List of people from Chelyabinsk

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

Born in Chelyabinsk

19th century

1801–1900

Vladimir Szmurlo (1865–1931), Russian Esperantist and railway engineer

20th century

1901–1940

Esphyr Slobodkina (1908–2002), popular artist, author and illustrator
Sidney Gordin (1918–1996), Russian-born American artist and educator
Makhmut Gareev (1923–2019), Russian General of the Army, historian and military scientist
Evgeni Rogov (1929–1996), Russian and Soviet football player and football manager
Yuri Klepikov (born 1935), Russian screenwriter and actor
Tatyana Sidorova (born 1936), Russian speed skater
Nelli Abramova (born 1940), Soviet competitive volleyball player and Olympic silver medalist in 1964

1941–1950

Aleksey Kuznetsov (born 1941), Russian guitarist, composer and guitar pedagogue
Eduard Sibiryakov (1941–2014), Soviet volleyball player
Svyatoslav Belza (1942–2014), Soviet Russian literary and musical scholar, critic and essayist
Gennady Tsygurov (1942–2016), Russian professional ice hockey coach and former player
Vera Popkova (1943–2011), Soviet track and field athlete
Pyotr Shubin (born 1944), Russian professional football coach and former player
Yuri Aizenshpis (1945–2005), Russian music manager and producer
Boris Kopeikin (born 1945), Soviet football player and Russian coach
Anna Sablina (born 1945), Russian speed skater
Galina Starovoytova (1946–1998), Soviet dissident, Russian politician and ethnographer
Anatoli Kartayev (born 1947), Russian and Soviet professional ice hockey player and coach
Sergei Mikhalev (1947–2015), Russian ice hockey coach
Nikolay Makarov (born 1948), Russian ice hockey player
Yevgeny Kotlov (1949–2016), Soviet hockey player
Evgeny Sveshnikov (born 1950), Russian, former Soviet and Latvian Grandmaster of chess and a chess writer

1951–1960

Aleksandr Voronin (1951–1992), Russian weightlifter and Olympic champion
Alexander Panchenko (1953–2009), Russian chess Grandmaster
Pavel Zhagun (born 1954), Russian poet, musician, record producer, artist and curator
Sergei Babinov (born 1955), Soviet ice hockey player
Oleg Mityaev (born 1956), Russian bard, musician and actor
Viktor Khristenko (born 1957), Russian politician
Vladimir Markelov (born 1957), Russian former gymnast
Fail Mirgalimov (born 1957), Russian football manager and former player
Nelli Rokita (born 1957), Polish politician
Sergei Makarov (born 1958), Russian former ice hockey right wing and two-time Olympic gold medalist
Sergei Mylnikov (born 1958), Soviet ice hockey player
Svetlana Nikishina (born 1958), Soviet volleyball player
Alexander Pochinok (1958–2014), Russian economist and politician
Sergei Starikov (born 1958), Russian ice hockey coach and player
Vyacheslav Bykov (born 1960), Soviet and Russian ice hockey player and a former head coach of the Russian national hockey team
Alexander Seraphim (born 1960), Russian fashion designer and knitwear innovator

1961–1970

Irina Kostyuchenkova (born 1961), Soviet and Ukrainian female javelin thrower
Yelena Skrynnik (born 1961), the first female minister of agriculture of the Russian Federation between 2009 and 2012
Oleg Gusev (born 1964), Russian entrepreneur and politician
Andrei Zuev (born 1964), Russian ice hockey goaltender
Marat Romanov (born 1966), Russian wheelchair curler
Evgeny Davydov (born 1967), Russian professional ice hockey player
Yelena Sayko (born 1967), Russian race walker
Leonid Novitskiy (born 1968), Russian cross-country rally driver
Vadim Brovtsev (born 1969), Russian businessman who was Prime Minister of the Republic of South Ossetia from 2009 to 2012
Svetlana Goundarenko (born 1969), Russian mixed martial artist and judoka
Mikhail Yurevich (born 1969), Russian politician; former governor of Chelyabinsk Oblast (2010–2014)
Ariel (formed 1970), Soviet "VIA" (pop/rock) band
Sergey Gomolyako (born 1970), Russian ice hockey player
Yuriy Konovalov (born 1970), Russian professional footballer
Rishat Shafikov (born 1970), Russian race walker
Yelena Yelesina (born 1970), Russian female high jumper; won the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics with 2,01 m

1971–1975

Valeri Karpov (1971–2014), Soviet ice hockey player
Andrei Sapozhnikov (born 1971), Soviet ice hockey player
Denis Tsygurov (1971–2015), Russian professional ice hockey player
Igor Varitsky (born 1971), Soviet ice hockey player
Svetlana Bazhanova (born 1972), Russian speed skater
Viktor Bulatov (born 1972), Russian football coach and a former international football player
Artem Kopot (1972–1992), Russian professional ice hockey defenseman
Natalya Polozkova (born 1972), Russian speed skater
Eugene Roshal (born 1972), Russian software engineer
Maksim Surayev (born 1972), Russian cosmonaut
Lera Auerbach (born 1973), Soviet-Russian-born American classical composer and pianist
Natalya Sokolova (born 1973), Russian biathlete
Maxim Bets (born 1974), Russian professional ice hockey player
Sergei Gonchar (born 1974), Russian professional ice hockey player
Andrei Konovalov (born 1974), Russian professional football coach and a former player
Maria Koroleva (born 1974), Russian water polo player
Konstantin Lyzhin (born 1974), Russian football player
Andrei Mezin (born 1974), Belarusian goaltender
Andrei Nazarov (born 1974), Russian professional ice hockey player
Kostyantyn Rurak (born 1974), Ukrainian sprinter
Dmitry Yesipchuk (born 1974), Russian race walker
Alexandre Boikov (born 1975), Russian ice hockey defenceman
Evgeni Galkin (born 1975), Russian professional ice hockey winger
Vitali Yachmenev (born 1975), Russian professional ice hockey left wing

1976–1980

Denis Peremenin (born 1976), Russian football player
Dmitri Tertyshny (1976–1999), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
Konstantin Sidulov (born 1977), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
Alexei Tertyshny (born 1977), Russian professional ice hockey winger
Svetlana Kaykan (born 1978), Russian speed skater
Mikhail Koklyaev (born 1978), Russian National weightlifting champion, strongman competitor and powerlifter
Rustam Akhmyarov (born 1979), Russian who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps
Anastasiya Kodirova (born 1979), Russian volleyball player
Staņislavs Olijars (born 1979), Latvian athlete
Yuliya Petrova (born 1979), Russian water polo player
Nikolay Averyanov (born 1980), Russian decathlete
Yekaterina Gamova (born 1980), Russian volleyball player
Dmitri Kalinin (born 1980), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
Sofia Konukh (born 1980), Russian water polo player
Konstantin Panov (born 1980), Russian professional ice hockey Right Wing
Tatyana Sibileva (born 1980), Russian female race walker
Anna Trebunskaya (born 1980), Russian born American professional ballroom and Latin dancer
Alexei Zavarukhin (born 1980), Russian professional ice hockey center

1981–1985

Ivan Savin (born 1981), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
Danis Zaripov (born 1981), Russian professional ice hockey left winger
Ivan Danshin (born 1982), Russian professional footballer
Denis Kulakov (born 1982), Russian sport shooter
Irina Kulikova (born 1982), Russian classical guitarist
Evgeny Medvedev (born 1982), Russian professional ice hockey defenseman
Olga Permyakova (born 1982), Russian ice hockey defender
Yevgeni Yaroslavtsev (born 1982), Russian professional footballer
Yegor Yevdokimov (born 1982), Russian handball player
Stanislav Chistov (born 1983), Russian professional ice hockey player
Georgy Gelashvili (born 1983), Russian professional ice hockey goaltender
Aleksei Gorelkin (born 1983), Russian professional footballer
Alexei Kaigorodov (born 1983), Russian professional ice hockey forward
Kirill Koltsov (born 1983), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
Arseniy Lavrentyev (born 1983), Russian-born Portuguese professional swimmer
Anton Vasilev (born 1983), Russian sprint canoer
Tatyana Yerokhina (born 1984), Russian handball goalkeeper
Marina Akulova (born 1985), Russian female volleyball player
Igor Bogolyubskiy (born 1985), Russian speed skater
Yuri Koksharov (born 1985), Russian professional ice hockey centre
Igor Kurnosov (1985–2013), Russian chess grandmaster
Iuliia Morozova (born 1985), Russian volleyball player
Mariya Savinova (born 1985), Russian athlete
Grigory Shafigulin (born 1985), Russian professional ice hockey player

1986–1990

Alexander Budkin (born 1986), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
Vladislav Fokin (born 1986), Russian professional ice hockey Goaltender
Sergei Ignatyev (born 1986), Russian professional football player
Evgeny Katichev (born 1986), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
Dmitry Starodubtsev (born 1986), Russian pole vaulter
Ivan Ukhov (born 1986), Russian high jumper
Vadim Berdnikov (born 1987), Russian professional ice hockey player
Vladimir Ivanov, Russian badminton player
Alexander Kalyanin (1987–2011), Russian professional ice hockey winger
Yekaterina Malysheva (born 1987), Russian speed skater
Ilya Zubov (born 1987), Russian professional ice hockey player
Ivan Dorn (born 1988), Russian-born Ukrainian singer and TV presenter
Anton Glinkin (born 1988), Russian professional ice hockey forward
Mikhail Kuznetsov (born 1988), Russian pair skater
Andrei Popov (born 1988), Russian professional ice hockey right winger
Dmitri Sayustov (born 1988), Russian professional ice hockey centre
Evgenii Dadonov (born 1989), Russian professional ice hockey player
Aleksey Dremin (born 1989), Russian sprinter
Oxana Guseva (born 1989), Russian Paralympic swimmer
Vitali Menshikov (born 1989), Russian professional ice hockey player
Kseniya Moskvina (born 1989), Russian swimmer
Mikhail Pashnin (born 1989), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
Evgeny Rybnitsky (born 1989), Russian ice hockey defenceman
Yevgeniya Startseva (born 1989), Russian volleyball player
Danil Yerdakov (born 1989), Russian professional ice hockey player
Nikita Zhdankin (born 1989), Russian professional football player
Alexandra Vafina (born 1990), Russian Olympic ice hockey player
Danila Alistratov (born 1990), Russian ice hockey goaltender
Anastasia Baryshnikova (born 1990), Russian taekwondo practitioner
Egor Dugin (born 1990), Russian professional ice hockey centre
Olga Fatkulina (born 1990), Russian long-track speed skater
Anton Lazarev (born 1990), Russian professional ice hockey forward
Dmitri Kostromitin (born 1990), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
Vadim Muntagirov (born 1990), Russian ballet dancer
Slava Voynov (born 1990), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman

1991–2000

Anton Burdasov (born 1991), Russian professional ice hockey forward
Natalia Gantimurova (born 1991), Russian beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Russia 2011
Maxim Karpov (born 1991), Russian professional ice hockey player
Ksenia Pervak (born 1991), Russian professional tennis player
Aleksey Suvorov (born 1991), Russian speed-skater
Anna Vinogradova (born 1991), Russian ice hockey goaltender
Andrey Zubkov (born 1991), Russian basketball player
Dmitri Akishin (born 1992), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
Vladislav Kartayev (born 1992), Russian ice hockey player
Denis Kudryavtsev (born 1992), Russian athlete specialising in the 400 metres hurdles
Evgeny Kuznetsov (born 1992), Russian professional ice hockey forward
Yakov Toumarkin (born 1992), Israeli swimmer
Zhan Bush (born 1993), Russian figure skater
Sergey Glukhov (born 1993), Russian curler
Nikita Nesterov (born 1993), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
Ksenia Pecherkina (born 1993), ice dancer
Nikolai Prokhorkin (born 1993), Russian professional ice hockey player
Maxim Shalunov (born 1993), Russian professional ice hockey player
Ekaterina Alexandrova (born 1994), Russian professional tennis player
Evgeniya Kosetskaya (born 1994), Russian female badminton player
Vyacheslav Osnovin (born 1994), Russian ice hockey player
Marina Shults (born 1994), Israeli group rhythmic gymnast
Valeri Nichushkin (born 1995), Russian professional ice hockey right winger
Viktor Poletaev (born 1995), Russian volleyball player
Ekaterina Efremenkova (born 1997), Russian speed skater
Yegor Nikulin (born 1997), Russian football player
Ekaterina Borisova (born 1999), Russian pair skater

Lived in Chelyabinsk

Stanislav Hazheev (born 1941), the Minister of Defence in Transnistria
Sergey Kovalev (born 1983), current WBO Light Heavyweight Boxing Champion; former IBF, WBA, the Ring Champion
Vladimir Stepanov (born 1958), Russian armwrestler
Oleg Znarok (born 1963), former Soviet and Latvian ice hockey player, with German citizenship since 2001; coach of the Russian national hockey team