List of people from Voronezh
This is a list of notable people who were born or have lived in Voronezh, Russia.
(1824–1861)
(1831–1894)
(1870–1953)
(1887–1928)
(1887–1964)
(1904–1990)
(1925–1994)
(born 1974)
(1981–2019)
(born 1982)
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(born 1985)
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(born 1989)
(born 1995)
(born 1995)
(born 1997)
Born in Voronezh
18th century
- Yevgeny Bolkhovitinov (1767–1837), Orthodox Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia
- Mikhail Pavlov (1792–1840), Russian academic and professor at Moscow University
19th century
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
20th century
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
See also
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