This is a list of notable people who were born or have lived in Yekaterinburg (1924–1991: Sverdlovsk), Russia.
Born in Yekaterinburg 18th and 19th century 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
20th century 1901–1930 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 Tatyana Tolmachova (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 Boris Kondrashin (1923–1994), Russian and Soviet painter of socialist realism Vladimir Gulyaev (1924–1997), Soviet actor of theater and cinema Nikolay Krasovsky (1924–2012), Russian mathematician Lyudmila Lyadova (1925–2021), Russian composer Ernst Neizvestny (1925–2016), 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 Vitaliy Konovalov (1932–2013), Soviet politician 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 Eduard Lazarev (1935–2008), Moldovan composer of Russian descent Georgy Koshlakov (1936–2017), Deputy Prime Minister of Tajikistan Edouard Pliner (1936–2016), 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 Valery Kichin (born 1938), Russian journalist, film and theater critic, radio host 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 (1941–2024), 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 Ekaterina Lakhova (born 1948), Russian politician and statesman 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 Sergey Nefedov (born 1951), Russian historian 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 Mikhail Kuzmin (born 1955), Russian political figure and a deputy of the 8th State Duma 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 Alexander Korotich (born 1960), Russian artist, designer, writer and teacher 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, 2013-2018 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 Mark Lipovetsky (born 1964), Russian literary, film, and cultural critic 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 Maxim Ivanov (born 1967), Russian political figure and a deputy of the 7th and 8th State Dumas Vladimir Miklushevsky (born 1967), Russian politician 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 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 Andrey Klishas (born 1972), Russian politician and jurist 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