Bukavshin (1995–2016), Russian chess Grandmaster
 * Kasta (formed in 1995), Russian rap group
 * Mikhail Puntov (born 1995), Russian singer

1996–2000

 * Mikhail Samarsky (born 1996), Russian writer, blogger and public figure
 * Konstantin Tolokonnikov (born 1996), Russian middle distance runner
 * Leo Goglichidze (born 1997), Russian football player of Georgian origin
 * Nikita Nagornyy (born 1997), Russian artistic gymnast
 * Maria Kharenkova (born 1998), Russian artistic gymnast
 * Georgi Makhatadze (born 1998), Russian football player
 * Vladimir Atoev (born 1999), Russian racing driver

2001–2010

 * Alisa Fedichkina (born 2002), Russian competitive figure skater
 * Motorama (formed in 2005), Russian post-punk band
 * Nikita Evstratov (born 2002), hockey goalie

Lived in Rostov-on-Don

 * Georgy Sedov (1877–1914), Russian Arctic explorer
 * Evgeny Schwartz (1896–1958), Soviet writer and playwright
 * Alexander Pechersky (1909–1990), one of the organizers, and the leader, of the most successful uprising and mass-escape of Jews from a Nazi extermination camp during World War II
 * Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918–2008), Russian novelist, historian and short story writer
 * Svyatoslav Fyodorov (1927–2000), Russian ophthalmologist, politician, professor
 * Natalia Duritskaya (born 1960), Russian painter