List of people from Yekaterinburg

This is a list of notable people who were born or have lived in Yekaterinburg (1924–1991: Sverdlovsk), Russia.



1701–1900

 * Ivan Polzunov (1728–1766), Russian inventor. He created the first steam engine in Russia and the first two-cylinder engine in the world.
 * Juvenaly of Alaska (1761–1796), Protomartyr of America, was a hieromartyr and member of the first group of Orthodox missionaries who came from the monastery of Valaam to evangelize the native inhabitants of Alaska
 * Fyodor Reshetnikov (1841–1871), Russian author
 * Leonard Turzhansky (1875–1945), Russian impressionist painter
 * Peter Ermakov (1884–1952), Russian Bolshevik, notable as having been among those responsible for the execution of the deposed Tsar Nicholas II, his wife, their children, and their retinue
 * Pyotr Tayozhny (1887–1952), Russian sculptor
 * Julian Shchutsky (1897–1938), Russian sinologist

1901–1930

 * Ivan Večtomov (1902–1981), Czech composer and cellist of Russian origin
 * Grigori Aleksandrov (1903–1983), Soviet film director
 * Tatyana Grosman (1904–1982), Russian American printmaker and publisher
 * Aleksei Zachvatkin (1905–1950), Russian entomologist and acarologist
 * Igor Oberberg (1907–1996), Russian-born German cinematographer
 * Tatiana Tolmacheva (1907–1998), Soviet figure skater, figure skating coach and one of the founders of Soviet figure skating school
 * Lev Weinstein (1916–2004), Soviet world champion and Olympic bronze medalist in shooting
 * Vladimir Gulyaev (1924–1997), Soviet actor of theater and cinema
 * Nikolay Krasovsky (1924–2012), Russian mathematician
 * Lyudmila Lyadova (born 1925), Russian composer
 * Ernst Neizvestny (born 1925), Russian-American sculptor, painter, graphic artist and art philosopher
 * Rimma Zhukova (1925–1999), Soviet speed skater
 * Aleksandr Matveyev (1926–2010), Russian linguist
 * Aleksandr Zasukhin (1928–2012), Soviet boxer
 * Galina Brezhneva (1929–1998), daughter of Soviet politician and longtime General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev
 * Nina Ponomaryova (1929–2016), Russian discus thrower and the first Soviet Olympic champion
 * Yuri Semenov (1929–2023), Soviet and Russian historian, philosopher, anthropologist

1931–1940

 * Alexander Avdonin (born 1932), Russian mineralogist, archeologist
 * Roman Tkachuk (1932–1994), Soviet theatre and film actor
 * Erik Bulatov (born 1933), Russian artist
 * Vladimir Krasnopolsky (1933–2022), Russian film director, producer, and screenwriter
 * Valeri Urin (1934–2023), Soviet football player
 * Edouard Pliner (born 1936), Soviet and Russian figure skating coach
 * Aleksandr Demyanenko (1937–1999), Russian film and theater actor
 * Albert Filozov (1937–2016), Soviet and Russian actor
 * Aleksei Zasukhin (1937–1996), Soviet boxer
 * Old Man Bukashkin (1938–2005), Russian artist and poet
 * Oleg Dementiev (1938–1991), Russian chess master who won the Russian Chess Championship in 1971
 * Viktor Dolnik (1938–2013), Russian ornithologist
 * Alexander Dolsky (born 1938), Soviet and Russian poet, writer, artist and most famously known for being a bard
 * Igor Bakalov (1939–1992), Soviet sports shooter
 * Igor Ksenofontov (1939–1999), Soviet and Russian figure skating coach, founder of the Yekaterinburg figure skating school, president of the Sverdlovsk Figure Skating Federation
 * Dmitri Z. Garbuzov (1940–2006), Russian-American physicist; one of the pioneers and inventors of room temperature continuous-wave-operating diode lasers and high-power diode lasers
 * Alexei Khvostenko (1940–2004), Russian avant-garde poet, singer-songwriter, artist and sculptor

1941–1950

 * Viktor Anichkin (1941–1975), Russian footballer
 * Vladimir Mulyavin (1941–2003), Soviet and Belarusian rock musician and the founder of the folk-rock band Pesniary
 * Alexander Maslyakov (born 1941), prominent Soviet and Russian television game show host
 * Vladimir Grammatikov (born 1942), Russian and Soviet actor theater and film, director, screenwriter and producer
 * Masha Ivashintsova (1942−2000), Russian photographer
 * Samuil Lurie (1942–2015), Russian writer and literary historian
 * Lyudmila Bragina (born 1943), Russian middle distance runner
 * Semyon Altov (born 1945), Jewish Russian and Soviet comedy writer
 * Vitaly Naumkin (born 1945), Russian Professor, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
 * Vladimir Gostyukhin (born 1946), Soviet, Russian and Belarusian film and stage actor
 * Nukhim Rashkovsky (1946–2023), Russian chess Grandmaster and coach
 * Sergey Cheskidov (born 1947), Soviet and Russian sports commentator, broadcaster
 * Vladimir Ilyin (born 1947), Soviet and Russian actor
 * Vladimir Makeranets (1947–2024), Soviet and Russian director of photography, producer and film director
 * Boris Belkin (born 1948), Russian violin virtuoso
 * Georgy Shishkin (born 1948), Russian painter
 * Alfia Nazmutdinova (born 1949), Soviet rhythmic gymnast
 * Oleg Platonov (born 1950), Russian writer, historian and economist

1951–1960

 * Galina Belyayeva (born 1951), Russian-born Kazakh sport shooter
 * Stanislav Yeryomin (born 1951), Soviet basketball player
 * Nadezhda Kozhushanaya (1952–1997), Soviet and Russian screenwriter and writer
 * Ludmila Saunina (born 1952), Russian chess player and a woman grandmaster
 * Alexander Dudoladov (1953–1999), Soviet and Russian writer, screenwriter and film director
 * Olga Barysheva (born 1954), Russian former basketball player
 * Yuri Loza (born 1954), Russian singer, poet, and composer
 * Boris Golovin (born 1955), Russian singer-songwriter, musician, poet and novelist
 * Viktor Shishkin (born 1955), Soviet football player and Russian football coach
 * Aleksandr Sergeyevich Vishnevsky (1955–2015), Russian speleologist
 * Tatiana Ferdman (born 1957), Soviet female table tennis player
 * Valentina Lalenkova (born 1957), Soviet speed skater
 * Olga Slavnikova (born 1957), Russian novelist and literary critic
 * Stanislav Leonovich (born 1958), Soviet pair skater
 * Mariya Litovskaya (born 1958), Soviet and Russian philologist, literary critic, Professor of the Ural Federal University
 * Alexander Malinin (born 1958), Russian singer
 * Anatoly Medennikov (born 1958), Soviet speed skater
 * Nikolai Narimanov (born 1958), Soviet ice hockey player
 * Nikolai Zouev (1958–2022), Russian mixed martial artist
 * Aleksei Balabanov (1959–2013), Russian film director, screenwriter and producer
 * Malik Gaisin (born 1959), Russian entrepreneur and politician
 * Natalia Karamysheva (born 1959), Soviet ice dancer
 * Oleg Khafizov (born 1959), Russian writer
 * Ilya Kormiltsev (1959–2007), Russian poet, translator and publisher
 * Alexander Misharin (born 1959), Russian politician and former governor of Sverdlovsk Oblast
 * Andrey Prokofyev (1959–1989), Soviet athlete, winner of a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 1980 Summer Olympics
 * Andrey Rudensky (born 1959), Soviet and Russian film and stage actor
 * Yelena Volkova (born 1960), Soviet competitive volleyball player and Olympic gold medalist (1988)
 * Tatyana Yumasheva (born 1960), younger daughter of former Russian President Boris Yeltsin

1961–1965

 * Marat Akbarov (born 1961), Soviet competitive pair skater
 * Svitlana Mankova (born 1962), Soviet and Ukrainian handball player
 * Yuri Naumov (born 1962), Russian poet, composer, singer and acoustic guitar player
 * Yevgeny Roizman (born 1962), Russian politician, the Mayor of Yekaterinburg since 2013
 * Ilya Byakin (born 1963), Soviet ice hockey player
 * Yulia Bystrova (born 1963), Soviet and Russian pair skater
 * Andrei Martemyanov (born 1963), Soviet and Russian ice hockey player and coach
 * Larisa Rudakova (born 1963), Russian soprano singer
 * Marat Galimov (born 1964), Russian professional football referee and a former player
 * Marina Pestova (born 1964), Soviet competitive pair skater
 * Aleksandr Podshivalov (born 1964), Russian association football coach and a former player
 * Nikolai Stain (born 1964), Russian professional football coach and a former player
 * Anton Bakov (born 1965), Russian politician and monarchist
 * Svetlana Paramygina (born 1965), Soviet and Belarusian biathlete

1966–1970

 * Alyona Azernaya (born 1966), Russian naïve painter
 * Elena Berezovich (born 1966), Russian linguist
 * Irina Khabarova (born 1966), Russian sprinter
 * Marina Klimova (born 1966), Soviet ice dancer
 * Veronica Pershina (born 1966), Soviet competitive pair skater
 * Anna Biryukova (born 1967), Russian female triple jumper
 * Galina Belyayeva (born 1967), Russian sport shooter
 * Alexei Gorshkov (born 1967), Russian ice dancing coach
 * Ilya Itin (born 1967), Russian concert pianist
 * Mikhail Murashko (born 1967), Russian physician and politician
 * Mikhail Shchennikov (born 1967), Russian race walker
 * Yuliya Vlasova (born 1967), Russian short track speed skater
 * Aleksei Yushkov (1967–1996), Russian professional footballer
 * Roman Zvonkov (1967–1995), Ukrainian biathlete
 * Tatyana Chebykina (born 1968), Russian athlete
 * Irina Ilchenko (born 1968), Russian volleyball player
 * Dmitry Kamenshchik (born 1968), Russian businessman
 * Lyudmila Konovalova (born 1968), Russian basketball player
 * Svetlana Korytova (born 1968), Russian volleyball player
 * Vladimir Malakhov (born 1968), Russian professional ice hockey player
 * Svetlana Petcherskaia (born 1968), Soviet biathlete
 * Vladimir Presnyakov Jr. (born 1968), Soviet and Russian singer, musician, keyboardist, composer, arranger and actor
 * Vitaly Vladimirov (born 1968), Soviet and Russian trombonist, composer, arranger, conductor
 * Eduard Yugrin (born 1968), Russian professional footballer
 * Julia Demina (born 1969), Russian chess player
 * Lev Fridman (born 1969), Russian auto racing driver
 * Pavlo Khnykin (born 1969), Soviet and Ukrainian freestyle swimmer
 * Viktor Maigourov (born 1969), Russian biathlete
 * Oleg Presnyakov (born 1969), Russian writer, playwright, screenwriter, director
 * Natasha Stefanenko (born 1969), Russian actress, model and television presenter
 * Andrey Anufriyenko (1970–2019), Russian speed skater
 * Alexey Bakunin (born 1970), Russian professional footballer
 * Oleg Bogayev (born 1970), Russian playwright
 * Aleksandr Demidov (born 1970), Russian actor, screenwriter, camera operator and film producer
 * Dmitry Geller (born 1970), Russian animator and film director
 * Lena Herzog (born 1970), Russian American documentary and fine art photographer
 * Oxana Slesarenko (born 1970), Russian wheelchair curler

1971–1975

 * Lioudmila Kortchaguina (born 1971), Canadian marathon runner of Russian descent
 * Alexander Popov (born 1971), Russian Olympic gold-winning swimmer
 * Yelena Tyurina (born 1971), Russian female volleyball player
 * Andrey Alshevskikh (born 1972), Russian political figure
 * Sergei Bulatov (born 1972), Russian professional football coach and a former player
 * Yevgeni Davletshin (born 1972), Russian football player
 * Dmitry Gusev (born 1972), Russian professional campaign manager and a deputy of the 8th State Duma
 * Marat Safin (born 1972), Russian football player
 * Igor Shulepov (born 1972), Russian volleyball player
 * Vadim Tokarev (born 1972), American-based Russian cruiserweight boxer
 * Vyacheslav Bakharev (born 1973), Russian football player
 * Alexander Dorosinskiy (born 1973), Russian racing car driver and entrepreneur
 * Valeri Goryushev (1973–2014), Russian volleyball player
 * Tatyana Grachova (born 1973), Russian volleyball player
 * Nikolai Khabibulin (born 1973), Russian professional ice hockey goaltender
 * Natalya Morozova (born 1973), Russian volleyball player
 * Ilya Ratnichkin (born 1973), Russian professional footballer
 * Dmitry Sinitsyn (born 1973), Russian nordic combined
 * Serguei Smetanine (born 1973), Russian racing cyclist
 * Andrey Smirnov (born 1973), Russian wheelchair curler
 * Yana Troyanova (born 1973), Russian theater and film actress
 * Alexander Vysokinsky (born 1973), Russian politician serving as a senator from Sverdlovsk Oblast
 * Alexander Vyukhin (1973–2011), Ukrainian professional ice hockey goaltender of Russian ethnicity
 * Alexei Yashin (born 1973), Russian professional ice hockey centerman
 * Alexei Aidarov (born 1974), Russian-born former Belarusian (until 2006) and Ukrainian (since 2007) biathlete
 * Oleg Dozmorov (born 1974), Russian writer and poet
 * Marina Khalturina (born 1974), Russian-born Kazakhstani figure skater
 * Svetlana Leshukova (born 1974), Russian swimmer
 * Vladislav Otmakhov (born 1974), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
 * Vladimir Presnyakov (born 1974), Russian writer, screenwriter, director, theatre producer
 * Boris Ryzhy (1974–2001), Russian poet
 * Yevgeniya Artamonova (born 1975), Russian female volleyball player
 * Aleksandr Gerasimov (born 1975), Russian volleyball player
 * Natalia Paderina (born 1975), Russian sport shooter
 * Sergey Prokopyev (born 1975), Russian cosmonaut
 * Ekaterina Siurina (born 1975), Russian operatic soprano

1976–1980

 * Olga Kotlyarova (born 1976), Russian runner
 * Alexander Lapshin (born 1976), Soviet-born travel blogger and journalist
 * Igor Lukanin (born 1976), Russian competitive ice dancer who competed internationally for Azerbaijan with Kristin Fraser
 * Dmitri Naumkin (born 1976), Russian competitive ice dancer
 * Svetlana Nesterova (born 1976), Russian composer and violinist
 * Andrei Shabanov (born 1976), Russian football and futsal player
 * Roman Skorniakov (born 1976), Russian-born figure skater who mainly represented Uzbekistan
 * Boris Dyakonov (born 1977), Russian banker
 * Yelena Godina (born 1977), Russian volleyball player
 * Galina Likhachova (born 1977), Russian speed skater
 * Igor Malinovsky (born 1977), Russian concert violinist and Professor of Violin
 * Denis Sokolov (born 1977), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
 * Sergei Svetlakov (born 1977), Russian comedian, film and television actor
 * Alina Bronsky (born 1978), Russian-born German writer
 * Alexei Bulatov (born 1978), Russian professional ice hockey forward
 * Yulia Chicherina (born 1978), Russian pop-rock artist
 * Pavel Datsyuk (born 1978), Russian professional ice hockey player and alternate captain for the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League (NHL)
 * Andrey Deyev (born 1978), Russian fencer
 * Sergey Kofanov (born 1978), Russian mountaineer
 * Kirill Ladygin (born 1978), Russian auto racing driver
 * Elias Pavlidis (born 1978), Greek amateur boxer
 * Valeri Pokrovsky (born 1978), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
 * Olga Sharutenko (born 1978), Russian ice dancer
 * Vitaliy Smirnov (born 1978), Russian-Uzbekistani decathlete
 * Yelena Vasilevskaya (born 1978), Russian volleyball player
 * Stanislav Morozov (born 1979), former pair skater
 * Alexander Motylev (born 1979), Russian chess grandmaster
 * Yevgeny Salakhov (born 1979), Russian sprint canoer
 * Alexei Simakov (born 1979), Russian professional ice hockey forward
 * Sergei Stupin (born 1979), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
 * Yuta (born 1979), Russian singer, composer, songwriter and actress
 * Vyacheslav Chistyakov (born 1980), Russian professional ice hockey forward
 * Yevgeni Fyodorov (born 1980), Russian professional ice hockey centre
 * Sergei Khoroshun (born 1980), Russian professional ice hockey goaltender
 * Denis Kochetkov (born 1980), Russian professional ice hockey forward
 * Andrei Mukhachyov (born 1980), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
 * Konstantin Syomin (born 1980), Russian journalist and TV news presenter
 * Aleksei Volkov (born 1980), Russian professional hockey goaltender
 * Leonid Volkov (born 1980), Russian politician

1981–1985

 * Tatyana Dektyareva (born 1981), Russian track and field athlete
 * Irina Denezhkina (born 1981), Russian controversial writer
 * Damir Khamadiyev (born 1981), Russian futsal player
 * Igor Magogin (born 1981), Russian professional ice hockey centre
 * Andrei Shefer (born 1981), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
 * Yekaterina Smolentseva (born 1981), Russian female ice hockey player
 * Aleksey Tsvetkov (born 1981), Russian skier
 * Ivan Alypov (born 1982), Russian cross-country skier
 * Daniil Barantsev (born 1982), Russian-American competitive ice dancer
 * Maxim Bolotin (born 1982), Russian competitive ice dancer
 * Vasili Brovin (born 1982), Russian professional footballer
 * Nikolay Pankratov (born 1982), Russian cross-country skier
 * Natalia Ponomareva (born 1982), Russian-Uzbekistani pair skater
 * Alexander Tatarinov (born 1982), Russian professional ice hockey winger
 * Artyom Fidler (born 1983), Russian professional footballer
 * Mariya Netesova (born 1983), Russian rhythmic gymnast and Olympic champion (2000)
 * Nautilus Pompilius (1983–1997), Soviet and Russian rock band
 * Nataliya Shalagina (born 1983), Russian swimmer
 * Olga Stulneva (born 1983), Russian athlete and bobsledder
 * Svetlana Terentieva (born 1983), Russian ice hockey forward
 * Irina Zilber (born 1983), Russian rhythmic gymnast and Olympic champion (2000)
 * Chaif (formed 1984), Russian rock band
 * Elena Murzina (born 1984), Russian rhythmic gymnast and Olympic champion (2004)
 * Yury Prilukov (born 1984), Russian freestyle swimmer
 * Agatha Christie (founded 1985), Soviet and Russian rock band
 * Alexander Kudryavtsev (born 1985), Russian professional tennis player
 * Georgi Misharin (born 1985), Russian professional ice hockey defenseman
 * Sergei Nemolodyshev (born 1985), Russian professional ice hockey winger
 * Alexei Puninski (born 1985), Russian-born Croatian swimmer
 * Diana Rennik (born 1985), Russian-born Estonian pair skater
 * Marina Sheshenina (born 1985), Russian female volleyball player

1986–1990

 * Konstantin Agapov (born 1986), Russian futsal player
 * Alexandra Ageeva (born 1986), Russian opposition journalist
 * Pavel Korpachev (born 1986), Russian freestyle skier
 * Ivan Kovalev (born 1986), Russian professional racing cyclist
 * Elena Melnik (born 1986), Russian fashion model
 * Stepan Poistogov (born 1986), Russian middle-distance runner
 * Vera Sessina (born 1986), Russian individual rhythmic gymnast
 * Elena Turysheva (born 1986), Russian cross country skier
 * Denis Galimzyanov (born 1987), Russian racing cyclist
 * Anastasia Gorshkova (born 1987), Russian competitive ice dancer
 * Alena Kaufman (born 1987), Russian paralympic biathlete and skier
 * Igor Lysyj (born 1987), Russian chess grandmaster
 * Aleksandra Pasynkova (born 1987), Russian female volleyball player
 * Dmitri Rusanov (born 1987), Russian former professional footballer
 * Maria Smolnikova (born 1987), Russian actress
 * Kirill Starkov (born 1987), Danish ice hockey player of Russian ethnicity
 * Igor Yudin (born 1987), Australian volleyball player with Russian origins
 * Kseniya Aksyonova (born 1988), Russian track and field sprinter
 * Egor Baranov (born 1988), Russian film director
 * Victoria Chaplina (born 1988), Russian female former volleyball player
 * Aliya Garayeva (born 1988), retired gymnast, she represented Russia (until 2005) and Azerbaijan (2006–2012)
 * Evgeny Kurbatov (born 1988), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
 * Nikita Lobintsev (born 1988), Russian freestyle swimmer
 * Yegor Nikolayev (born 1988), Russian runner
 * Yuliya Pidluzhnaya (born 1988), Russian long jumper
 * Anastasia Poltoratskaya (born 1988), Russian tennis player
 * Yury Postrigay (born 1988), Russian canoeist
 * Valeri Sokolov (born 1988), Russian professional football player
 * Alexander Yukseyev (born 1988), Russian ice hockey defenceman
 * Smyslovye Gallyutsinatsii (formed 1989), Russian rock band
 * Yekaterina Lebedeva (born 1989), Russian ice hockey forward
 * Ivan Sozonov (born 1989), Russian badminton player
 * Angelika Timanina (born 1989), Russian competitor in synchronized swimming
 * Dimitri Tsyganov (born 1989), Russian professional ice hockey player
 * Alexandr Zaboev (born 1989), Russian pair skater
 * Alexander Antropov (born 1990), Russian former professional ice hockey player
 * Sergei Chistyakov (born 1990), Russian ice hockey player
 * Ivan Chudin (born 1990), Russian professional football player
 * Anna Gavrilenko (born 1990), Russian group rhythmic gymnast and Olympic champion
 * Ekaterina Kosianenko (born 1990), Russian volleyball player
 * Fedor Malykhin (born 1990), Russian professional ice hockey forward
 * Alyona Mamina (born 1990), Russian track and field sprinter
 * Vladimir Mineev (born 1990), Russian heavyweight kickboxer and mixed martial artist
 * Anatoli Nikontsev (born 1990), Russian professional ice hockey winger
 * Sergey Sviridov (born 1990), Russian decathlete

1991–2000

 * Yekaterina Ananina (born 1991), Russian ice hockey forward
 * Andrei Ankudinov (born 1991), Russian ice hockey player
 * Irina Antonenko (born 1991), Russian actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder
 * Sergey Karyakin (born 1991), Russian rally raid driver
 * Natalia Perminova (born 1991), Russian badminton player
 * Valeria Savinykh (born 1991), Russian tennis player
 * Filipp Savchenko (born 1991), Russian ice hockey player
 * David Belyavskiy (born 1992), Russian artistic gymnast
 * Stefan Stepanov (born 1992), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
 * Mikhail Ustyantsev (born 1992), Russian ice hockey player
 * Alexander Zakirov (born 1992), Russian ice hockey player
 * Vera Bazarova (born 1993), Russian pair skater
 * Kseniia Ilchenko (born 1994), Russian female volleyball player
 * Kristina Ilinykh (born 1994), Russian diver
 * Oleksiy Khoblenko (born 1994), Ukrainian football striker
 * Anastasia Kobekina (born 1994), Russian cellist
 * Maxim Miroshkin (born 1994), Russian pair skater
 * Nikita Tryamkin (born 1994), Russian ice hockey defenceman
 * Elbeyi Guliyev (born 1995), Azerbaijani professional football player
 * Maxim Kovtun (born 1995), Russian figure skater
 * Ilya Leshukov (born 1995), Russian beach volleyball player
 * Polina Popova (born 1995), Russian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Russia 2017
 * Aleksandr Sobolev (born 1995), Russian professional football player
 * Maria Temnikova (born 1995), Russian swimmer
 * Klava Koka (born 1996), Russian singer, songwriter and YouTuber
 * Anton Mamaev (born 1997), Russian competitive snowboarder
 * Artyom Mamin (born 1997), Russian football player
 * Anastasiia Tatareva (born 1997), Russian group rhythmic gymnast
 * Artyom Yusupov (born 1997), Russian football player
 * Dmitrii Ialin (born 1998), Russian pair skater
 * Yulia Lipnitskaya (born 1998), Russian figure skater
 * Monetochka (born 1998), Russian singer-songwriter
 * Daria Ustinova (born 1998), Russian backstroke swimmer
 * Ivan Chekhovich (born 1999), ice hockey winger
 * Sergei Slepov (born 1999), Russian football player
 * Aleksandr Galimov (born 2000), Russian football player
 * Viktoriia Meshkova (born 2000), Russian rock climber
 * Egor Sokolov (born 2000), Russian professional ice hockey left winger

21st century

 * Danil Gushchin (born 2002), Russian professional ice hockey player
 * Jelizaveta Žuková (born 2003), Russian-Czech pair skater
 * Kristina Dudina (born 2004), Russian judoka and sambo competitor

Lived in Yekaterinburg

 * Onésime Clerc (1845-1920), Russian naturalist of Swiss origin
 * Pavel Bazhov (1879–1950), Russian writer; between 1889 and 1893 he studied in a religious school in Yekaterinburg
 * Dmitry Kharitonov (1896–1970), the first native Russian arachnologist
 * Sergei Vonsovsky (1910–1998), Soviet and Russian physicist; Honorary citizen of Yekaterinburg. One of the streets of Yekaterinburg is called after academician Vonsovsky.
 * Chiang Fang-liang (1916–2004), wife of President Chiang Ching-kuo and served as First Lady of the Republic of China on Taiwan from 1978 to 1988; moved to Yekaterinburg during World War I
 * Gennady Mesyats (born 1936), Russian physicist, founder of several scientific schools; Honorary citizen of Yekaterinburg
 * Eduard Rossel (born 1937), Russian politician of German origin, governor (1995–2009) of Sverdlovsk Oblast; Honorary citizen of Yekaterinburg
 * Nikolay Karpol (born 1938), national women volleyball team coach (VC Uralochka-NTMK Yekaterinburg); Honorary Citizen of the Sverdlovsk Oblast
 * Vladislav Krapivin (born 1938), Russian children's books writer; Honorary citizen of Yekaterinburg
 * Arkady Chernetsky (born 1950), Russian politician; Mayor of Yekaterinburg (1992–2010)
 * Evgeny Fateev (born 1958), Russian physicist and astrophysicist
 * Vassily Sigarev (born 1977), Russian playwright, screenwriter and film director; graduated from the Yekaterinburg Theatre Institute
 * Louis J. Marinelli (born 1986), American activist, self-subscribed Californian nationalist activist, migrated from the United States due to Anti-Russian hysteria.
 * Sofia Nikitchuk (born 1993), Russian actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Russia 2015