List of people from Samara
# List of people from Samara

This is a list of notable people who were born or have lived in Samara (1935–1990: Kuybyshev), Russia.

## Born in Samara

### 19th century

**1801–1900**

* Nikolai Karonin-Petropavlovsky (1853–1892), Russian writer, essayist and political activist
* David Toews (1870-1947), founding chairman of the Canadian Mennonite Board of Colonization
* Gleb Krzhizhanovsky (1872–1959), Soviet economist and a state figure
* Victor Palmov (1888–1929), Russian-Ukrainian painter and avant-garde artist
* Leonid Serebryakov (1890–1937), Russian politician and Bolshevik
* Boris Kuftin (1892–1953), Soviet archaeologist and ethnographer
* Maria Kuncewiczowa (1895–1989), Polish writer and novelist
* Enrico Rastelli (1896–1931), Italian juggler, acrobat and performer
* Gregory Ratoff (1897–1960), Russian-American film director, actor and producer
* Sergei Schelkunoff (1897–1992), Russian mathematician and electromagnetism theorist
* Vasily Yefanov (1900–1978), Soviet painter

### 20th century

**1901–1950**

* Nikolay Simonov (1901–1973), Soviet film and stage actor
* Andrew Alford (1904–1992), American electrical engineer and inventor
* Emma Lehmer (1906–2007), Russian mathematician
* Dmitriy Ustinov (1908–1984), Russian politician, Minister of Defense of the Soviet Union from 1976 until 1984
* Lev Aronin (1920–1983), Soviet International Master of chess
* Georgy Adelson-Velsky (1922–2014), Soviet and Israeli mathematician and computer scientist
* Pavel Zhiburtovich (1925–2006), ice hockey player
* Roza Makagonova (1927–1995), Soviet actress
* Eldar Ryazanov (1927–2015), Russian film director
* Josef Gitelson (1927–2022), Soviet and Russian biophysicist
* Gennadi Poloka (1930–2014), Russian film director, cinematographer, producer and actor
* Alfred Fyodorov (1935–2001), Soviet football player and coach
* Boris Kazakov (1940–1978), Soviet football player
* Anatoli Kikin (1940–2012), Russian football player and manager
* Justas Vincas Paleckis (born 1942), Lithuanian ex-communist and politician, Member of the European Parliament
* Valentin Bogomazov (1943–2019), Russian diplomat, ambassador to Ecuador and Peru
* David Rudman (born 1943), Soviet wrestling champion, Sambo world champion, and judo European champion
* Vladimír Železný (born 1945), media businessman and politician in the Czech Republic
* Alexander Abrosimov (1948–2011), Russian mathematician and teacher
* Valery Dudyshev (born 1948), Russian scientist
* Yakov Kazyansky (born 1948), Russian musician
* Yuri Chernov (born 1949), Soviet and Russian actor of theatre and cinema

### 1951–1970

* Katerina Belkina (born 1974) Russian visual artist, photographer and painter
* Lyubov Sadchikova (1951–2012), Soviet speed skater
* Ilya Mikhalchuk (born 1957), Russian politician and statesman
* Mark Solonin (born 1958), Russian historian of World War II
* Oleg Zaionchkovsky (born 1959), author
* Dmitry Muratov (born 1961), editor-in-chief of the Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta
* Yuri Yakovich (born 1962), Russian chess Grandmaster
* Pavel Romanov (born 1964), Russian sociologist
* Asiat Saitov (born 1965), Russian cyclist
* Lev Khasis (born 1966), the first CEO of the X5 Retail Group (2006–2011)
* Alexander Ardakov, Russian professional pianist
* Pavel Galkin (born 1968), Russian sprinter, former Russian record holder at 60-metres (6,56)
* Olga Kuznetsova (born 1968), Russian sport shooter
* Olga Sharkova-Sidorova (born 1968), Russian fencer
* Aleksandr Tsygankov (born 1968), Russian professional football coach and a former player who last worked as a manager for FC Krylia Sovetov Samara
* Valeri Tumaykin (1968–1994), Russian professional footballer
* Tatyana Shishkina (born 1969), Kazakh judoka
* Tatiana Egorova (1970–2012), Russian footballer and manager

### 1971–1980

* Yuriy Andronov (born 1971), Russian race walker
* Mark Feygin (born 1971), Russian lawyer and politician
* Maria Samoroukova (born 1971), Greek former basketball player
* Alexei Tikhonov (born 1971), Russian pair skater
* Andrei Zintchenko (born 1972), Russian professional road bicycle racer
* Irina Lashko (born 1973), Russian diver
* Dmitry Alimov (born 1974), Russian entrepreneur and investor in Internet and media businesses
* Mariya Kiselyova (born 1974), Russian swimmer
* Igor Sinyutin (born 1974), Russian former competitive figure skater
* Sergei Korchagin (born 1975), Russian football player
* Dmitri Shoukov (born 1975), Russian footballer
* Alexei Akifiev (born 1976), Russian professional ice hockey forward
* Maxim Bakiyev (born 1977), the youngest son of former president of Kyrgyzstan, Kurmanbek Bakiyev
* Svetlana Vanyo (born 1977), Russian-American swimmer, coach and private swimming instructor, World Champion medalist, Russian national record holder and 1996 Olympics finalist
* Nina Zhivanevskaya (born 1977), Russian 5-time Olympic backstroke swimmer
* Ella Diehl (born 1978), Russian badminton player
* Julia Feldman (born 1979), Israeli jazz vocalist, composer and educator
* Aleksandr Nikulin (born 1979), Russian football player
* Alexander Ryabov (born 1979), Russian professional ice hockey player

### 1981–1990

* Alexander Efimkin (born 1981), director sportif for Russian professional cycling team RusVelo
* Vladimir Efimkin (born 1981), Russian retired professional road bicycle racer
* Aleksandr Anyukov (born 1982), Russian international association football defender
* Olga Arteshina (born 1982), Russian basketball player
* Maxim Shabalin (born 1982), Russian ice dancer
* Denis Vavilin (born 1982), Russian footballer
* Aleksandr Bukleyev (born 1984), Russian football (soccer) midfielder
* Ilia Frolov (born 1984), Russian modern pentathlete
* Nikita Osipov (born 1984), Belarusian ice hockey player
* Anna Tikhomirova (born 1984), Russian table tennis player
* Igor Shevchenko (born 1985), Russian footballer
* Anton Glazunov (born 1986), Russian professional basketball player
* Vladimir Isaichev (born 1986), Russian professional road racing cyclist
* Nataliya Kondratyeva (born 1986), Russian judoka
* Maxim Vlasov (born 1986), Russian professional boxer in the light heavyweight division
* Anna Mastyanina (born 1987), Russian sport shooter
* Andrei Myazin (born 1987), Russian professional football player
* Artyom Moskvin (born 1988), Russian football goalkeeper
* Vladislav Sesganov (born 1988), Russian figure skater
* Pavel Sukhov (born 1988), Russian fencer
* Semyon Varlamov (born 1988), Russian professional ice hockey goaltender
* Olga Chernoivanenko (born 1989), Russian handball player
* Artur Yusupov (born 1989), Russian professional footballer
* Artyom Delkin (born 1990), Russian professional football player
* Sergey Pomoshnikov (born 1990), Russian professional racing cyclist

### 1991–2000

* Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (born 1991), Russian professional tennis player
* Anastasia Pozdeeva (born 1993), Russian footballer
* Violetta Khrapina Bida (born 1994), Olympic épée fencer
* Anna Dementyeva (born 1994), Russian artistic gymnast
* Dmitri Dragun (born 1994), Russian ice dancer
* Giorgi Gorozia (born 1995), Georgian footballer
* Andrei Lazukin (born 1997), Russian figure skater

## Lived in Samara

* Natalya Boyko (born 1946), Soviet sprint canoer
* Mikhail Fradkov (born 1950), Russian politician and statesman who was the Prime Minister of Russia from March 2004 to September 2007
* Sergei Marushko (born 1966), Russian professional footballer
* Vladimir Filippov (born 1968), Russian professional football coach and a former player, he made his professional debut in the Soviet First League in 1985 for FC Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev
* Mikhail Volodin (born 1968), Russian professional footballer
* Alexander Brod (born 1969), Russian human rights activist
* Dmitri Ivanov (born 1970), Russian professional footballer
* Vladimir Miridonov (born 1970), Russian professional football coach and a former player
* Dmitri Yemelyanov (born 1972), Russian professional football coach and a former player
* Zurab Tsiklauri (born 1974), Russian professional footballer, he made his professional debut in the Russian Premier League in 1993 for FC Krylia Sovetov Samara
* Vitali Astakhov (born 1979), Russian professional footballer
* Dmitri Kostyayev (born 1989), Russian professional footballer
* Vasili Pavlov (born 1990), Russian professional football player who played for FC Krylia Sovetov Samara
* Maksim Paliyenko (born 1994), Russian professional football player who played for FC Krylia Sovetov Samara
* Olga I. Larkina (born 1954), Russian writer
