List of people from Krasnoyarsk
# List of people from Krasnoyarsk

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

## Born in Krasnoyarsk

### 19th century

**1801–1900**

* Vasily Surikov (1848–1916), Russian painter
* Vladimir Rebikov (1866–1920), Russian composer and pianist
* Pyotr Krasikov (1870–1939), functionary of the All-Union Communist Party (bolsheviks) and the Soviet Union; the first Procurator General of the Soviet Union, serving from 1924 to 1933
* Abram Markson (1888–1938), Russian and Soviet violinist and conductor

### 20th century

**1901–1930**

* Vitaly Abalakov (1906–1986), Soviet mountaineer and inventor
* Yevgeniy Abalakov (1907–1948), Soviet alpinist and sculptor
* Tatiana Kopnina (1921–2009), Soviet Russian painter and art teacher
* Bob Martin (1922–1998), Austrian singer
* Elena Abramovna Davidovich (1922 - 2013), Russian numismatist
* Viktor Astafyev (1924–2001), Soviet and Russian writer
* Yuz Aleshkovsky (born 1929), Russian writer, poet, playwright and performer of his own songs

**1931–1950**

* Eduard Shafransky (1937–2005), Russian classical guitarist and composer
* Eduard Malofeyev (born 1942), Soviet and Belarusian football coach and player
* Vladimir Krainev (1944–2011), Russian pianist and professor of piano
* Yevgeni Popov (born 1946), Russian writer
* Valery Shmukler (born 1946), Soviet Ukrainian engineer
* Viktor Tretiakov (born 1946), Russian violinist and conductor
* Vladimir Kvint (born 1949), Russian-American economist and strategist
* Yevgeniy Yevsyukov (born 1950), Russian race walker

**1951–1960**

* Jurgis Kairys (born 1952), Lithuanian aerobatic pilot and aeronautical engineer
* Oleg Romantsev (born 1954), Soviet and Russian international footballer and coach
* Sergey Lomanov, Sr. (born 1957), Russian bandy manager and former player (forward)
* Andreï Makine (born 1957), Russian-born French author
* Galina Yenyukhina (born 1959), Russian cyclist
* Edkham Akbulatov (born 1960), Russian politician

**1961–1970**

* Dmitri Hvorostovsky (1962-2017), Russian operatic baritone
* Zosima Davydov (1963–2010), Russian Orthodox bishop of Yakutsk and Lensk
* Alexej Jaškin (born 1965), Russian-born Czech professional ice hockey defenceman
* Sergei Kruglov (born 1966), Russian poet and priest
* Oleg Kuzhlev (born 1966), Russian professional football coach and a former player
* Vyacheslav Atavin (born 1967), Soviet and Russian handball player
* Svetlana Fedotkina (born 1967), Russian speed skater
* Sergei Klischin (born 1967), Austrian judoka
* Orit Zuaretz (born 1967), Israeli politician
* Vladimir Baksheyev (born 1970), Russian professional footballer
* Andrey Vorobyov (born 1970), Russian politician, governor of Moscow Oblast since 2013
* Victor Remsha (born 1970), Russian businessman
* Mikhail Terentiev (born 1970), Russian Paralympian

**1971–1980**

* Svetlana Tchernousova (born 1972), Russian former biathlete
* Igor Bakhtin (born 1973), Russian professional football coach and a former player
* Larissa Loukianenko (born 1973), Belarusian individual rhythmic gymnast
* Maxim Galanov (born 1974), Russian professional ice hockey player
* Yevgeni Popov (born 1976), Russian bobsledder
* Konstantin Aladashvili (born 1977), Russian bobsledder and skeleton racer
* Andrei Drygin (born 1977), Tajik alpine skier of Russian ethnicity
* Yekaterina Mironova (born 1977), Russian skeleton racer
* Yuliya Pechonkina (born 1978), Russian athlete
* Olga Rocheva (born 1978), Russian cross country skier
* Natalya Safronova (born 1979), Russian female volleyball player
* Alyona Sidko (born 1979), Russian cross-country skier
* Elena Khrustaleva (born 1980), Russian, Belarusian and Kazakh biathlete
* Sergey Lomanov, Jr. (born 1980), Russian bandy player (forward)
* Pavel Shestakov (born 1980), Russian former alpine skier

**1981–1985**

* Dmitry Abramovitch (born 1982), Russian bobsledder
* Anastasia Tambovtseva (born 1982), Russian luger
* Jury Veselov (born 1982), Russian luger
* Aleksandr Kharitonov (born 1983), Russian footballer
* Maksim Semakin (born 1983), Russian professional football player
* Viktoria Tereshkina (born 1983), Russian ballet dancer
* Andrey Yurkov (born 1983), Russian bobsledder
* Anna Astapenko (born 1984), Russian football defender
* Helene Fischer (born 1984), German singer and entertainer
* Evgeny Isakov (born 1984), Russian professional ice hockey forward
* Mikhail Komkov (born 1984), Russian professional footballer
* Alexander Semin (born 1984), Russian professional ice hockey winger
* Elena Suslova (born 1984), Russian football defender
* Yuliya Tarasenko (born 1984), Russian ski orienteering competitor
* Mikhail Kuzmich (born 1985), Russian luger
* Dmitry Rigin (born 1985), Russian foil fencer
* Aleksandr Tretyakov (born 1985), Russian skeleton racer
* Sergei Chepchugov (born 1985), Russian professional footballer
* Evgeny Ustyugov (born 1985), Russian biathlete

**1986–1990**

* Polina Malchikova (born 1986), Russian ski-orienteering competitor
* Iya Gavrilova (born 1987), Russian ice hockey player
* Natalia Myasoyedova (born 1987), Russian basketball center
* Timofey Lapshin (born 1988), Russian biathlete
* Olga Korobkina (born 1989), Russian skeleton racer
* Yevgeni Pesegov (born 1989), Russian professional footballer
* Olga Potylitsina (born 1989), Russian skeleton racer
* Igor Polyanski (born 1990), Russian professional triathlete

**1991–2000**

* Vladislav Antonov (born 1991), Russian luger
* Alexander Denisyev (born 1991), Russian luger
* Ksenia Krasilnikova (born 1991), Russian pair skater
* Nikolay Olyunin (born 1991), Russian snowboarder
* Ekaterina Baturina (born 1992), Russian luger
* Nikolay Martsenko (born 1993), Russian racing car driver
* Elizaveta Axenova (born 1995), Russian-born Kazakhstani luger
* Nikita Tregubov (born 1995), Russian skeleton racer
* Anton Mitryushkin (born 1996), Russian professional football player
* Alexey Bugaev (born 1997), Russian para-alpine skier

2000-2010

* Mirra Andreeva (born 2007), Russian tennis player

## Lived in Krasnoyarsk

* Nikolai Rezanov (1764–1807), Russian nobleman and statesman who promoted the project of Russian colonization of Alaska and California; died in Krasnoyarsk
* Christian Friedrich Lessing (1809–1862), German botanist; died in Krasnoyarsk
* Luka (Voyno-Yasenetsky) (1877–1961), bishop of Russian Orthodox Church and an archbishop of Simferopol and of the Crimea
* Pyotr Slovtsov (1886–1934), Russian tenor
* Vladimir Dolgikh (born 1924), Russian politician
* Innokenty Smoktunovsky (1925–1994), Soviet actor
* Valentin Danilov (born 1948), Russian physicist
* Vladimir Shalaev (born 1957), American physicist of Russian descent
* Aleksandr Bushkov (born 1956), a best-selling Russian author
* Vyacheslav Butusov (born 1961), Russian singer and songwriter
