List of people from Voronezh

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



18th century

 * Yevgeny Bolkhovitinov (1767–1837), Orthodox Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia
 * Mikhail Pavlov (1792–1840), Russian academic and professor at Moscow University

1801–1850

 * Aleksey Koltsov (1809–1842), Russian poet
 * Ivan Nikitin (1824–1861), Russian poet
 * Nikolai Ge (1831–1894), Russian realist painter famous for his works on historical and religious motifs
 * Vasily Sleptsov (1836–1878), Russian writer and social reformer
 * Nikolay Kashkin (1839–1920), Russian music critic

1851–1900

 * Valentin Zhukovski (1858–1918), Russian orientalist
 * Vasily Goncharov (1861–1915), Russian film director and screenwriter, one of the pioneers of the film industry in the Russian Empire
 * Anastasiya Verbitskaya (1861–1928), Russian novelist, playwright, screenplay writer, publisher and feminist
 * Mikhail Olminsky (1863–1933), Russian Communist
 * Serge Voronoff (1866–1951), French surgeon of Russian extraction
 * Andrei Shingarev (1869–1918), Russian doctor, publicist and politician
 * Ivan Bunin (1870–1953), the first Russian writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature
 * Alexander Ostuzhev (1874–1953), Russian and Soviet drama actor
 * Valerian Albanov (1881–1919), Russian navigator and polar explorer
 * Jan Hambourg (1882–1947), Russian violinist, a member of a famous musical family
 * Volin (1882–1945), anarchist
 * Boris Hambourg (1885–1954), Russian cellist who made his career in the USA, Canada, England and Europe
 * Boris Eikhenbaum (1886–1959), Russian and Soviet literary scholar, and historian of Russian literature
 * Anatoly Durov (1887–1928), Russian animal trainer
 * Samuil Marshak (1887–1964), Russian and Soviet writer, translator and children's poet
 * Eduard Shpolsky (1892–1975), Russian and Soviet physicist and educator
 * George of Syracuse (1893–1981), Eastern Orthodox archbishop of the Ecumenical Patriarchate
 * Yevgeny Gabrilovich (1899–1993), Soviet screenwriter
 * Semyon Krivoshein (1899–1978), Soviet tank commander; Lieutenant General
 * Andrei Platonov (1899–1951), Soviet Russian writer, playwright and poet
 * Ivan Pravov (1899–1971), Russian and Soviet film director and screenwriter
 * William Dameshek (1900–1969), American hematologist

1901–1930

 * Ivan Nikolaev (1901–1979), Soviet architect and educator
 * Galina Shubina (1902–1980), Russian poster and graphics artist
 * Pavel Cherenkov (1904–1990), Soviet physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in physics in 1958 with Ilya Frank and Igor Tamm for the discovery of Cherenkov radiation, made in 1934
 * Yakov Kreizer (1905–1969), Soviet field commander, General of the army and Hero of the Soviet Union
 * Iosif Rudakovsky (1914–1947), Soviet chess master
 * Pawel Kassatkin (1915–1987), Russian writer
 * Alexander Shelepin (1918–1994), Soviet state security officer and party statesman
 * Grigory Baklanov (1923–2009), Russian writer
 * Gleb Strizhenov (1923–1985), Soviet actor
 * Vladimir Zagorovsky (1925–1994), Russian chess grandmaster of correspondence chess and the fourth ICCF World Champion between 1962 and 1965
 * Konstantin Feoktistov (1926–2009), cosmonaut and engineer
 * Vitaly Vorotnikov (1926–2012), Soviet statesman
 * Arkady Davidowitz (1930), writer and aphorist

1931–1950

 * Grigory Sanakoev (1935), Russian International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster, most famous for being the twelfth ICCF World Champion (1984–1991)
 * Yuri Zhuravlyov (1935), Russian mathematician
 * Mykola Koltsov (1936–2011), Soviet footballer and Ukrainian football children and youth trainer
 * Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov (1936), Russian composer
 * Iya Savvina (1936–2011), Soviet film actress
 * Tamara Zamotaylova (1939), Soviet gymnast, who won four Olympic medals at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics
 * Yury Smolyakov (1941), Soviet Olympic fencer
 * Yevgeny Lapinsky (1942–1999), Soviet Olympic volleyball player
 * Galina Bukharina (1945), Soviet athlete
 * Vladimir Patkin (1945), Soviet Olympic volleyball player
 * Vladimir Proskurin (1945), Soviet Russian football player and coach
 * Aleksandr Maleyev (1947), Soviet artistic gymnast
 * Valeri Nenenko (1950), Russian professional football coach and player

1951–1970

 * Vladimir Rokhlin, Jr. (1952), Russian-American mathematician and professor of computer science and mathematics at the Yale University
 * Lyubov Burda (1953), Russian artistic gymnast
 * Mikhail Khryukin (1955), Russian swimmer
 * Aleksandr Tkachyov (1957), Russian gymnast and two times Olympic Champion
 * Nikolai Vasilyev (1957), Russian professional football coach and player
 * Aleksandr Babanov (1958), Russian professional football coach and player
 * Sergey Koliukh (1960), Russian political figure; 4th Mayor of Voronezh
 * Yelena Davydova (1961), Soviet gymnast
 * Aleksandr Borodyuk (1962), Russian football manager and former international player for USSR and Russia
 * Aleksandr Chayev (1962), Russian swimmer
 * Elena Fanailova (1962), Russian poet
 * Alexander Litvinenko (1962–2006), officer of the Russian FSB and political dissident
 * Yuri Shishkin (1963), Russian professional football coach and player
 * Yuri Klinskikh (1964–2000), Russian musician, singer, songwriter, arranger, founder rock band Sektor Gaza
 * Yelena Ruzina (1964), athlete
 * Igor Bragin (1965), footballer
 * Gennadi Remezov (1965), Russian professional footballer
 * Valeri Shmarov (1965), Russian football player and coach
 * Konstantin Chernyshov (1967), Russian chess grandmaster
 * Igor Pyvin (1967), Russian professional football coach and player
 * Vladimir Bobrezhov (1968), Soviet sprint canoer

1971–1980

 * Oleg Gorobiy (1971), Russian sprint canoer
 * Anatoli Kanishchev (1971), Russian professional association footballer
 * Ruslan Mashchenko (1971), Russian hurdler
 * Aleksandr Ovsyannikov (1974), Russian professional footballer
 * Dmitri Sautin (1974), Russian diver who has won more medals than any other Olympic diver
 * Sergey Verlin (1974), Russian sprint canoer
 * Maxim Narozhnyy (1975–2011), Paralympian athlete
 * Aleksandr Cherkes (1976), Russian football coach and player
 * Andrei Durov (1977), Russian professional footballer
 * Nikolai Kryukov (1978), Russian artistic gymnast
 * Kirill Gerstein (1979), Jewish American and Russian pianist
 * Evgeny Ignatov (1979), Russian sprint canoeist
 * Aleksey Nikolaev (1979), Russian-Uzbekistan footballer
 * Aleksandr Palchikov (1979), former Russian professional football player
 * Konstantin Skrylnikov (1979), Russian professional footballer
 * Aleksandr Varlamov (1979), Russian diver
 * Angelina Yushkova (1979), Russian gymnast
 * Maksim Potapov (1980), professional ice hockey player

1981–1990

 * Alexander Krysanov (1981), Russian professional ice hockey forward
 * Yulia Nachalova (1981–2019), Soviet and Russian singer, actress and television presenter
 * Andrei Ryabykh (1982), Russian football player
 * Maxim Shchyogolev (1982), Russian theatre and film actor
 * Eduard Vorganov (1982), Russian professional road bicycle racer
 * Anton Buslov (1983–2014), Russian astrophysicist, blogger, columnist at The New Times magazine and expert on transportation systems
 * Dmitri Grachyov (1983), Russian footballer
 * Aleksandr Kokorev (1984), Russian professional football player
 * Dmitry Kozonchuk (1984), Russian professional road bicycle racer for Team Katusha
 * Alexander Khatuntsev (1985), Russian professional road bicycle racer
 * Egor Vyaltsev (1985), Russian professional basketball player
 * Samvel Aslanyan (1986), Russian handball player
 * Maksim Chistyakov (1986), Russian football player
 * Yevgeniy Dorokhin (1986), Russian sprint canoer
 * Daniil Gridnev (1986), Russian professional footballer
 * Vladimir Moskalyov (1986), Russian football referee
 * Elena Danilova (1987), Russian football forward
 * Sektor Gaza (1987–2000), punk band
 * Regina Moroz (1987), Russian female volleyball player
 * Roman Shishkin (1987), Russian footballer
 * Viktor Stroyev (1987), Russian footballer
 * Elena Terekhova (1987), Russian international footballer
 * Natalia Goncharova (1988), Russian diver
 * Yelena Yudina (1988), Russian skeleton racer
 * Dmitry Abakumov (1989), Russian professional association football player
 * Igor Boev (1989), Russian professional racing cyclist
 * Ivan Dobronravov (1989), Russian actor
 * Anna Bogomazova (1990), Russian kickboxer, martial artist, professional wrestler and valet
 * Yuriy Kunakov (1990), Russian diver
 * Vitaly Melnikov (1990), Russian backstroke swimmer
 * Kristina Pravdina (1990), Russian female artistic gymnast
 * Vladislav Ryzhkov (1990), Russian footballer

1991–2000

 * Danila Poperechny (1994), Russian stand-up comedian, actor, youtuber, podcaster
 * Darya Stukalova (1994), Russian Paralympic swimmer
 * Viktoria Komova (1995), Russian Olympic gymnast
 * Vitali Lystsov (1995), Russian professional footballer
 * Marina Nekrasova (1995), Russian-born Azerbaijani artistic gymnast
 * Vladislav Parshikov (1996), Russian football player
 * Dmitri Skopintsev (1997), Russian footballer
 * Alexander Eickholtz (1998) American sportsman
 * Angelina Melnikova (2000), Russian Olympic gymnast

Lived in Voronezh

 * Aleksey Khovansky (1814–1899), editor
 * Ivan Kramskoi (1837–1887), Russian painter and art critic
 * Mitrofan Pyatnitsky (1864–1927), Russian musician
 * Mikhail Tsvet (1872–1919), Russian botanist
 * Alexander Kuprin (1880–1960), Russian painter, a member of the Jack of Diamonds group
 * Yevgeny Zamyatin (1884-1937), Russian writer, went to school in Voronezh
 * Osip Mandelstam (1891–1938), Russian poet
 * Nadezhda Mandelstam (1899-1980), Russian writer
 * Gavriil Troyepolsky (1905–1995), Soviet writer
 * Nikolay Basov (1922–2001), Soviet physicist and educator
 * Vasily Peskov (1930–2013), Russian writer, journalist, photographer, traveller and ecologist
 * Valentina Popova (1972), Russian weightlifter
 * Igor Samsonov, painter
 * Tatyana Zrazhevskaya, Russian boxer