List of people from Yaroslavl

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

1601–1700

 * Joseph Vladimirov (active 1642–1666), Russian painter and art theorist of the 17th century

1701–1800

 * Vasily Maykov (1728–1778), Russian poet, fabulist, playwright and translator
 * Ivan Dmitrevsky (1734–1821), the most influential actor of Russian Neoclassicism and "Russia's first great tragedian"
 * Mikhail Popov (1742–1790), Russian writer, poet, dramatist and opera librettist
 * Gerasim Lebedev (1749–1817), Russian adventurer, linguist, pioneer of Bengali theatre, translator, musician and writer
 * Semyon Bobrov (1763/1765–1810), Russian poet and civil servant
 * Andrei Ukhtomsky (1771–1852), Russian copper engraver
 * Nikolay Mylnikov (1797–1842), Russian portrait painter

1801–1900

 * Karolina Pavlova (1807–1893), Russian poet and novelist
 * Duke Peter Georgievich of Oldenburg (1812–1881), Duke of the House of Oldenburg
 * Izmail Sreznevsky (1812–1880), a towering figure in 19th-century Slavic studies
 * Leonid Sabaneyev (1844–1898), Russian zoologist
 * Aleksandr Lyapunov (1857–1918), Russian mathematician, mechanician and physicist
 * Liverij Darkshevich (1858–1925), Russian neurologist
 * Sergei Lyapunov (1859–1924), Russian composer and pianist
 * Konstantin Satunin (1863–1915), Russian zoologist
 * Mikhail Kuzmin (1872–1936), Russian poet, musician and novelist
 * Leonid Sobinov (1872–1934), Russian opera singer
 * Sergey Shukalov (1883–after 1941), Soviet weapons designer
 * Mikhail Sokolov (1885–1947), Russian painter, graphic artist and illustrator active in Soviet Avant-garde arts activity
 * Ivan Vakhrameev (1885–1965), Russian revolutionary
 * Nikolai Nevsky (1892–1937), Russian and Soviet linguist
 * Mikhail Viktorov (1892–1938), Russian military leader and Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Naval Forces

1901–1920

 * Boris Shavyrin (1902–1965), Russian artillery and rocket engineer
 * Bonifaty Kedrov (1903–1985), Soviet researcher, philosopher, logician, chemist and psychologist
 * Maria Prilezhayeva (1903–1989), Russian and Soviet children's author, literary critic and the Soviet Union of Writers official
 * Tikhon Rabotnov (1904–2000), Russian plant ecologist
 * Maria Petrovykh (1908–1979), Russian poet and translator
 * Victor Rozov (1913–2004), Russian Soviet dramatist
 * Yuri Lyubimov (1917–2014), Soviet and Russian stage actor and director associated with the internationally renowned Taganka Theatre, which he founded in 1964
 * Yury Smyslov (1920–1991), Soviet equestrian

1921–1950

 * Aleksey Naumov (1923–1943), WWII Soviet tank commander
 * Veniamin Basner (1925–1996), Russian composer
 * Violetta Kiss (1925–1994), Soviet acrobat, juggler, director, and teacher
 * Sergei Kalinin (born 1926), Russian sports shooter
 * Viktor Danilov (born 1927), abbot of the Greek Catholic parish in Grodno
 * Pavel Kolchin (1930–2010), Soviet cross-country skier
 * Juvenal Poyarkov (born 1935), hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church
 * Oleg Aleksandrov (1937–1997), Soviet rower
 * Viktor Carev (born 1939), Soviet sprint canoeist
 * Viktor Sheinov (born 1940), Professor of Psychology and Pedagogical Proficiency
 * Valery Tarakanov (born 1941), Soviet/Russian cross-country skier
 * Valentin Kornev (born 1942), Soviet sport shooter
 * Valery Volkov (born 1947), Soviet equestrian and Olympic champion
 * Valeri Frolov (born 1949), Russian professional football coach and a former player

1951–1960

 * Alexander (Ishchein) (1952–2021), prelate, who served as the archbishop of Russian Orthodox Diocese of Baku and Azerbaijan from 1999 until his death in 2021
 * Vladimir Churkin (1953–2021), Soviet and Russian football player and coach
 * Volodymyr Makukha (born 1955), Ukrainian politician and diplomat
 * Artemy Troitsky (born 1955), Russian journalist, music critic, concert promoter, broadcaster and an academic
 * Aleksandr Pobegalov (born 1956), Russian professional football coach
 * Aleksandr Petrov (born 1957), Oscar-winning Russian animator and animation director
 * Nataliya Popova (born 1958), Russian former swimmer
 * Yevgeni Martyanov (born 1959), Russian professional football coach and a former player

1961–1970

 * Andrei Khomutov (born 1961), Soviet ice hockey right winger
 * Yevgeni Kuznetsov (born 1961), Russian professional football coach and a former player
 * Sergey Shlyapnikov (born 1961), Russian volleyball coach
 * Sergey Okrugin (born 1963), Russian chess International Master
 * Rinad Minvaleyev (born 1965), Russian physiologist, orientalist and researcher of the traditional health cаre systems
 * Yevheniya Tovstohan (born 1965), Soviet Ukrainian handball player
 * Aleksei Kazalov (born 1967), Russian professional football coach and a former player
 * Oleg Kiselyov (born 1967), Russian handball player
 * Dmitri Popov (born 1967), Russian retired footballer
 * Alex Sipiagin (born 1967), Russian jazz trumpet and flugelhorn player
 * Yevgeny Urlashov (born 1967), Mayor of the city of Yaroslavl between April 2012 and July 2013
 * Tatyana Babashkina (born 1968), Russian high jumper
 * Alexei Chistyakov (born 1968), Russian ice hockey coach and former professional player
 * Svitlana Kashchenko (born 1968), Russian-born Nicaraguan sport shooter
 * Vadim Pomazov (born 1968), Russian football player
 * Andrei Kruchin (born 1970), Russian football player
 * Vyacheslav Solovyov (1970–2008), Russian serial killer and poisoner
 * Maksim Tarasov (born 1970), Russian Olympic pole vaulter

1971–1980

 * Anna Malova (born 1971), Russian beauty queen, model and physician who was crowned Miss Russia 1998
 * Igor Varlamov (born 1971), Russian footballer
 * Andrei Zhirov (born 1971), Russian professional football coach and a former player
 * Vladimir Zhukov (born 1972), Russian serial killer, rapist and pedophile
 * Sergei Bulavin (born 1973), Russian football player
 * Andrei Galyanov (born 1973), Russian professional footballer
 * Theodore (Kazanov) (born 1973), Metropolitan of the Russian Orthodox Church
 * Aleksey Kostygov (born 1973), Russian handball player
 * Andrey Zadorozhniy (born 1973), Russian middle distance runner
 * Galimdzhan Khayrulin (born 1974), Russian football manager and a former player
 * Aleksei Klestov (born 1974), Russian football player
 * Evgeni Ryabchikov (born 1974), Russian professional ice hockey goaltender
 * Ildar Yubin (born 1974), Russian professional ice hockey player
 * Aleksandr Kalinin (born 1975), Russian football coach and a former player
 * Vyacheslav Lotoryov (born 1975), Russian football player
 * Artyom Yenin (born 1976), Russian association football player
 * Vasili Chernitsyn (born 1977), Russian professional footballer
 * Ilya Gorokhov (born 1977), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
 * Alexei Vasiliev (born 1977), Russian professional ice hockey defenseman
 * Pavel Korostelyov (born 1978), Russian cross-country skier
 * Elena Letuchaya (born 1978), Russian journalist, television presenter, producer and director
 * Vyacheslav Pozdnyakov (born 1978), Russian fencer
 * Aleksey Zagornyi (born 1978), Russian hammer thrower
 * Tatyana Andrianova (born 1979), Russian middle distance runner
 * Mikhail Donika (born 1979), Russian ice hockey defenceman
 * Elena Grosheva (born 1979), Russian Olympic gymnast
 * Alexander Medvedev (born 1979), Russian professional ice hockey player
 * Ivan Tkachenko (1979–2011), Russian professional ice hockey winger
 * Aleksandr Chistyakov (born 1980), Russian professional football player
 * Sergei Kuznetsov (born 1980), Russian ice hockey left winger
 * Aleksandr Malyshev (born 1980), Russian professional footballer

1981–1990

 * Alexander Barkunov (born 1981), Russian professional ice hockey player
 * Sergei Mozyakin (born 1981), Russian professional ice hockey winger
 * Simon Rastorguev (born 1981), Russian architect
 * Igor Yemeleyev (born 1981), Russian professional ice hockey player
 * Ivan Nepryaev (born 1982), Russian ice hockey forward
 * Ilya Tkachyov (born 1982), former Russian professional footballer
 * Evgeny Drattsev (born 1983), Russian swimmer
 * Denis Grebeshkov (born 1983), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
 * Lyudmila Postnova (born 1984), Russian team handball player
 * Dmitri Utkin (born 1984), Russian professional ice hockey player
 * Mikhail Biryukov (born 1985), Russian ice hockey goaltender
 * Alexander Galimov (1985–2011), Russian professional ice hockey player
 * Dmitri Golubev (born 1985), Russian professional footballer
 * Yaroslav Kharitonskiy (born 1985), Russian professional footballer
 * Viktor Myagkov (born 1985), Russian professional footballer
 * Oleg Piganovich (born 1985), Russian professional ice hockey Defenseman
 * Igor Shtukin (born 1985), Russian professional footballer
 * Georgi Ulyanov (born 1985), Russian footballer
 * Andrei Kiryukhin (1987–2011), Russian professional ice hockey winger
 * Elena Kostyuchenko (born 1987), Russian journalist and gay rights activist
 * Artem Anisimov (born 1988), Russian professional ice hockey center
 * Mark Bluvshtein (born 1988), Soviet-born Canadian chess player
 * Levan Latsuzbaya (born 1988), Russian professional football player
 * Aleksandr Lazushin (born 1988), Russian professional ice hockey player
 * Maxim Malyutin (born 1988), Belarusian professional ice hockey goaltender
 * Alexander Vasyunov (1988–2011), Russian ice hockey player
 * Ilya Davydov (born 1989), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
 * Kirill Gavrilychev (born 1989), Russian ice hockey defenceman
 * Lyubov Polyanskaya (born 1989), Russian professional triathlete
 * Artyom Smirnov (born 1989), Russian professional football player
 * Artyom Garifullin (born 1990), Russian ice hockey player
 * Mariya Koroleva (born 1990), American synchronized swimmer
 * Alexander Shibaev (born 1990), Russian table tennis player
 * Artem Yarchuk (1990–2011), Russian professional ice hockey winger

1991–2000

 * Ilya Burov (born 1991), Russian freestyle skier
 * Vladimir Tarasenko (born 1991), Russian professional ice hockey right winger
 * Yuri Urychev (1991–2011), Russian professional ice hockey player
 * Maksim Bobylev (born 1992), Russian professional football player
 * Pavel Krotov (born 1992), Russian freestyle skier
 * Olga Meganskaya (born 1992), Russian singer and model
 * Artyom Shchadin (born 1992), Russian professional football player
 * Pavel Snurnitsyn (1992–2011), Russian professional ice hockey player
 * Yevgeni Steshin (born 1992), Russian professional football player
 * Artyom Artemyev (born 1993), Russian ice hockey goaltender
 * Feraliminal Lycanthropizer, goregrind/porngrind music group founded in 2009
 * Kirill Kapustin (born 1993), Russian ice hockey player
 * Maxim Osipov (born 1993), Russian ice hockey defenceman
 * Mikhail Zemskov (born 1994), Russian professional football player
 * Dmitri Belov (born 1995), Russian football player
 * Vladislav Gavrikov (born 1995), Russian ice hockey defenceman
 * Nadezhda Karpova (born 1995), Russian footballer
 * Anastasia Lagina (born 1995), Russian handball player
 * Stanislav Nikitin (born 1995), Russian freestyle skier
 * Ilya Serikov (born 1995), Russian football player
 * Igor Zolotovskiy (born 1995), Russian football player
 * Pavel Kraskovsky (born 1996), Russian ice hockey player
 * Vladislav Labzin (born 1996), Russian football player
 * Alexander Yelesin (born 1996), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
 * Arsen Ayrapetyan (born 1997), Russian football player
 * Anton Betyuzhnov (born 1997), Russian football player
 * Anastasiia Galashina (born 1997), Russian sport shooter
 * Pavel Kudryavtsev (born 1997), Russian professional ice hockey player
 * Ivan Provorov (born 1997), Russian junior ice hockey defenseman
 * Mikhail Sidorov (born 1997), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
 * Nikolai Vovk (born 1997), Russian football player
 * Maxim Burov (born 1998), Russian male freestyle skier
 * Ilya Konovalov (born 1998), Russian ice hockey goaltender
 * Aleksei Gerasimov (born 1999), Russian football player
 * Liubov Nikitina (born 1999), Russian freestyle skier
 * Ekaterina Zelenkova (born 1999), Russian female handballer
 * Maxim Denezhkin (born 2000), Russian professional ice hockey forward

2001–2100

 * Igor Maslennikov (born 2001), Russian football player
 * Karina Metelkova (born 2003), Russian group rhythmic gymnast
 * Vitali Shitov (born 2003), Russian football player
 * Vladislav Shitov (born 2003), Russian football player

Lived in Yaroslavl

 * Vasili, Prince of Yaroslavl (died 1345), prince of the Principality of Yaroslavl from 1321 to 1345
 * Fyodor Volkov (1729–1763), founder of the first Russian theater
 * Nikolay Nekrasov (1821–1878), Russian poet
 * Konstantin Ushinsky (1824–1871), Russian teacher and writer, founder of Russian pedagogics
 * Aleksandr Lyapunov (1857–1918), Russian mathematician, mechanician and physicist
 * Valentina Tereshkova (born 1937), Russian cosmonaut and politician; the first woman in space