This is a list of famous people who have lived in Saint Petersburg, Russia (1914–1924: ''Petrograd'', 1924–1991: ''Leningrad'').

Born in Saint Petersburg

1701–1800

* Peter II of Russia (1715–1730)

Emperor of Russia The emperor or empress of all the Russias or All Russia, ''Imperator Vserossiyskiy'', ''Imperatritsa Vserossiyskaya'' (often titled Tsar or Tsarina/Tsaritsa) was the Absolute monarchy, monarch of the Russian Empire. The title originated in conn ...

from 1727 to 1730. * Franz Moritz von Lacy (1725–1801), son of Count

Peter von Lacy Peter Graf von Lacy (russian: link=no, Пётр Петро́вич Ла́сси, Romanization of Russian, tr. ; en, Pierce Edmond de Lacy; ga, Peadar (Piarais Éamonn) de Lása; 26 September 1678 – 30 April 1751) was an Irish people, Irish- ...

and a famous Austrian field marshal. *

Dmitri Alekseyevich Gallitzin Prince Dmitri Alexeievich Gallitzin FRS (21 December 1728 – 16 March 1803) was a Russian diplomat, art agent, author, volcanologist and mineralogist. By birth he was a member of an ancient House of Golitsyn. He was a supporter of the reco ...

(1728–1803), diplomat, art agent, author, volcanologist and mineralogist *

Johann Euler Johann Albrecht Euler (27 November 1734 – 17 September 1800) was a Swiss-Russian astronomer and mathematician. Also known as ''Johann Albert Euler'' or ''John-Albert Euler'', he was the first child born to the great Swiss mathematician Leonh ...

(1734–1800), Swiss-Russian astronomer and mathematician * John Julius Angerstein (1735–1823) a London businessman and Lloyd's underwriter. *

Ivan VI of Russia Ivan VI,; – (Julian calendar should be used in this article) Iván or Ioánn Antónovich (12 August 1740 5 July 1764) was an infant emperor of Russia who was overthrown by his cousin Elizabeth Petrovna in 1741. He was only two months old when ...

(1740–1764), Emperor of Russia, 1740–1741. * Ivan Lepyokhin (1740–1802), naturalist, zoologist, botanist and explorer * Mikhail Kutuzov (1745–1813), Field Marshal of the Russian Empire. * Nikolay Rumyantsev (1754–1826), Russia's Foreign Minister and Imperial Chancellor * Mikhail Miloradovich (1771–1825), Russian general of Serbian origin * Thomas Tooke (1774 in Kronstadt – 1858) an English economist. * Catharina of Württemberg (1783–1835), second wife of

Jérôme Bonaparte Jérôme-Napoléon Bonaparte (born Girolamo Buonaparte; 15 November 1784 – 24 June 1860) was the youngest brother of Napoleon I and reigned as Jerome Napoleon I (formally Hieronymus Napoleon in German), King of Westphalia, between 1807 and 1 ...

, Queen consort of Westphalia (1807–1813) *

Joseph Bové Joseph Bové (russian: Осип Иванович Бове, ''Osip Ivanovich Bove'', also known during his lifetime as Joseph Jean-Baptiste Charles de Beauvais; 4 November 1784 — 28 June 1834, all n.s.) was an Italian-Russian neoclassical ...

(1784–1834), Russian neoclassical architect with Italian roots * Pavel Kridener (1784–1852), Russian diplomat, the fourth Russian Ambassador to the United States *

Michael Lunin :''“My nickname changed during my imprisonment and exile, and with each change it became longer. Now, in official documents, I am referred to as: “A state criminal in exile.”... My sole weapon is my thought…”'' :''“As an aged man he ...

(1787–1845), political philosopher, revolutionary, Mason, Decembrist and a participant of the Franco-Russian Patriotic War of 1812 * Catherine Pavlovna of Russia (1788–1819), the fourth daughter of Emperor

Paul I of Russia Paul I (russian: Па́вел I Петро́вич ; – ) was Emperor of Russia from 1796 until his assassination. Officially, he was the only son of Peter III of Russia, Peter III and Catherine the Great, although Catherine hinted that he w ...

, Queen consort of Württemberg (1816–1819) *

Sylvester Shchedrin Sylvester Feodosiyevich Shchedrin (russian: Сильвестр Феодосиевич Щедрин; 13 February 17918 November 1830) was a Russian landscape painter. Biography Sylvester Shchedrin was born in St. Petersburg into the family o ...

(1791–1830), landscape painter *

Grand Duchess Olga Pavlovna of Russia Grand Duchess Olga Pavlovna of Russia (russian: Ольга Павловна; ) was a ''Grand duke#Russian grand dukes, Grand Duchess of Russia'' as the second youngest daughter and seventh child of the Tsarevich of Russia (later Paul I of Russia, ...

(1792–1795), ''

Grand Duchess of Russia This is a list of those members of the House of Romanov, Russian Imperial House who bore the title ''velikaia kniaginia'' (russian: великая княгиня) or ''velikaia knazhna'' (russian: великая княжна) (usually translated i ...

'' as the second youngest daughter and seventh child of Emperor Paul I of Russia * Maria Danilova (1793–1810), Russian ballet dancer *

Nikolay Muravyov-Karsky Nikolay Muravyov (russian: Николай Николаевич Муравьёв-Карский; 14 July 1794 – 23 October 1866) was an Imperial Russian military officer and General of the Russian Army. A member of the mighty Muravyov family, he ...

(1794–1866), Imperial Russian military officer and General of the Russian Army * Konstantin Thon (1794–1881), official architect of Imperial Russia during the reign of Nicholas I * Sergey Muravyov-Apostol (1796–1826), Russian Imperial Lieutenant Colonel and organizer of the Decembrist revolt * Nicholas I of Russia (1796–1855), Emperor of Russia, 1825–1855. *

Wilhelm Küchelbecker Wilhelm Ludwig von Küchelbecker ( rus, Вильге́льм Ка́рлович Кюхельбе́кер, p=kʲʉxʲɪlʲˈbʲekʲɪr, tr. ; in St. Petersburg – in Tobolsk) was a Russian Romantic poet and Decembrist revolutionary of Ger ...

(1797–1846), Romantic poet and Decembrist * Fyodor Litke (1797–1882), navigator, geographer and Arctic explorer *

Karl Bryullov Karl Pavlovich Bryullov (russian: Карл Па́влович Брюлло́в; 12 December 1799 – 11 June 1852), original name Charles Bruleau, also transliterated Briullov and Briuloff, and referred to by his friends as "Karl the Great", was a ...

(1799–1852), painter * Countess of Ségur (1799–1874), French writer of Russian birth

1801–1830

* Alexander Odoevsky (1802–1839), poet and playwright *

Alexis Guignard, comte de Saint-Priest Alexis Guignard, comte de Saint-Priest (27 April 1805 in Saint Petersburg29 September 1851 in Moscow) was a French diplomat, historian, and Peer of France. He was the eleventh member elected to occupy seat 4 of the Académie française in 1849 ...

(1805–1851), French diplomat, historian, and Peer of France *

Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov (russian: link=no, Алекса́ндр Андре́евич Ива́нов; July 28 (July 16 Adoption of the Gregorian calendar#Adoption in Eastern Europe, S, 1806 – July 15 (July 3 S, 1858) was a Russ ...

(1806–1858), painter, born and died in Saint Petersburg *

George Busk George Busk FRS FRAI (12 August 1807 – 10 August 1886) was a British naval surgeon, zoologist and palaeontologist. Early life, family and education Busk was born in St. Petersburg, Russia. He was the son of the merchant Robert Busk and his ...

(1807–1886), British Naval surgeon, zoologist and palaeontologist. *

Nestor Kukolnik Nestor Vasilievich Kukolnik (russian: Не́стор Васи́льевич Ку́кольник) (1809–1868) was a Russian playwright and prose writer of Carpatho-Rusyn origin. Immensely popular during the early part of his career, his works wer ...

(1809–1868), Russian playwright and prose writer of Carpatho-Rusyn origin * Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky (1809–1881), statesman and diplomat *

Alexandre Remi Alexander Gavrilovich Remy russian: link=no, Реми, Александр Гаврилович (30.08.1809-27.09.1871) was a Russian mayor-general, brother officer of Russian poet Mikhail Lermontov. Alexander Remy was born in 1809 in the city of ...

(1809–1871), mayor-general, brother officer of Mikhail Lermontov, born in Saint Petersburg *

Ivan Panaev Ivan Ivanovich Panaev (russian: link=no, Ива́н Ива́нович Пана́ев; March 27, 1812 – March 2, 1862) was a Russian writer, literary critic, journalist and magazine publisher. Early life Panaev was born into a gentry family ...

(1812–1862), publisher of the popular magazine ''

Sovremennik ''Sovremennik'' ( rus, «Современник», p=səvrʲɪˈmʲenʲːɪk, a=Ru-современник.ogg, "The Contemporary") was a Russian literary, social and political magazine, published in Saint Petersburg in 1836–1866. It came out f ...

'' * Anatoly Demidov (1813–1870), industrialist, diplomat and arts patron of the Demidov family * Nikolay Ogarev (1813–1877), poet, historian and political activist * Vladimir Sollogub (1813–1882), writer *

Alexander von Stieglitz Baron Alexander von Stieglitz (russian: link=no, Александр Людвигович Штиглиц; 1814–1884) was a Russian financier. He was the first governor of the State Bank of the Russian Empire, the predecessor organization to toda ...

(1814–1884), philanthropist and financier *

Eugene Balabin Yevgeny Petrovich Balabin SJ (also ''Evgenii''; russian: link=no, Евгений Петрович Балабин, August 17, 1815, St. Petersburg - January 30, 1895, Cairo) was a Russian Roman Catholic priest and a member of the Society of Jesus. H ...

(1815–1895), Roman Catholic priest and a member of the Society of Jesus * Otto von Böhtlingk (1815–1904), German Indologist and Sanskrit scholar * Alexander von Middendorff (1815–1894), zoologist and explorer * Count Nikolay Adlerberg (1819–1892), Councilor of State, Chamberlain, governor of Taganrog, Simferopol and Finland *

Avdotya Panaeva Avdotya Yakovlevna Panaeva (russian: Авдо́тья Я́ковлевна Пана́ева), née Bryanskaya, ( – ), was a Russian novelist, short story writer, memoirist and literary salon holder. She published much of her work under the ...

(1820–1893), novelist, short story writer, memoirist and literary salon holder * Alexander Serov (1820–1871), composer and music critic *

Mikhail Petrashevsky Mikhail Vasilyevich Butashevich-Petrashevsky (; – ), commonly known as Mikhail Petrashevsky, was a Russian revolutionary and Utopian theorist.Figes, p. 128 Biography Early life Mikhail Petrashevsky graduated from the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum (18 ...

(1821–1866), thinker and public figure *

Boleslav Markevich Boleslav Mikhailovich Markevich (russian: link=no, Болеслав Михайлович Маркевич; 1822 – 18 (30) November 1884) was a Russian writer, essayist, journalist, and literary critic of Polish origin; author of a number of popu ...

(1822–1884), writer, essayist, journalist and literary critic *

Vladimir Stasov Vladimir Vasilievich Stasov (also Stassov; rus, Влади́мир Васи́льевич Ста́сов; 14 January Adoption_of_the_Gregorian_calendar#Adoption_in_Eastern_Europe.html" ;"title="/nowiki> O.S._2_January.html" ;"title="Adoption of ...

(1824–1906), the most respected Russian critic during his lifetime, born and died in Saint Petersburg *

Percy Smythe, 8th Viscount Strangford Percy Ellen Algernon Frederick William Sydney Smythe, 8th Viscount Strangford (26 November 18259 January 1869) was a British nobleman and man of letters. Early life He was born in St Petersburg, Russia, the son of the 6th Viscount Strangford, ...

(1825–1869) a British nobleman and man of letters. * Aleksey Uvarov (1825–1884), archaeologist *

Otto Pius Hippius Otto Pius Hippius (, Saint Petersburg — , Saint Petersburg) was a Baltic German architect, particularly noted for several buildings in present-day Estonia. Life and works Otto Hippius was born to the painter and lithographer, Gustav Adolf Hi ...

(1826–1883), Baltic German architect *

Pyotr Shuvalov Count Pyotr Andreyevich Shuvalov (russian: Граф Пётр Андре́евич Шува́лов) (27 July 1827, Saint Petersburg – 22 March 1889, Saint Petersburg) was an influential Russian statesman and a counselor to Tsar Alexander II of Ru ...

(1827–1889), influential Russian statesman and a counselor to Emperor Alexander II * Charles Sillem Lidderdale (1830–1895), British artist

1831–1850

* Nikolay Pavlovich Ignatyev (1832–1908), statesman and diplomat. * Mikhail Clodt (1832–1902), realistic painter, born and died in Saint Petersburg *

Alexander Borodin Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin ( rus, link=no, Александр Порфирьевич Бородин, Aleksandr Porfir’yevich Borodin , p=ɐlʲɪkˈsandr pɐrˈfʲi rʲjɪvʲɪtɕ bərɐˈdʲin, a=RU-Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin.ogg, ...

(1833–1887), composer and chemist. *

Viktor Hartmann Viktor Alexandrovich Hartmann (Russian: Ви́ктор Алекса́ндрович Га́ртман; 5 May 1834, Saint Petersburg – 4 August 1873, Kireyevo near Moscow) was a Russian architect and painter. He was associated with the Abramtsev ...

(1834–1873), architect and painter *

Nikolai Pomyalovsky Nikolai Gerasimovich Pomyalovsky (russian: Никола́й Гера́симович Помяло́вский; – ) was a Russian novelist and short story writer. Early life Pomyalovsky was born in Saint Petersburg in 1835. His father was ...

(1835–1863), writer * Mitrofan Belyayev (1836–1904), Imperial Russian music publisher, philanthropist *

Mariia Surovshchikova-Petipa Mariia Sergeyevna Surovshchikova-Petipa (27 February 1836 – 16 March 1882) was prima ballerina to the St. Petersburg Imperial Theatres and wife of the noted choreographer Marius Petipa. Life Mariia Sergeyevna Surovshchikova was born in St ...

(1836–1886), Russian prima ballerina, wife of

Marius Petipa Marius Ivanovich Petipa (russian: Мариус Иванович Петипа), born Victor Marius Alphonse Petipa (11 March 1818), was a French ballet dancer, pedagogue and choreographer. Petipa is one of the most influential ballet masters an ...

and mother of

Marie Petipa Marie Mariusovna Petipa (russian: Мари́я Ма́риусовна Петипа́; 17 (29) October 1857 – 16 January 1930) was a noted Russian ballerina. She was born in St. Petersburg, the daughter of Marius Petipa (under whom she s ...

John Codman Ropes John Codman Ropes (April 28, 1836October 28, 1899) was an American military historian and lawyer, and the co-founder of the law firm Ropes & Gray. Early life Ropes was born on April 28, 1836, in Saint Petersburg, the son of a leading merchant ...

(1836–1899) an American military historian and lawyer. * Anna Filosofova (1837–1912), feminist *

Franz Overbeck Franz Camille Overbeck (16 November 1837 – 26 June 1905) was a German Protestant theologian. In Anglo-American discourse, he is perhaps best known in regard to his friendship with Friedrich Nietzsche; in German theological circles, Overbeck re ...

(1837–1905), German Protestant theologian * Friedrich Konrad Beilstein (1838–1906), chemist *

Dmitry Chernov Dmitry Konstantinovich Chernov (or Tchernov, russian: Дмитрий Константинович Чернов; Saint-Petersburg - January 2, 1921 Yalta) was a Russian metallurgist.Ingeborg Bronsart von Schellendorf (1840–1913), Finnish-German composer * Alexander W. von Götte (1840–1922), German zoologist *

Woldemar Kernig Woldemar Kernig, better known as Vladimir Mikhailovich Kernig ( lv, Voldemārs Kernigs; russian: Владимир Михайлович Керниг; 28 June 1840 – 18 April 1917) was a notable Russian and Baltic German internist and neurologis ...

(1840–1917), internist and neurologist * Princess Maria Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg (1841–1914), daughter of Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg * Nikolai Menshutkin (1842–1907), chemist *

Friedrich Heinrich Stöckhardt ''Friedrich'' Heinrich Stöckhardt (14 August 1842 - 4 June 1920) was a German architect. Life and artwork Heinrich Stöckhardt was born in Saint Petersburg. His father, Robert Stöckhardt, had been appointed there as professor of Roman law. Aft ...

(1842–1920), architect, born in Saint Petersburg, left it as a child about 1848 *

Mikhail Skobelev Mikhail Dmitriyevich Skobelev (russian: Михаил Дмитриевич Скобелев; 29 September 1843 – 7 July 1882), a Russian Empire, Russian general, became famous for his conquest of Central Asia and for his heroism during the Russo ...

(1843–1882), general famous for his conquest of Central Asia and heroism during the Russo-Turkish War * Alexander III of Russia (1845–1894), Emperor of Russia, 1881–1894. * Georg Cantor (1845–1918), German mathematician * Bogomir Korsov (1845–1920), baritone opera singer * Vladimir Lamsdorf (1845–1907), statesman, Foreign Minister of the Russian Empire (1900–1906) * Ella Adayevskaya (1846–1926), pianist and composer *

Alexandr von Bilderling Baron Alexander Alexandrovich Bilderling (russian: Александр Александрович Бильдерлинг, tr. ; – ), better known as Baron Alexander Alexnadrovich von Bilderling, was a Russian general of Baltic German descent, no ...

(1846–1912), general in the Imperial Russian Army * Anna Dostoyevskaya (1846–1918), memoirist, stenographer, assistant, and the second wife of Fyodor Dostoyevsky *

Peter Carl Fabergé Peter Carl Fabergé, also known as Karl Gustavovich Fabergé (russian: Карл Гу́ставович Фаберже́, ''Karl Gustavovich Faberzhe''; 30 May 1846 – 24 September 1920), was a Russian jewellery, jeweller best known for the fam ...

(1846–1920), jeweller * Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940), German geographer, meteorologist, climatologist and botanist *

Rafail Levitsky Rafail Sergeevich Levitsky (or Rafael Sergeevich Levitsky, or Raphael Sergeevich Levitsky; russian: Рафаи́л Сергее́вич Леви́цкий; 1847–1940) was a Russian Empire and Soviet genre, romantic, and impressionist artist wh ...

(1847–1940), photographer, artist, professor *

Jean Béraud Jean Béraud (; January 12, 1849 – October 4, 1935) was a French painter renowned for his numerous paintings depicting the life of Paris, and the nightlife of Paris society. Pictures of the Champs Elysees, cafés, Montmartre and the banks of t ...

(1849–1935), French painter

1851–1860

Walter W. Winans Walter W. Winans (April 5, 1852 – August 12, 1920) was an American marksman, horse breeder, sculptor, and painter who participated in the 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics. He won two medals for shooting: a gold in 1908 and a silver in 1912, a ...

(1852–1920), American marksman, horse breeder, sculptor, and painter *

Nikolai Reitsenstein Nikolai Karlovich Reitsenshtein (russian: Николай Карлович Рейценштейн; german: Nikolai Reitzenstein; 7 August 1854 – 26 November 1916) was a career naval officer in the Imperial Russian Navy The Imperial Russian ...

(1854–1916), career naval officer in the Imperial Russian Navy * Vladimir Golenishchev (1856–1947), Egyptologist *

(1857–1930), Russian ballerina and the daughter of

and

* Leopold Engel (1858–1931), writer and occultist *

Princess Maria Tenisheva Maria Klavdievna Tenisheva (née Pyatkovskaya, in the first marriage - Nikolaeva, (20 May 1858 – 14 April 1928) was a Russian Princess, artist, educator, philanthropist and collector. She was born May 20, 1858, in St. Petersburg. Maria Tenisheva ...

(1858–1928), Princess, a public person, artist, educator, philanthropist and collector *

Emanuel Nobel Emanuel Ludvig Nobel ( , ; Saint Petersburg, 1859 – Stockholm, 31 May 1932) was a Swedish oil baron, the eldest son of Ludvig Nobel and his first wife, Mina Ahlsell, grandson of Immanuel Nobel and nephew of Alfred Nobel. Businessman After ...

(1859–1932), Swedish-Russian oil baron * Nikolai Essen (1860–1915), naval commander and admiral * Victor Ewald (1860–1935), composer *

Maria Blumenthal-Tamarina Maria Mikhailovna Blumenthal-Tamarina (russian: Мари́я Миха́йловна Блюмента́ль-Тама́рина; née Klimova, born 16 July 1859 – October 16, 1939), was a Soviet and Russian movie and theater actress. She was giv ...

(1859–1938), actress

1861–1870

* Lou Andreas-Salomé (1861–1937), Russian-born psychoanalyst and author * Arvid Järnefelt (1861–1932), Finnish judge and writer *

Feodor Yulievich Levinson-Lessing Franz Yulievich Levinson-Lessing (russian: Фра́нц Юльевич Левинсо́н-Ле́ссинг), or ''Theodor Levinson-Lessing'' (March 9, 1861 – October 25, 1939 in St. PetersburgTomkeieff S.I. Franz Youlievich Loewinson-Lessin ...

(1861–1939), Russian geologist *

Konstantin Fofanov Konstantin Mikhailovich Fofanov ( rus, Константи́н Миха́йлович Фо́фанов, p=kənstɐnʲˈtʲin mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ ˈfofənəf, a=Konstantin Mihaylovich Fofanov.ru.vorb.oga; May 30, 1862 – May 30, 1911) was a R ...

(1862–1911), poet * Fyodor Sologub (1863–1927), poet and writer * Vladimir Vernadsky (1863–1945), one of the founders of geochemistry *

Alexander Glazunov Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov; ger, Glasunow (, 10 August 1865 – 21 March 1936) was a Russian composer, music teacher, and conductor of the late Russian Romantic period. He was director of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory between 1905 ...

(1865–1936), composer. *

Dmitry Merezhkovsky Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky ( rus, Дми́трий Серге́евич Мережко́вский, p=ˈdmʲitrʲɪj sʲɪrˈɡʲejɪvʲɪtɕ mʲɪrʲɪˈʂkofskʲɪj; – December 9, 1941) was a Russian novelist, poet, religious thinker, ...

(1866–1941) a Russian novelist, poet, religious thinker and literary critic. * Mikhail Eisenstein (1867–1921), architect and civil engineer of Baltic German descent * Nicholas II of Russia (1868–1918), Emperor of Russia, 1894–1917. * Vasily Bartold (1869–1930), historian *

Nikolay Pushnitsky Nikolay Pushnitsky (russian: Николай Пушницкий) was a sailor from the Russia, who represented his native country at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Nynäshamn, Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Natio ...

(1870–1921), sailor * Vera Karelina (1870–1931), labour activist and revolutionary

1871–1880

* Fyodor Dan (1871–1947), one of the founding leaders of Menshevism * Olga Preobrajenska (1871–1962), Russian ballerina of the

Russian Imperial Ballet The Mariinsky Ballet (russian: Балет Мариинского театра) is the resident classical ballet company of the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Founded in the 18th century and originally known as the Imperial Rus ...

and a ballet instructor * Alexandra Kollontai (1872–1952), revolutionary, writer and diplomat * Mathilde Kschessinska (1872–1971), Russian ballerina from a family of Polish origin * George Washington Lambert (1873–1930), Australian artist * Vladimir Fyodorov (1874–1966), scientist, weapons designer, professor, lieutenant general of a corps of military engineers * Nicholas Roerich (1874–1947), painter and writer *

Noë Bloch Noë Bloch (1875-1937) was a Russian-born film producer. He was born as Noé Markowitsch Bloch to a Jewish family in St. Petersburg in the Russian Empire. After emigrating from Russia following the Russian Revolution, Bloch established himself as a ...

(1875–1937), film producer *

Carl Enckell Carl Johan Alexis Enckell (7 June 1876 – 26 March 1959) was a Finnish politician, diplomat, officer and businessman. Enckell followed his father's footsteps in the Russian military and rose to the Imperial Russian Guard. As he was not satisfi ...

(1876–1959), Finnish politician, officer and diplomat *

Herman Gummerus Herman Gregorius Gummerus (24 December 1877 in Saint Petersburg – 18 July 1948 in Helsinki) was a leading Finnish classical scholar, diplomat, and one of the founders of the Patriotic People's Movement (IKL). Early life Born in Saint Petersburg ...

(1877–1948), Finnish classical scholar and diplomat * Lev Urusov (1877–1933), Russian diplomat, member of International Olympic Committee *

Pavel Pototsky (engineer) Pavel Pototsky (1879 - 1932) was a Polish engineer, oil specialist, based in Baku. He initiated and oversaw the Bibiheybat Bay drying project. In 1929, Pototsky was awarded the first prize for the best construction work by the All-Union Exhibit ...

(1879-1932), Polish engineer, born in Saint Petersburg * Agrippina Vaganova (1879–1951), legendary Russian-Armenian ballet teacher and the creator of Vaganova method *

Peter P. von Weymarn Peter Petrovich von Weymarn (commonly mis-spelt ''von Weimarn'') (July 17, 1879 – June 2, 1935) was a chemist known for his groundwork in colloid science.

(1879–1935), Russian chemist * Alexander Blok (1880–1921), lyrical poet * Michel Fokine (1880–1942), choreographer and dancer, born in Saint Petersburg and worked there

1881–1890

* Anna Pavlova (1881–1931), prima ballerina, born in Saint Petersburg, lived and performed in Russia * Mikhail Avilov (1882–1954), painter and art educator *

Igor Stravinsky Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (6 April 1971) was a Russian composer, pianist and conductor, later of French (from 1934) and American (from 1945) citizenship. He is widely considered one of the most important and influential composers of the ...

(1882–1971), composer, pianist and conductor, born in a suburb of Saint Petersburg * Viktor Bulla (1883–1938), photographer and cinema pioneer *

Leopold van der Pals Leopold van der Pals (St. Petersburg 4 July 1884 – Dornach 7 February 1966) was a Danish/Dutch modernist composer who developed a personal and lyrical style in composing by involving elements of late romanticism, expressionism and impressionism ...

(1884–1966), composer *

Stella Arbenina Stella Arbenina, Baroness Meyendorff (Стелла Арбенина) (27 September 1884 – 26 April 1976) was a Russian-born English actress. She was born Stella Zoe Whishaw in St. Petersburg tRobert Cattley Whishaw and Mary (née Gisiko) Her ...

(1885–1976), Russian-born English actress * Ivan Abramovich Zalkind (1885–1928), Soviet diplomat *

Sacha Guitry Alexandre-Pierre Georges "Sacha" Guitry (; 21 February 188524 July 1957) was a French stage actor, film actor, director, screenwriter, and playwright of the boulevard theatre. He was the son of a leading French actor, Lucien Guitry, and follow ...

(1885–1957), French stage actor, film actor, director, screenwriter *

Naum Idelson Naum Ilyich Idelson (''Наум Ильич Идельсон'' in Russian language, Russian) (March 1(13), 1885, Saint Petersburg - July 14, 1951, Saint Petersburg, Leningrad) was a Soviet Union, Soviet Theoretical astrophysics, theoretical astronom ...

(1885–1951), Soviet theoretical astronomer and expert in history of physics and mathematics * Tamara Karsavina (1885–1978), renowned Russian prima ballerina *

Lydia Kyasht Lydia Georgievna Kyasht (25 March 1885 — 11 January 1959) was a Russian British ballerina and dance teacher. She was described by one critic as "the World's Most Beautiful Dancer" in 1914. Early life Lydia Georgievna Kyasht was born in St. Pe ...

(1885–1959),

Russian British Russians in the United Kingdom are Russians, or the persons born in the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union or the Russian Federation, who are or were citizens of or residents of the United Kingdom. Settlement and population numbers The 2001 UK cens ...

ballerina and dance teacher * Nikolay Gumilyov (1886–1921), poet *

Elsa Brändström Elsa Brändström (26 March 1888 – 4 March 1948) was a Swedish nurse and philanthropist. She was known as the "Angel of Siberia" (german: Engel von Sibirien). Life and commitment Elsa Brändström was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia. ...

(1888–1948), Swedish nurse and philanthropist *

Alexander Friedmann Alexander Alexandrovich Friedmann (also spelled Friedman or Fridman ; russian: Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Фри́дман) (June 16 .S. 4 1888 – September 16, 1925) was a Russian and Soviet physicist and mathematician ...

(1888–1925), mathematician and physicist * Fyodor Zabelin (1888–unknown), Russian artistic gymnast * Ludmilla Schollar (1888–1978), Russian-American dancer and educator *

Serge Elisséeff Serge Elisséeff (; born Sergei Grigorievich Eliseyev; 13 January 188913 April 1975) was a Russian-French scholar, Japanologist, and professor at Harvard University. He was one of the first Westerners to study Japanese at a university in Japan. H ...

(1889–1975), Russian-French scholar and professor * Joseph Ruttenberg (1889–1983), Russian-American photojournalist and cinematographer * Vladimir Rosing (1890–1963), opera singer and director, born in Saint Petersburg, emigrated to England in 1913

1891–1900

* Semyon Kulikov (1891–unknown), Russian artistic gymnast *

Boris Morros Boris Morros (; January 1, 1891 - January 8, 1963) was an American Communist Party member, Soviet agent, and FBI double agent. He also worked at Paramount Pictures, where he produced films as well as supervising their music department. Life and c ...

(1891–1963), worked at Paramount Pictures, where he produced films and supervised the music department * Alexander Rodchenko (1891–1956), artist, sculptor, photographer and graphic designer, born in Saint Petersburg * Aleksei Uversky (1891–1942), football player * Erté (1892–1990), designer and illustrator (born Roman Petrovich Tyrtov) * Lydia Lopokova (1892–1981), Russian ballerina famous during the early 20th century. * Xenia Makletzova (1892–1974), Russian ballet dancer * Fyodor Raskolnikov (1892–1939), Bolshevik and Soviet diplomat *

Prince Paul of Yugoslavia Prince Paul of Yugoslavia, also known as Paul Karađorđević ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Pavle Karađorđević, Павле Карађорђевић, English transliteration: ''Paul Karageorgevich''; 27 April 1893 – 14 September 1976), was prince regent o ...

(1893–1976), prince regent of Yugoslavia * Pavel Kushnikov (1893–unknown), Russian artistic gymnast *

Robert Mertens Robert Friedrich Wilhelm Mertens (1 December 1894 – 23 August 1975) was a German herpetologist. Several taxa of reptiles are named after him.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore ...

(1894–1975), German herpetologist *

Vladimir Propp Vladimir Yakovlevich Propp (russian: Владимир Яковлевич Пропп; – 22 August 1970) was a Soviet folklorist and scholar who analysed the basic structural elements of Russian folk tales to identify their simplest irredu ...

(1895–1970), folklorist and scholar *

Sasha Stone Sasha Stone may refer to: * Sasha Stone (blogger) (born 1965), American blogger, founder of Awards Daily blog * Sasha Stone (photographer) (born 1940), Russian photographer See also * Sacha Stone Simon Jean Paul Sasha Adams (born 1966), know ...

(1895–1940), Russian born artist, photographer *

Vera Vinogradova Vera Pavlovna Vinogradova Biek (23 February 1895 – 19 April 1982) was a Soviet composer and pianist. She performed and published her music under the name "Vera Vinogradova." Vinogradova was born in Leningrad. She studied music at the Leningrad ...

(1895–1982), composer and pianist * Mikhail Zoshchenko (1895–1958), writer, satirist *

Felia Doubrovska Felia Doubrovska (russian: link=no, Фелия Дубровская (real name Фелицата Леонтьевна Длужневская); born as ''Felizata Dlouzhnevska'' in St Petersburg, February 13, 1896 – d. Manhattan, September 18, ...

(1896–1981), Russian dancer and teacher *

Cleo Nordi Cleo Nordi ( rus, Клео Норди; Kronstadt, Russian Empire – 30 March 1983 London), was a Russo-Finnish ballerina who danced as a soloist with Anna Pavlova's company before becoming a renowned teacher of the Russian ballet tradition ...

(1898–1983), Russo-Finnish ballerina * Vladimir Fock (1898–1974), physicist *

Pyotr Grigoryev Pyotr Grigoryevich Grigoryev (russian: Петр Григорьевич Григорьев; 3 January 1899 – 12 November 1942) was a Soviet football player. He died in Leningrad during the Second World War siege of that city. Honours * RSFSR ...

(1899–1942), Soviet international footballer * Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977), writer, born in Saint Petersburg * Pyotr Pavlenko (1899–1951), writer, born in Saint Petersburg *

Vera Fedorovna Gaze Vera Fedorovna Gaze (russian: Вера Фёдоровна Газе; 29 December 1899 – 3 October 1954) was a Russian astronomer who studied emission nebula and minor planets. She discovered around 150 new nebulae and was posthumously honored for ...

(1899–1954), astronomer, born in Saint Petersburg *

Eugène Vinaver Eugène Vinaver (russian: Евгений Максимович Винавер ''Yevgeniĭ Maksimovich Vinaver'', 18 June 1899 – 21 July 1979) was a Russian-born British literary scholar who is best known today for his edition of the works of Sir ...

(1899–1979), literary scholar * Nina Anisimova (1900–1979), Russian ballerina and dance choreographer *

Nina Gagen-Torn Nina Gagen-Torn ( rus, Ни́на Ива́новна Га́ген-То́рн, p=ˈnʲinə ɪˈvanəvnə ˈɡaɡʲɪn ˈtorn, a=Nina Ivanovna Garyen-Torn.ru.vorb.oga; — June 4, 1986) was a Russian and Soviet poet, writer, historian and ethno ...

(1900–1986), poet, writer, historian, ethnographer *

Léon Motchane Léon Motchane (19 June 1900 – 17 January 1990) was a French industrialist and mathematician and the founder of the Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques in Bures-sur-Yvette. Biography Léon Motchane was of mixed Russian and Swiss parentage ...

(1900–1990), French industrialist and mathematician

1901–1910

* Andrews Engelmann (1901–1992), Russian-born German actor * Waldemar Gurian (1902–1954), German-American political scientist, author, and professor at the University of Notre Dame * Véra Nabokov (1902–1991), wife, editor and translator of Russian writer Vladimir Nabokov * Alexandra Danilova (1903–1997), Russian-born American prima ballerina *

Yevgeny Mravinsky Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Mravinsky (russian: Евге́ний Алекса́ндрович Мрави́нский) (19 January 1988) was a Russian conductor, pianist, and music pedagogue; he was a professor at Leningrad State Conservatory. Biog ...

(1903–1988), conductor *

George Balanchine George Balanchine (; Various sources: * * * * born Georgiy Melitonovich Balanchivadze; ka, გიორგი მელიტონის ძე ბალანჩივაძე; January 22, 1904 (O. S. January 9) – April 30, 1983) was ...

(1904–1983), one of the 20th century's most prolific choreographers * Colonel-General

Nikolai Berzarin Nikolai Erastovich Berzarin (Russian: Никола́й Эра́стович Берза́рин; 1 April 1904 – 16 June 1945) was a Soviet officer in the Red Army during the Stalinist era and the Second World War. In 1945 he became the first tow ...

(1904–1945), appointed Soviet military commandant of Berlin in 1945; the Bersarinplatz in Berlin Friedrichshain was named in his honour * Tom Conway (1904–1967), British film, television and radio actor *

Daniel Prenn Daniel Prenn (7 September 1904 – 3 September 1991) was a Russian Empire-born German, Polish, and British tennis player who was Jewish. He was ranked the world No. 6 for 1932 by A. Wallis Myers, and the European No. 1 by "American Lawn Tennis" ...

(1904–1991), Russian-born German, Polish, and British world-top-ten tennis player *

Tamara Talbot Rice Tamara Talbot Rice (19 June 1904 – 24 September 1993) was a Russian then English art historian, writing on Byzantine, Russian, and Central Asian art. Talbot Rice was born Elena Abelson, to Louisa Elizabeth ("Lifa") Vilenkin and Israel Boris A ...

(1904–1993), Russian then English art historian *

Mischa Auer Mischa Auer (born Mikhail Semyonovich Unkovsky (Михаил Семёнович Унковский; 17 November 1905 – 5 March 1967) was a Russians, Russian-born American actor who moved to Hollywood in the late 1920s. He first appeared in fi ...

(1905–1967), actor *

Alexey Eisner Alexey Eisner ( rus, Алексе́й Влади́мирович Э́йснер, p=ɐlʲɪkˈsʲej vlɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvʲɪtɕ ˈejsʲnʲɪr, a=Alyeksyey Vladimirovich Eysnyer.ru.vorb.oga; 5 October 1905, in St. Petersburg – 30 November 1984, in ...

(1905–1984), poet, translator and writer * Natalia Gippius (1905–1994), artist * Oleg Kerensky (1905–1984), civil engineer * Daniil Kharms (1905–1942), writer and poet *

Ayn Rand Alice O'Connor (born Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum;, . Most sources transliterate her given name as either ''Alisa'' or ''Alissa''. , 1905 – March 6, 1982), better known by her pen name Ayn Rand (), was a Russian-born American writer and p ...

(1905–1982), Russian-American novelist, born in Saint Petersburg * Andria Balanchivadze (1906–1992), Georgian composer *

Dmitry Likhachov Dmitry Sergeyevich Likhachov (russian: Дми́трий Серге́евич Лихачёв, also ''Dmitri Likhachev'' or ''Likhachyov''; – 30 September 1999) was a Russian medievalist, linguist, and a former inmate of Gulag. During his lifet ...

(1906–1999), philologist * Illaria Obidenna Ladré (1906–1998), Russian ballet dancer *

Dmitri Shostakovich Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, , group=n (9 August 1975) was a Soviet-era Russian composer and pianist who became internationally known after the premiere of his Symphony No. 1 (Shostakovich), First Symphony in 1926 and was regarded throug ...

(1906–1975), composer and pianist, born in Saint Petersburg and spent most of his life there *

Evgenia Baykova Evgenia Vasilievna Baykova (russian: Евге́ния Васи́льевна Байко́ва; November 22, 1907 – 1997) was a Russian Soviet realist painter and graphic artist, who lived and worked in Saint Petersburg (formerly Leningrad). Sh ...

(1907–1997), painter and graphic artist *

Vera Broido Vera Broido (1907–2004) was a Russian-born writer and a chronicler of the Russian Revolution, as one who grew up through it and lost her mother to its aftermath. Life Vera Broido was born in St Petersburg in 1907, the daughter of two Russia ...

(1907–2004), writer *

Olga Sapphire Olga Sapphire (russian: Ольга Сафайя or russian: Ольга Сапфир, ja, オリガ・サファイア, 28 June 1907 – 20 June 1981) was the stage name of Russian and Japanese ballerina and choreographer Olga Ivanovna Pavlova ( ...

(1907–1981), Russian Japanese ballerina and choreographer (Real Name: ''Olga Ivanovna Pavlova'', russian: Ольга Ивановна Павлова) *

Sofka Skipwith Sofka Skipwith (born Sophia Dolgorukova; 23 October 1907Sofka Zinovieff, ''Red Princess: A Revolutionary Life'', 2007, New York: Pegasus, 2008, . – 26 February 1994Frida Knight"Obituary: Sofka Skipwith" ''The Independent'' 8 March 1994.) was ...

(1907–1994), Russian émigrée to England who became a well-known Communist after working for Laurence Olivier and being interned by the Nazis in France in World War II * Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi (1907–1979), composer, born and died in Saint Petersburg *

Edmund Kurtz Edmund Kurtz (29 December 190819 August 2004) was a Russian-born Australian cellist and music editor. He was renowned for his "impeccable technique", "innate musicality", and his "rich tone", with a "warm, sensuous quality that seldom loses its l ...

(1908–2004), cellist and music editor *

Ilya Frank Ilya Mikhailovich Frank (russian: Илья́ Миха́йлович Франк; 23 October 1908 – 22 June 1990) was a Soviet winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1958 jointly with Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov and Igor Y. Tamm, also of the ...

(1908–1990), physicist *

Rostislaw Kaischew Rostislaw Kaischew ( bg, Ростислав Каишев; February 29, 1908 – November 19, 2002) was a Bulgarian physicochemist and a member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. His most significant contributions to science were within studi ...

(1908–2002), Bulgarian physicochemist * Alexandre Mnouchkine (1908–1993), French film producer *

Marina Semyonova Marina Timofeyevna Semyonova (russian: Марина Тимофеевна Семёнова, – 9 June 2010) was the first Soviet-trained prima ballerina. She was born in Saint-Petersburg. She was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1975. ...

(1908–2010), first Soviet-trained prima ballerina and 1975's

People's Artist of the USSR People's Artist of the USSR ( rus, Народный артист СССР, Narodny artist SSSR), also sometimes translated as National Artist of the USSR, was an honorary title granted to artists of the Soviet Union. Nomenclature and significan ...

* Sergey Urusevsky (1908–1974), cinematographer and film director *

Boris Vildé Boris Vildé (25 June Old Style/8 July 1908 – 23 February 1942) was a linguist and ethnographer at the Musée de l'Homme, in Paris, France. He specialised in polar civilizations. He was born in St. Petersburg into a family of Eastern Orthodox Ru ...

(1908–1942), linguist and ethnographer * Nina Anisimova (1909–1979), dancer and choreographer *

Anatole de Grunwald Anatole "Tolly" de Grunwald (25 December 1910 – 13 January 1967) was a Russian British film producer and screenwriter. Biography De Grunwald was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, the son of a diplomat (Constantin de Grunwald) in the se ...

(1910–1967), Russian British film producer and screenwriter *

Barys Kit Boris Uladzimiravich Kit ( be, Бары́с Уладзіміравіч Кіт, russian: Бори́с Влади́мирович Кит; April 6, 1910 – February 1, 2018) was a Belarusian-American rocket scientist. Biography Kit was born on Ap ...

(1910–2018), rocket scientist *

Galina Ulanova Galina Sergeyevna Ulanova (russian: Галина Сергеевна Уланова, ; 21 March 1998) was a Russian ballet dancer. She is frequently cited as being one of the greatest ballerinas of the 20th century. Biography Ulanova was born ...

(1910–1998), ballet dancer

1911–1920

Yrjö von Grönhagen Yrjö von Grönhagen (3 October 1911 in Saint Petersburg – 17 October 2003 in HelsinkiYrjö ...

(1911–2003), Finnish nobleman and anthropologist * Nikolay Novotelnov (1911–2006), chess International Master and author * David Shoenberg (1911–2004), British physicist *

Lev Gumilev Lev Nikolayevich Gumilyov (russian: Лев Никола́евич Гумилёв; 1 October 1912 – 15 June 1992) was a Soviet historian, ethnologist, anthropologist and translator. He had a reputation for his highly unorthodox theories of e ...

(1912–1992), historian, ethnologist, anthropologist and translator * Leonid Kantorovich (1912–1986), economist *

Varvara P. Mey Varvara Pavlovna Mey (Russian: Варвара Павловна Мей, 18 January 1912 in Saint Petersburg – 27 October 1995) was a prima ballerina, ballet instructor and author. Career Mey was one of the students of the Russian ballet dance ...

(1912–1995), prima ballerina, ballet instructor and author * Irina Nijinska (1913–1991), Russian-Polish ballet dancer *

Valentina Khetagurova Valentina Semyonovna Khetagurova (russian: Валентина Семёновна Хетагурова; 19141992), was a founder of the Khetagurova movement (Khetagurovite Campaign), a member of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union for the R ...

(1914–1992), founder of the Khetagurovite Campaign *

Assia Noris Assia Noris (16 February 1912 – 27 January 1998) was a Russian-Italian film actress. Born Anastasia Noris fon Gerzfeld (Anastassia Noris von Herzfeld), she appeared in over 35 films between 1932 and 1965. She starred in films such as the Ma ...

(1912–1998), Russian-Italian film actress *

Adrian von Fölkersam Adrian Freiherr von Fölkersam (russian: Адриан Арминович Фелькерсам; 20 December 1914 – 21 January 1945) was a German Brandenburger and Waffen-SS officer in World War II. Career Fölkersam was born into an aristocra ...

(1914–1945), German Waffen-SS officer in World War II *

Elena Shtaerman Elena Mikhailovna Shtaerman (28 September 1914, in St. Petersburg – 22 October 1991, in Moscow) was a prominent Soviet scholar of Roman history and translator of ancient authors (Julius Paulus, Dionysius Cato, Publilius Syrus). She received th ...

(1914–1991), Soviet scholar of Roman history, recipient of the State Prize of the USSR *

Dmitry Maevsky Dmitry Ivanovich Maevsky (russian: Дми́трий Ива́нович Мае́вский; 17 May 1917, Petrograd, Russian Empire – 23 July 1992, Saint Petersburg, Russia) was a Soviet Russian painter, lived and worked in Leningrad, a member o ...

(1917–1992), Soviet Russian painter, lived and worked in Leningrad, a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists, regarded as one of representatives of the Leningrad school of painting * Anna Marly (1917–2006), singer-songwriter *

Efim Etkind Efim Etkind (russian: Ефи́м Григо́рьевич Э́ткинд, 26 February 1918, Petrograd – 22 November 1999, Potsdam) was a Soviet philologist and translation theorist.Nathalie Krassovska (1918–2005), Russian born prima ballerina and teacher of classical ballet * Irina Baronova (1919–2008), Russian ballerina and actress *

Galina Ustvolskaya Galina Ivanovna Ustvolskaya (russian: Гали́на Ива́новна Уство́льская , 17 June 1919 – 22 December 2006), was a Russian composer of classical music. Early years Born in Petrograd, Ustvolskaya studied from 1937 to 1 ...

(1919–2006), composer of classical music * Tatiana Semenova (1920–1996), Russian-American ballet dancer, dance teacher, founded the

Houston Ballet Academy Houston (; ) is the most populous city in Texas, the most populous city in the Southern United States, the fourth-most populous city in the United States, and the sixth-most populous city in North America, with a population of 2,304,580 i ...

Igor Karassik Igor J. Karassik (December 1, 1911 in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire – July 2, 1995 in Maplewood, New Jersey)

(1911-1995), Russian-American engineer known for his pioneering work with pumps

1921–1950

* Aris Alexandrou (1922–1978), Greek novelist, poet and translator * Juri Lotman (1922–1993), literary scholar, semiotician and cultural historian * Boris Ugarov (1922–1991), Russian Soviet realist painter and art educator *

Ekaterina Mikhailova-Demina Ekaterina Illarionovna Mikhailova-Demina (russian: Екатерина Илларионовна Михайлова-Дёмина; 22 December 1925 – 24 June 2019) was a Russian military doctor who was the only woman to have served in front-line ...

(1925–2019), hero of the Soviet Union * Galina Vishnevskaya (1926–2012), opera singer soprano * Igor Dmitriev (1927–2008), actor * Vladimir Kondrashin (1929–1999), basketball coach *

Ninel Kurgapkina Ninel Aleksandrovna Kurgapkina (russian: Нинель Александровна Кургапкина; 13 February 1929, Leningrad – 10 May 2009, Beloostrov) was a Soviet and Russian dance teacher and former prima ballerina for the Kirov Ball ...

(1929–2009), Russian dance teacher and former prima ballerina *

Yuli Vorontsov Yuli Mikhailovich Vorontsov (also Yuliy Vorontsov; russian: Ю́лий Миха́йлович Воронцо́в) (October 7, 1929, Leningrad – December 12, 2007, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian diplomat, President of International Centre ...

(1929–2007), Russian and Soviet diplomat *

Boris Parygin Boris Dmitrievitch Parygin (russian: Бори́с Дми́триевич Пары́гин) (19 June 1930 – 9 April 2012) was a Soviet Union, Soviet and Russian philosopher, sociologist and one of the founders of social psychology and member of ...

(1930–2012), Russian philosopher, sociologist and social psychology *

Georgy Grechko Georgy Mikhaylovich Grechko (russian: Георгий Михайлович Гречко; 25 May 1931 – 8 April 2017) was a Soviet cosmonaut. He flew to space on three missions, each bound for rendezvous with a different Salyut space station.

(1931–2017), cosmonaut * Viktor Korchnoi (1931–2016), chess player * Yevgeny Ukhnalev (born 1931), contemporary artist *

Yevgeny Ukhnalyov Yevgeny Ilyich Ukhnalyov (russian: link=no, Евгений Ильич Ухналёв; 4 September 1931 – 3 September 2015) was a Russian artist. He was a founding member of the Russian ''Guild of Heraldic Artists'' and the creator of many state ...

(1931–2015), artist *

Mark Ermler Mark Fridrikhovich Ermler (russian: Марк Фридрихович Эрмлер; 5 May 193214 April 2002) was a Russian conductor. Biography Mark Ermler was born in Leningrad in 1932. His parents were Vera Bakun, a film set designer, and Fridrik ...

(1932–2002), conductor *

Alla Osipenko Alla Yevgenyevna Osipenko (Russian:Алла Евгеньевна Осипенко , born 16 June 1932 in Leningrad) is a retired Soviet ballerina. She studied at the Leningrad Choreographic School (now Vaganova Academy) in the class of Agrippina ...

(born 1931), former Soviet ballerina *

Boris Strugatsky The brothers Arkady Natanovich Strugatsky (russian: Аркадий Натанович Стругацкий; 28 August 1925 – 12 October 1991) and Boris Natanovich Strugatsky ( ru , Борис Натанович Стругацкий; 14 A ...

(1933–2012), science fiction author *

Georgy Kovenchuk Gaga (Georgy Vasilyevich) Kovenchuk ( rus, Гага (Георгий Васильевич) Ковенчук; 2 December 1933 — 3 February 2015). Soviet and Russian artist and writer. Gaga was an artist, painter, graphic artist, book artist and p ...

(1933–2015), artist and writer *

Ilya Averbakh Ilya Aleksandrovich Averbakh (russian: Илья Александрович Авербах) (July 28, 1934, Leningrad – January 11, 1986, Moscow) was a Soviet film director. His 1972 film, ''Monologue'', was entered into the 1973 Cannes Film Fes ...

(1934–1986), film director * Ludvig Faddeev (1934–2017), mathematician *

Oleg Golovanov Oleg Sergeevich Golovanov (russian: Олег Серге́евич Голованов; 17 December 1934 – 24 May 2019) was a Russian rower who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1960 Summer Olympics and in the 1964 Summer Olympics. He was b ...

(1934–2019), rower * Tatiana Samoylova (1934–2014), actress *

Nina Timofeeva Nina Vladimirovna Timofeeva (russian: Нина Владимировна Тимофеева; 11 June 1935 – 3 November 2014) was a Soviet ballet dancer. Biography Timofeeva was born in Leningrad and graduated from the Vaganova Academy of Russia ...

(1935–2014), Russian ballet dancer * Yuri Schmidt (1937–2013), human rights lawyer *

Boris Spassky Boris Vasilievich Spassky ( rus, Бори́с Васи́льевич Спа́сский, Borís Vasíl'yevich Spásskiy; born January 30, 1937) is a Russian chess grandmaster who was the tenth World Chess Champion, holding the title from 1969 ...

(born 1937), chess grandmaster, the tenth World Chess Champion (1969–1972) * Vitaly Efimov (born 1938), theoretical physicist *

Boris Melnikov Boris Borisovich Melnikov (russian: Борис Борисович Мельников; 16 May 1938 – 5 February 2022) was a Russian fencer. He won a gold medal in the team sabre event at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Melnikov died in Saint Peter ...

(1938–2022), Soviet fencer, won a gold medal in the team sabre event at the 1964 Summer Olympics *

Alexander Ney Alexander Ney (russian: link=no, Александр Ней; born September 1939 in Leningrad, Soviet Union) is an American sculptor and painter. After establishing himself in 1972 as a resident of France, he immigrated to the United States in 197 ...

(born 1939), artist, born in Leningrad *

Joseph Brodsky Iosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky (; russian: link=no, Иосиф Александрович Бродский ; 24 May 1940 – 28 January 1996) was a Russian and American poet and essayist. Born in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg), USSR in 1940, ...

(1940–1996), Russian and American poet and essayist,

Nobel Prize in Literature ) , image = Nobel Prize.png , caption = , awarded_for = Outstanding contributions in literature , presenter = Swedish Academy , holder = Annie Ernaux (2022) , location = Stockholm, Sweden , year = 1901 , ...

(1987) * Irina Gubanova (1940–2000), Russian ballerina and film actress * Natalia Makarova (born 1940), Soviet-Russian-born prima ballerina and choreographer. * Leon Petrosjan (born 1940), mathematician *

Eduard Vinokurov Eduard Teodorovich Vinokurov (russian: Эдуард Теодорович Винокуров; October 30, 1942 – February 10, 2010) was a Soviet Union, Soviet Russians, Russian Olympic champion and world champion sabre fencing, fencer. Early an ...

(1942–2010), Olympic and world champion fencer *

Yakov Eliashberg Yakov Matveevich Eliashberg (also Yasha Eliashberg; russian: link=no, Яков Матвеевич Элиашберг; born 11 December 1946) is an American mathematician who was born in Leningrad, USSR. Education and career Eliashberg receiv ...

(born 1946), mathematician * Andrej Hoteev (1946–2021), pianist * Aleksandr Sokolov (born 1949), politician * Viktor Novozhilov (1950–1991), wrestler

1951–1960

* Alexander Belov (1951–1978), Soviet basketball player *

Vladimir Kishkun Vladimir Ivanovich Kishkun (russian: Владимир Иванович Ҝишкүн; born 5 November 1951 in Leningrad) is a Russian former athlete who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International ...

(born 1951), athlete *

Ilya Klebanov Ilya Iosifovich Klebanov (russian: Илья Иосифович Клебанов; born 7 May 1951 in Leningrad) is a Russian politician. He was the Plenipotentiary Presidential Envoy to the Northwestern Federal District of the Russian Federation ...

(born 1951), politician *

Dmitry Stukalov Dmitriy Pavlovich Stukalov (russian: Дмитрий Павлович Стукалов; born 2 May 1951 in Leningrad) is a Russian former hurdler who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International C ...

(born 1951), hurdler * Alexei Uchitel (born 1951), film director *

Vitali Baganov Vitali Aleksandrovich Baganov (russian: Виталий Александрович Баганов; born 6 September 1952) is a Russian actor of film and television currently based in the United States who guest starred as Valery the Russian gangste ...

(born 1952), actor of film and television * Vladimir Putin (born 1952), a Russian politician serving as the current President of the Russian Federation since 7 May 2012, previously holding the position from 2000 until 2008. *

Evgenij Kozlov (E-E) Evgenij Kozlov (Russian: (E-E) Евгений Козло́в, tr. (Ye-Ye) Yevgueni Kozlov, IPA: ɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj kɐˈzlofis a Russian artist living in Berlin. Known chiefly as a founder of the art group "New Artists" (Leningrad, 1982—19 ...

(born 1955), artist *

Alexander Radvilovich Alexander Yuryevich Radvilovich (russian: Александр Юрьевич Радвилович; born 1955) is a Russian composer, pianist, teacher, and lecturer from Leningrad (Saint Petersburg) who specializes in contemporary music discourse ...

(born 1955), composer, pianist and teacher * Alexander Dityatin (born 1957), former Soviet/Russian artistic gymnast Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR * Sergei Krikalev (born 1958), cosmonaut

1961–1970

Igor Butman Igor Butman PAR is a Russian jazz saxophonist born in St. Petersburg, Russia in 1961. Butman holds dual citizenship for both the US and Russian Federation. He is considered to be a virtuoso saxophonist, and a skilled bandleader. American saxop ...

(born 1961), jazz saxophonist * Valeri Broshin (1962–2009), professional football player and manager * Alexey Parygin (born 1964), artist, art historian *

Peter Chernobrivets Peter Anatolievich Chernobrivets ( rus, Пётр Анато́льевич Чернобри́вец, born on 24 August 1965 in Leningrad Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrogra ...

(born 1965), composer, musicologist * Oleg Makarov (born 1962), pair skater * Viktor Tsoi (1962–1990), musician *

Dmitry Medvedev Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev ( rus, links=no, Дмитрий Анатольевич Медведев, p=ˈdmʲitrʲɪj ɐnɐˈtolʲjɪvʲɪtɕ mʲɪdˈvʲedʲɪf; born 14 September 1965) is a Russian politician who has been serving as the dep ...

(born 1965), tenth Prime Minister of Russia and third President of Russia (2008–2012) *

Alexander Khalifman Alexander Valeryevich Khalifman (russian: Алекса́ндр Вале́рьевич Халифма́н; born 18 January 1966) is a Russian chess player and writer. Awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1990, he was FIDE World Chess Ch ...

(born 1966), chessmaster (FIDE World Chess Champion in 1999) * Grigori Perelman (born 1966), mathematician * Vitaly Pushnitsky (born 1967), artist *

Yulia Makhalina Yulia Victorovna Makhalina (russian: Юлия Викторовна Махалина), also Yulia, (born 23 June 1968) is a Russian ballet dancer. Since 1986, she has been with the Kirov/ Mariinsky Ballet where she is a principal dancer. Along with ...

(born 1968), Russian ballet dancer *

Larissa Lezhnina Larisa Lezhnina (russian: Лариса Лежнина) is a principal dancer with Dutch National Ballet, Amsterdam. She was born on March 17, 1969, in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), Russia. She graduated from the Vaganova Ballet Academy in Leningra ...

(born 1969), Russian ballerina and a principal dancer with

Dutch National Ballet The Dutch National Ballet (Dutch: Het Nationale Ballet) is the official and largest ballet company in the Netherlands. History The Dutch National Ballet was formed in 1961 when the Amsterdam Ballet and the Nederlands Ballet merged. The company h ...

, in Amsterdam * Anna Podlesnaya (born 1970), Russian ballerina *

Ekaterina Shchelkanova Ekaterina Nikolaievna Shchelkanova (russian: Екатерина Николаевна Щелканова, also spelled Chtchelkanova; born May 2, 1970) is a Russian ballerina, singer and actress from Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR (now St. Petersburg, Ru ...

(born 1970), Russian ballerina, singer and actress

1971–1980

Victoria Haralabidou Victoria Haralabidou ( el, Βικτώρια Χαραλαμπίδου, born 23 October 1971), is a Greek-Australian actress. She was born in Saint Petersburg, USSR. When she was 15 years old, her family moved to Athens, Greece. In 2005, she mov ...

(born 1971), Greek-Russian actress * Konstantin Khabensky (born 1972), actor, born and raised in Saint Petersburg *

Vladimir Volodenkov Vladimir Vladimirovich Volodenkov (russian: Владимир Владимирович Володенков ) (born 25 April 1972 in Leningrad) is an Olympic rower who competed for Russia in three Olympic Games. He won a bronze medal in ...

(born 1972), Olympic rower *

Alexei Urmanov Alexei Yevgenyevich Urmanov (; born 17 November 1973) is a Russian figure skating coach and former competitor. He is the 1994 Olympic champion, the 1993 World bronze medalist, the 1997 European champion, the 1995–96 Champions Series Final ...

(born 1973), figure skater * Nikolai Valuev (born 1973), professional boxer *

Vitaly Milonov Vitaly Valentinovich Milonov (russian: Виталий Валентинович Милонов; born 23 January 1974) is a Russian politician, deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation since 2016. A member of United Russia, he has served ...

(born 1974), Russian politician * Kseniya Rappoport (born 1974), Russian actress *

Konstantin Sakaev Konstantin Rufovich Sakaev (russian: Константи́н Ру́фович Сака́ев; born 13 April 1974 in Leningrad) is a Russian chess Grandmaster (1993), chess author and Russian champion in 1999. Sakaev is on the staff of the Grandmas ...

(born 1974), chess player *

Andrejs Mamikins Andrejs Mamikins ( rus, Андрей Владимирович Мамыкин, ''Andrey Vladimirovich Mamykin''; born 11 March 1976) is a Latvian Russian politician, journalist and a Member of the European Parliament. Early life and career Mamikin ...

(born 1976), Latvian politician and journalist and a Member of the European Parliament * Vasily Petrenko (born 1976), conductor *

Anastasia Volochkova Anastasia Yuryevna Volochkova (russian: Анастасия Юрьевна Волочкова; born 20 January 1976)NEWSru, newsru.com, 20 January 2006. is a former Russian prima ballerina.Anastasia Volochkova Official Homepage, volochkova.ru, 8 ...

(born 1976), Russian prima ballerina * Diana Vishneva (born 1976), principal ballerina with the Kirov/

Mariinsky Ballet The Mariinsky Ballet (russian: Балет Мариинского театра) is the resident classical ballet company of the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Founded in the 18th century and originally known as the Imperial Russ ...

* Yevgeniya Isakova (born 1978), hurdler *

Marina Kislova Marina Vladimirovna Kislova (russian: Марина Владимировна Кислова; born 7 February 1978 in Leningrad) is a Russian sprinter. International competitions Personal bests *100 metres - 11.09 (2001) *200 metres The 2 ...

(born 1978), sprinter *

Veronika Part Veronika Part (born 21 February 1978) is a Russian ballet dancer. She is a former principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre. She served as a ballet mistress for Atlanta Ballet during the 2019–20 season. Early life Veronika Part was born in ...

(born 1978), Russian ballet dancer *

Ivan Urgant Ivan Andreyevich Urgant (russian: Ива́н Андре́евич У́ргант; born 16 April 1978) is a Russian television host, presenter, actor, musician and producer. His best known roles in film are Boris in the ''Yolki'' series and as Dani ...

(born 1978), television personality, showman, actor and musician *

Vyacheslav Malafeev Vyacheslav Aleksandrovich Malafeev ( rus, Вячесла́в Алекса́ндрович Малафе́ев, p=vʲɪtɕɪˈslaf ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪtɕ məlɐˈfʲe(j)ɪf; born 4 March 1979) is a Russian football official and a former player ...

(born 1979), footballer *

Svetlana Pospelova Svetlana Mikhailovna Pospelova (russian: Светлана Михайловна Поспелова; born December 24, 1979, in Saint Petersburg) is a Russian sprinter who primarily competes over 400 metres. She was banned from competing in 2000 af ...

(born 1979), European Indoor 400m champion *

Svetlana Abrosimova Svetlana Olegovna Abrosimova (russian: Светлана Олеговна Абросимова, born 9 July 1980) is a Russian basketball player who has played in college, the Olympics, and in professional leagues. She most recently played for th ...

(born 1980), European champion basketball player *

Irina Golub Irina Ivanovna Golub is a Russian-born ballerina, formerly with the Mariinsky Ballet, once known as the Kirov Ballet. Born in what was then Leningrad, and a graduate of the Vaganova Academy, Ms. Golub joined the Mariinsky in 1998 at the age of ei ...

(born 1980), Russian-born ballerina * Vladimir Karpets (born 1980), road bicycle racer * Ilona Korstin (born 1980), basketball forward * Yevgeniya Kuznetsova (born 1980), Olympic gymnast (born in Saint Petersburg and currently based in

Sofia, Bulgaria Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and ha ...

) *

Margarita Levieva Margarita Vladimirovna Levieva (russian: Маргари́та Влади́мировна Леви́ева; born 9 February 1980) is a Russian-American actress. Early life Levieva was born in then Leningrad, Soviet Union (now Saint Petersburg, ...

(born 1980), Russian-American actress * Alexei Manziola (born 1980), swimmer *

Yevgeny Sudbin Yevgeny Olegovich Sudbin (russian: Евгений Олегович Судьбин; born 19 April 1980) is a Russian-born British concert pianist. He studied at the musical school of the Leningrad Conservatory. After his family emigrated to Berlin ...

(born 1980), concert pianist * Alexei Yagudin (born 1980), figure skater, born in Saint Petersburg, lived in US from 1998 but moved back to Saint Petersburg in 2006

1981–1990

Natalya Antyukh Natalya Nikolayevna Antyukh (russian: Наталья Николаевна Антюх, born 26 June 1981) is a Russian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres and 400 metres hurdles. She won the bronze medal in the 400 metres and a silver fo ...

(born 1981), Russian athlete *

Andrey Arshavin Andrey Sergeyevich Arshavin (russian: Андрей Сергеевич Аршавин ; born 29 May 1981) is a Russian former professional footballer who played as a winger or midfielder. Arshavin began his career at Zenit Saint Petersburg in ...

(born 1981), Russian footballer, Arsenal FC * Anatoli Bogdanov (born 1981), Russian professional footballer * Olga Dmitrieva (born 1981), Russian professional triathlete *

Mikhail Elgin Mikhail Nikolayevich Elgin ( rus, Михаил Николаевич Елгин, Yelgin, mʲɪxɐˈiɫ ɪ̯ɪɫˈɡʲin; born 14 October 1981) is a Russian professional tennis player. Elgin became famous when he advanced to the quarter–finals ...

(born 1981), professional tennis player *

Andrei Ivanov Andrei or Andrey Ivanov may refer to: Footballers *Andrei Ivanov (footballer born 1967), Soviet footballer *Andrei Ivanov (footballer born 1972), Russian footballer *Andrei Ivanov (footballer born 1988), Russian U-21 footballer *Andrei Ivanov (foot ...

(born 1981), Russian professional ice hockey winger * Kirill Safronov (born 1981), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman * Kseniya Sobchak (born 1981), member of political opposition * Georgy Grebenkov (born 1982), Russian artistic gymnast *

Sergei Slavnov Sergei Gennadyevich Slavnov (russian: Серге́й Геннадьевич Славнов; born 11 March 1982) is a Russian pair skater. He is best known for his partnership with Julia Obertas, with whom he competed from 2003 to 2007. Together, ...

(born 1982), pair skater *

Anastasia Fomina Anastasia Borisovna Fomina (russian: Анастасия Борисовна Фомина, born 5 August 1983) is a retired Russian basketball point guard. She won the EuroCup in 2004 with Baltic Star and in 2012 with Dynamo Kursk WBC Dynamo Kur ...

(born 1983), Russian basketball point guard *

Konstantin Menshov Konstantin Alexandrovich Menshov (russian: Константин Александрович Меньшов; born 23 February 1983) is a Russian former competitive figure skater. He is the 2014 European bronze medalist, the 2015 Finlandia Trophy ...

(born 1983), figure skater * Julia Novikova (born 1983), coloratura soprano opera singer *

Pavel Durov Pavel Valeryevich Durov (russian: Павел Валерьевич Дуров; born 10 October 1984) is a Russian-born French-Emirati entrepreneur who is known for being the founder of the social networking site VK (service), VK and Telegram (so ...

(born 1984), entrepreneur *

Svetlana Bolshakova Svetlana Bolshakova (russian: Светлана Большакова; born 14 October 1984) is a Russian-born triple jumper of who competes for Belgium internationally. She married Belgian high jumper Stijn Stroobants in August 2006 and acquired t ...

(born 1984), triple jumper * Igor Denisov (born 1984), association footballer *

Daniil Konstantinov Daniil Ilyich Konstantinov (russian: link=no, Даниил Ильич Константинов) (born February 5, 1984) is a Russian opposition politician, lawyer, and human rights activist who leads the "Moscow Defense League" movement. He is ...

(born 1984), opposition politician, lawyer, human rights activist * Evgenia Obraztsova (born 1984), ballerina *

Anastasia Stashkevich Anastasia Stashkevich (russian: Анастасия Сташкевич; born 20 November 1984) is a Russian principal dancer with the Bolshoi Ballet. Anastasia Stashkevich was born in St. Petersburg, and studied at the Moscow Choreographic Acad ...

(born 1984), Russian

principal dancer A principal dancer (often shortened to principal) is a dancer at the highest rank within a professional dance company, particularly a ballet company. A principal may be male or female. The position is similar to that of '' soloist''; however, p ...

with the

Bolshoi Ballet The Bolshoi Ballet is an internationally renowned classical ballet company based at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Russia. Founded in 1776, the Bolshoi is among the world's oldest ballet companies. In the early 20th century, it came to internatio ...

* Mikhail Ignatiev (born 1985), professional track and road bicycle racer * Miron Fyodorov aka Oxxxymiron (born 1985), rapper *

Aleksandra Kiryashova Aleksandra Aleksandrovna Kiryashova (russian: Александра Александровна Киряшова; born 21 August 1985 in Leningrad, Soviet Union) is a Russian pole vault Pole vaulting, also known as pole jumping, is a track an ...

(born 1985), pole vaulter *

Svetlana Kuznetsova Svetlana Aleksandrovna Kuznetsova (born 27 June 1985) is a Russian inactive professional tennis player. She is a two-time major singles champion, winning the 2004 US Open and 2009 French Open, and finishing runner-up at two other majors. I ...

(born 1985), tennis player *

Maria Mukhortova Maria Vladimirovna Mukhortova (russian: Мария Владимировна Мухортова; born 20 November 1985) is a Russian pair skater. With former partner Maxim Trankov, she is the 2008 European silver medalist, a five-time Grand Prix ...

(born 1985), pair skater *

Nadezhda Skardino Nadezhda Valeryevna Skardino ( be, Надзея Валер'еўна Скардзіна; born 27 March 1985) is a retired Belarusian biathlete The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. It is treated ...

(born 1985), Belarusian biathlete * Alina Somova (born 1985), Russian ballet dancer and principal dancer with the

of Saint Petersburg * Vladimir Suleimanov (born 1985), former professional footballer *

Ekaterina Yurlova Ekaterina Viktorovna Yurlova-Percht (russian: Екатери́на Ви́кторовна Ю́рлова-Перхт, born 23 February 1985) is a Russian biathlete. She debuted at the World Cup in 2008. In 2015, she won World Championships at 15&n ...

(born 1985), biathlete * Natalia Ziganshina (born 1985), former gymnast *

Evgeniya Belyakova Evgeniya Alexandrovna Belyakova (russian: Евгения Александровна Белякова; born 27 June 1986) is a Russian professional basketball player. A professional since 2004, Belyakova plays for Russia women's national basketba ...

(born 1986), Russian professional basketball player * Vadim Bogdanov (born 1986), handball player * Olga Esina (born 1986), Russian ballerina and First Solo Dancer at the Vienna State Ballet * Timofey Mozgov (born 1986), professional basketball player *

Anna Nazarova Anna Sergeyevna Nazarova-Klyashtornaya (Russian: Анна Сергеевна Назарова; born 3 February 1986)Oksana Akinshina Oksana Aleksandrovna Akinshina (russian: Оксана Александровна Акиньшина; born 19 April 1987) is a Russian actress. She is best known for her roles in films ''Sisters'' (2001), ''Lilya 4-ever'' (2002), ''The Bourne Supr ...

(born 1987), actress * Vladimir Garin (1987–2003), actor, born in then-Leningrad * Roman Ovchinnikov (born 1987), former footballer *

Natalia Shliakhtenko Natalia Sergeyevna Shliakhtenko (russian: Наталья Сергеевна Шляхтенко, also transliterated as Natalya Shlyakhtenko; born 7 July 1987) is a Russian professional triathlete, Master of Sport, and reserve member of the Na ...

(born 1987), professional triathlete * Aleksei Shvalev (born 1987), professional ice hockey player *

Sofya Skya Sofya Andreyevna Arzhakovskaya (russian: Софья Андреевна Аржаковская; born 12 August 1987), known professionally as Sofya Skya (sometimes Sofya Skaya) (russian: Софья Ская, link=no) is a Russian actress, ballet ...

(born 1987), Russian actress, ballet dancer and acting coach. * (born 1988), pornographic model * Polina Miller (born 1988), Russian artistic gymnast *

Alexander Enbert Alexander Yuryevich Enbert (russian: Александр Юрьевич Энберт; born 17 April 1989) is a Russian retired pair skater. With Natalya Zabiyako, he was the 2019 World bronze medalist, 2018 European bronze medalist, 2018 Grand ...

(born 1989), pair skater *

Sergey Fesikov Sergey Vasilyevich Fesikov (russian: Серге́й Васильевич Фесиков; born 21 January 1989) is a Russian professional swimmer. He was part of the Russian 4 × 100 m freestyle relay teams that finished in ninth and third place a ...

(born 1989), swimmer *

Katarina Gerboldt Katarina Alexandrovna Gerboldt (russian: Катарина Александровна Гербольдт; born 28 March 1989) is a Russian retired figure skater. In single skating, her best result at an ISU Championship was sixth at the 2009 Europ ...

(born 1989), figure skater * Nadezhda Grishaeva (born 1989), Russian professional basketball player *

Katya Jones Katya Jones (born Ekaterina Andreevna Sokolova; rus, Екатерина Андреевна Соколова; 12 May 1989) is a Russian dancer and choreographer. She is best-known for being a professional dancer in the competition show ''Strictly ...

(born 1989),

Strictly Come Dancing ''Strictly Come Dancing'' (informally known as ''Strictly'') is a British dance contest show in which celebrities partner with professional dancers to compete in mainly ballroom and Latin dance. Each couple is scored by a panel of usually 4 ...

professional dancer, oil heiress *

Tatyana McFadden Tatyana McFadden (russian: Татьяна Макфадден; born April 21, 1989) is an American Paralympic athlete of Russian descent competing in the category T54. McFadden has won twenty Paralympic medals in multiple Summer Paralympic Game ...

(born 1989), Russian-born United States Paralympian athlete *

Andriy Yarmolenko Andriy Mykolayovych Yarmolenko ( uk, Андрій Миколайович Ярмоленко; born 23 October 1989) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a winger or forward for Emirati UAE Pro League club Al Ain and captains the ...

(born 1989), Ukrainian football winger *

Anton Yelchin Anton Viktorovich Yelchin ( rus, Антон Викторович Ельчин, p=ɐnˈton ˈvʲiktərəvʲɪtɕ ˈjelʲtɕɪn; March 11, 1989 – June 19, 2016) was an American actor. Born in the Soviet Union to a Russian Jewish family, he emigr ...

(1989–2016), American-raised actor, born in Saint Petersburg, who left with his parents at the age of six months; best known for his role in ''

Star Trek ''Star Trek'' is an American science fiction media franchise created by Gene Roddenberry, which began with the eponymous 1960s television series and quickly became a worldwide pop-culture phenomenon. The franchise has expanded into vari ...

'' as Pavel Chekov, a character who is often implied to be from the city *

Alena Leonova Alena Igorevna Leonova (russian: Алёна Игоревна Леонова; born 23 November 1990) is a retired Russian figure skater. She is the 2012 World silver medalist, the 2011 Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, the 2009 World Junior c ...

(born 1990), figure skater *

Ksenia Polikarpova Ksenia Olegovna Polikarpova (russian: Ксения Олеговна Поликарпова, he, קסניה פוליקרפובה; born 11 March 1990) is Russian-Israeli Olympic badminton player. In 2009, she won a bronze medal at the European ...

(born 1990), Russian female badminton player *

Julia Vlassov Julia Vlassov (born August 29, 1990) is an American retired pair skater. She and partner Drew Meekins are the World Junior Figure Skating Championships, 2006 World Junior Champions. Personal life Vlassov was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, the ...

(born 1990),

Russian American Russian Americans ( rus, русские американцы, r=russkiye amerikantsy, p= ˈruskʲɪje ɐmʲɪrʲɪˈkant͡sɨ) are Americans of full or partial Russian ancestry. The term can apply to recent Russian immigrants to the United State ...

figure skater

1991–2000

Ekaterina Kramarenko Ekaterina Aleksandrovna Kramarenko (russian: Екатерина Александровна Крамаренко, born April 22, 1991 in St Petersburg) is a Russian artistic gymnast. She is the 2007 European bronze medalist on the uneven bars and ...

(born 1991), Russian artistic gymnast *

Alexander Majorov Alexander Alexandrovich Majorov (russian: Александр Александрович Майоров, born 19 July 1991) is a Swedish retired figure skater. He is the 2017 Winter Universiade bronze medalist, the 2011 World Junior bronze med ...

(born 1991), figure skater * Maxim Matlakov (born 1991), chess grandmaster *

Olga Smirnova Olga Smirnova may refer to: *Olga Smirnova (dancer) (born 1991), Russian ballet dancer *Olga Smirnova (wrestler) Olga Vladimirovna Smirnova (russian: Ольга Владимировна Смирнова; born May 11, 1979, in Novocheboksarsk, S ...

(born 1991), prima ballerina with the

* Alexey Stadler (born 1991), cellist *

Ilya Zakharov Ilya Leonidovich Zakharov (russian: Илья Леонидович Захаров; born 2 May 1991) is a Russian diver and politician. He is the 2012 Olympics gold medalist in 3 metre Springboard. Career Junior In 2007, Zakharov debuted in int ...

(born 1991), diver, Olympics gold medalist (2012) * Ksenia Makarova (born 1992), figure skater * Viktor Manakov (born 1992), professional racing cyclist *

Alexey Romashov Alexey Gennadyevich Romashov (russian: Алексей Геннадьевич Ромашов; born 29 April 1992) is a Russian ski jumper. Career Romashov competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics for Russia. He placed 39th in the normal hill qualifyi ...

(born 1992), ski jumper * Ksenia Stolbova (born 1992), pair skater *

Sergey Karasev Sergey Vasiliyevich Karasev (russian: Серге́й Васильевич Карасёв, Karasyov; born October 26, 1993) is a Russian professional basketball player for Russian team Zenit Saint Petersburg of the VTB United League. He was drafte ...

(born 1993), professional basketball player * Samira Mustafaeva (born 1993), Russian Azerbaijani rhythmic gymnast *

Alexander Barabanov Alexander Dmitriyevich Barabanov (russian: Александр Дмитриевич Барабанов) (born 17 June 1994) is a Russian professional ice hockey player for the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League (NHL). Playing career Ba ...

(born 1994), ice hockey player *

Anish Giri Anish Kumar Giri ( ne, अनीश कुमार गिरी; russian: Аниш Кумар Гири; born 28 June 1994) is a Russian-born Dutch chess grandmaster. A chess prodigy, he completed the requirements for the title Grandmaster at t ...

(born 1994), Russian-born Dutch chess prodigy and Grandmaster *

Tatiana Nabieva Tatiana Olegovna Nabieva (russian: Татьяна Олеговна Набиева; born November 21, 1994, in Pushkin) is a Russian artistic gymnast who has won four World Championship medals. She is known for the F-rated uneven bars skill named ...

(born 1994), gymnast, born in Saint Petersburg *

Alexandra Stepanova Alexandra Nikolayevna Stepanova (russian: Александра Николаевна Степанова; born 19 August 1995) is a Russian ice dancer. With her skating partner, Ivan Bukin, she is a four-time European medalist (silver in 2019, br ...

(born 1995), ice dancer *

Aleksei Gasilin Aleksei Yevgenyevich Gasilin (russian: Алексей Евгеньевич Гасилин; born 1 March 1996) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a striker for FC Amkal Moscow. Club career He made his debut in the Russian Premi ...

(born 1996), professional football player * Ramil Sheydayev (born 1996), Russian-Azerbaijani professional footballer *

Lilia Akhaimova Lilia Igorevna Akhaimova ( rus, Лилия Игоревна Ахаимова, , ˈlʲilʲɪɪ̯ə ɐxɐˈiməvə, born 17 March 1997) is a retired Russian artistic gymnast. She represented the Russian Olympic Committee at the 2020 Summer Olymp ...

(born 1997), Russian artistic gymnast *

Daniel Koperberg Daniel Koperberg ( he, דניאל קופרברג; born December 8, 1997) is a Russian-born Israeli basketball player for Maccabi Haifa B.C., Maccabi Haifa of the Liga Leumit (basketball), Israeli National League. Early years Koperberg was born i ...

(born 1997), Israeli basketball player * Colton Gordon (born 1998), baseball pitcher *

Mikhail Maltsev Mikhail Grigorevich Maltsev (russian: Михаил Григорьевич Мальцев; born 12 March 1998) is a Russian professional ice hockey forward for the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected 102nd overa ...

(born 1998), ice hockey player * Alexander Alexeyev (born 1999), ice hockey player * Pasha Pozdniakova (born 1999), Finnish-Russian '' Playboy'' model and social media influencer * Natalia Safonova (born 1999), Russian Group rhythmic gymnast *

Maria Khoreva Maria Vladimirovna Khoreva (russian: Мария Владимировна Хорева; born 3 July 2000 ) is a Russian ballet dancer and first soloist of the Mariinsky Ballet since 2018. Early life Khoreva was born on 3 July 2000 in Saint Pe ...

(born 2000), Russian ballet dancer and first soloist of the

21st century

Yuri Busse Yuri Sergeevich Busse (russian: Юрий Сергеевич Буссе, born 16 July 2001 in Saint Petersburg, Russia) is a Russian artistic gymnast. On the national level, he is a three-time 2015, 2016 and 2018 Russian Junior National All-around ...

(born 2001), Russian artistic gymnast *

Elena Eremina Elena Vyacheslavovna Eremina (russian: Елена Вячеславовна Ерёмина, pron. ''Yelena Vyacheslavovna Yeryomina'', born 29 July 2001) is a retired Russian artistic gymnast. She is the 2017 World all-around bronze medalist and ...

(born 2001), Russian artistic gymnast * Maria Sergeeva (born 2001), Russian individual rhythmic gymnast

Date of birth unknown

Alice Edun Alice Edun, known professionally as Edun, is a Nigerian-Russian singer of dance and gospel music. She lives in Milan, Italy and is signed to eurodance label Off-Limits, and licensed to Robbins Entertainment in the United States. Background Edu ...

, Gospel and Dance music singer; born in Saint Petersburg before moving to Nigeria at age five (Her mother is Russian, father is Nigerian)

Lived in Saint Petersburg

17th C. & 18th C.

Domenico Trezzini Domenico Trezzini (Russian Андрей Якимович Трезин, ''Andrey Yakimovich Trezin''; c. 1670 – 1734) was a Swiss architect who elaborated the Petrine Baroque style of Russian architecture. Domenico was born in Astano, L ...

(1670–1734), Swiss Italian architect * Joseph-Nicolas Delisle (1688–1768), French astronomer and cartographer, lived in Saint Petersburg for 22 years * Harmen van Bol'es (1689–1764), royal master builder from 1713 to 1764. Designed the ship wind vane which is used as an emblem of Saint Petersburg. *

Daniel Bernoulli Daniel Bernoulli FRS (; – 27 March 1782) was a Swiss mathematician and physicist and was one of the many prominent mathematicians in the Bernoulli family from Basel. He is particularly remembered for his applications of mathematics to mechan ...

(1700–1782), Swiss mathematician and physicist, lived and worked in Saint Petersburg * Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli (1700–1771), architect * Leonhard Euler (1707–1783), Swiss mathematician and physicist, worked in Saint Petersburg and died there. *

Mikhail Lomonosov Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov (; russian: Михаил (Михайло) Васильевич Ломоносов, p=mʲɪxɐˈil vɐˈsʲilʲjɪvʲɪtɕ , a=Ru-Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov.ogg; – ) was a Russian Empire, Russian polymath, s ...

(1711–1765), Russian polymath, scientist and writer, worked in Saint Petersburg and died there *

Gabriel François Doyen Gabriel François Doyen (; 1726 – 5 June 1806) was a French painter who was born in Paris. He became an artist against his father's wishes, becoming a pupil at the age of twelve of Charles-André van Loo. Making rapid progress, he obtain ...

(1726–1806) a French painter. * Christian Friedrich von Völkner (1728–1796), German translator and historian, worked in Saint Petersburg and died there * Alexander Suvorov (1730–1800), national hero of Russia, Generalissimo of the Russian Empire, died in Saint Petersburg. *

Stanisław August Poniatowski Stanisław II August (born Stanisław Antoni Poniatowski; 17 January 1732 – 12 February 1798), known also by his regnal Latin name Stanislaus II Augustus, was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1764 to 1795, and the last monarch ...

(1732–1798), Last elected King of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, lover of Catherine the Great, after the Third and final Partition of Poland prisoner in St Petersburg (1795–98) of her son and successor, Paul I. *

Schneur Zalman of Liadi Shneur Zalman of Liadi ( he, שניאור זלמן מליאדי, September 4, 1745 – December 15, 1812 Adoption of the Gregorian calendar#Adoption in Eastern Europe, O.S. / 18 Elul 5505 – 24 Tevet 5573) was an influential Lithuanian Jews, Li ...

(1745-1812),

rabbi A rabbi () is a spiritual leader or religious teacher in Judaism. One becomes a rabbi by being ordained by another rabbi – known as '' semikha'' – following a course of study of Jewish history and texts such as the Talmud. The basic form o ...

, philosopher, writer, founder and spiritual-leader of

Chabad-Lubavitch Chabad, also known as Lubavitch, Habad and Chabad-Lubavitch (), is an Orthodox Jewish Hasidic dynasty. Chabad is one of the world's best-known Hasidic movements, particularly for its outreach activities. It is one of the largest Hasidic group ...

movement. Recognized as militar supporter of Tsar Alexander I in

French Invasion of Russia The French invasion of Russia, also known as the Russian campaign, the Second Polish War, the Army of Twenty nations, and the Patriotic War of 1812 was launched by Napoleon Bonaparte to force the Russian Empire back into the continental block ...

. * Giacomo Quarenghi (1744–1817), architect * Tadeusz Kościuszko (1746–1817), Polish military leader, was imprisoned in Saint Petersburg * Domenico Cimarosa (1749–1801), Italian opera composer, wrote two operas in Saint Petersburg * Alexander Radishchev (1749–1802), poet and writer * Joseph de Maistre (1753–1821), Savoyard philosopher, writer, lawyer, freemason and diplomat, lived in Saint Petersburg for 14 years *

Louis Philippe, comte de Ségur Louis Philippe, comte de Ségur (10 December 175327 August 1830) was a French diplomat and historian. Biography Ségur was born in Paris, the son of Philippe Henri, marquis de Ségur and Louise Anne Madeleine de Vernon. He entered the army in 176 ...

(1753–1830) a French diplomat and historian. *

Agustín de Betancourt Agustín de Betancourt y Molina ( rus, Августин Августинович де Бетанкур, r=Avgustin Avgustinovich de Betankur; french: Augustin Bétancourt; 1 February 1758 – 24 July 1824) was a prominent Spanish engineer, who wo ...

(1754–1824), Spanish engineer urban planner of Saint Petersburg *

Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein Heinrich Friedrich Karl Reichsfreiherr vom und zum Stein (25 October 1757 – 29 June 1831), commonly known as Baron vom Stein, was a Prussian statesman who introduced the Prussian reforms, which paved the way for the unification of Germany. ...

(1757–1831), exile during Napoleon's reign *

Andrey Voronikhin Andrey (Andrei) Nikiforovich Voronikhin (russian: Андрей Никифорович Воронихин) (28 October 1759, Novoe Usolye, Perm Oblast – 21 February 1814, Saint Petersburg) was a Russian architect and painter. As a representativ ...

(1759–1814), architect and painter *

Étienne Dumont Pierre Étienne Louis Dumont (18 January or 18 July 1759 – 29 September 1829), sometimes anglicised as Stephen Dumont, was a Swiss French political writer. He is chiefly remembered as the French editor of the writings of the English philosop ...

(1759–1829), a Swiss French political writer. * James Walker (c. 1760 - c. 1823), mezzotint engraver invited to Saint Petersburg by Catherine the Great and appointed as "Engraver to Her Imperial Majesty" for a duration of 20 years * August von Kotzebue (1761–1819), German dramatist and writer, consul in Russia and Germany, from 1780 to 1783 in Saint Petersburg * Nikolay Karamzin (1766–1826), writer and historian, died in Saint Petersburg * John Quincy Adams (1767–1848), first U.S. ambassador in Saint Petersburg & 6th President of the United States. * Ernst Moritz Arndt (1769–1860), German patriotic author and poet, in his function as the secretary of

Heinrich Friedrich Karl, baron von und zum Stein Heinrich Friedrich Karl Reichsfreiherr vom und zum Stein (25 October 1757 – 29 June 1831), commonly known as Baron vom Stein, was a Prussian statesman who introduced the Prussian reforms, which paved the way for the unification of Germany. ...

* Vasily Stasov (1769–1848), architect * Adam Jerzy Czartoryski (1770–1861), Polish statesman, friend of tsars and Tsar Alexander's foreign minister and key in forming the Third Coalition against France. * Adam Johann von Krusenstern (1770–1846), admiral and explorer, led the first Russian circumnavigation of the globe *

Yuri Lisyansky Yuri Fedorovych Lysianskyi (also spelled as Urey Lisiansky and Lisianski and Lysyansky) ( uk, Юрій Федорович Лисянський, ; russian: Ю́рий Фёдорович Лися́нский, , 1(13) April 1773 – 6 March 1837) wa ...

(1773–1837), explorer * Joseph Saunders (1773–1845), noted English engraver, "Historical engraver to the Hermitage" under Paul I * Pierre Rode (1774–1830), violinist, worked there from 1804 until 1809 * Carlo Rossi (1775–1849), Italian architect * François-Adrien Boieldieu (1775–1834) a French composer of operas, called ''"the French Mozart"''. * Wladyslaw Grzegorz Branicki (1783–1843), Polish nobleman, landowner, Russian senator and army general * Vasily Zhukovsky (1783–1852), poet * Auguste de Montferrand (1786–1858), architect * Karl Ernst Claus (1796–1864), Baltic German chemist and naturalist * Imam Shamil (1797–1871), Avar political and religious leader of the Muslim tribes of the Northern Caucasus * Alexander Pushkin (1799–1837), great Russian poet, died following a duel in Saint Petersburg.

19th C.

Fyodor Tyutchev Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev ( rus, Фёдор Ива́нович Тю́тчев, r=Fyódor Ivánovič Tyútčev, links=1, p=ˈfʲɵdər ɪˈvanəvʲɪt͡ɕ ˈtʲʉt͡ɕːɪf; Pre-Reform orthography: ; – ) was a Russian poet and diplomat. ...

(1803–1873), poet *

Mikhail Glinka Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka ( rus, link=no, Михаил Иванович Глинка, Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka., mʲɪxɐˈil ɪˈvanəvʲɪdʑ ˈɡlʲinkə, Ru-Mikhail-Ivanovich-Glinka.ogg; ) was the first Russian composer to gain wide recogni ...

(1804–1857), composer. *

Nikolai Gogol Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol; uk, link=no, Мико́ла Васи́льович Го́голь, translit=Mykola Vasyliovych Hohol; (russian: Яновский; uk, Яновський, translit=Yanovskyi) ( – ) was a Russian novelist, ...

(1809–1852), created the memorable image of Saint Petersburg in his fiction * Vissarion Belinsky (1811–1848), literary critic, 1839–1848 in Saint Petersburg * Ivan Goncharov (1812–1891), writer, died in Saint Petersburg * Alexander Herzen (1812–1870), writer and thinker *

Nikolay Zinin Nikolay Nikolaevich Zinin (russian: link=no, Никола́й Никола́евич Зи́нин; 25 August 1812, in Shusha – 18 February 1880, in Saint Petersburg) was a Russian organic chemist. Life He studied at the University of Kazan where ...

(1812–1880) a Russian organic chemist. * Mikhail Lermontov (1814–1841), writer and poet. * Taras Shevchenko (1814–1861), a Ukrainian poet, writer and artist died in Saint Petersburg. *

(1818–1910), Marseille-born Ballet master who worked for nearly 60 years in the Mariinsky Theatre * Sergey Levitsky (1819–1898), photographer, opened Saint Petersburg's first photo studio, "Light Painting" * Pafnuty Chebyshev (1821–1894), mathematician * Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821–1881), writer lived in Saint Petersburg and died there. *

Nikolay Nekrasov Nikolay Alexeyevich Nekrasov ( rus, Никола́й Алексе́евич Некра́сов, p=nʲɪkɐˈlaj ɐlʲɪkˈsʲejɪvʲɪtɕ nʲɪˈkrasəf, a=Ru-Nikolay_Alexeyevich_Nekrasov.ogg, – ) was a Russian poet, writer, critic and publi ...

(1821–1878), poet *

Heinrich Schliemann Johann Ludwig Heinrich Julius Schliemann (; 6 January 1822 – 26 December 1890) was a German businessman and pioneer in the field of archaeology. He was an advocate of the historicity of places mentioned in the works of Homer and an archaeologi ...

(1822–1890), archaeologist worked as a tradesman based in Saint Petersburg * Aleksey Pleshcheyev (1825–1893), poet * Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin (1826–1889), writer, satirist * Carl Heinrich von Siemens (1829–1906), German entrepreneur, had lived there in 1853–1867 * Nikolai Leskov (1831–1895), writer *

Alfred Nobel Alfred Bernhard Nobel ( , ; 21 October 1833 – 10 December 1896) was a Swedes, Swedish chemist, engineer, inventor, businessman, and Philanthropy, philanthropist. He is best known for having bequeathed his fortune to establish the Nobel ...

(1833–1896), Swedish chemist, engineer, innovator, and armaments manufacturer. *

Feliks Sobański Feliks Hilary Ludwik Michał Sobański (born 11 January 1833 nr. Hajsyn Podolia - died 29 November 1913 Paris) was a Polish landowner, social activist, supporter of the arts and philanthropist. He was awarded the hereditary title of 'count' by th ...

(1833–1913), Polish entrepreneur and philanthropist, held in

Peter and Paul Fortress The Peter and Paul Fortress is the original citadel of St. Petersburg, Russia, founded by Peter the Great in 1703 and built to Domenico Trezzini's designs from 1706 to 1740 as a star fortress. Between the first half of the 1700s and early 1920s i ...

on sedition charges *

Dmitri Mendeleev Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev (sometimes transliterated as Mendeleyev or Mendeleef) ( ; russian: links=no, Дмитрий Иванович Менделеев, tr. , ; 8 February Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates">O.S._27_January.html" ;"title="O ...

(1834–1907), chemist and inventor, died in Saint Petersburg * James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834–1903), American painter, went to school in Saint Petersburg. * Nicholas of Japan (1836–1912), Russian Orthodox priest, monk, bishop, and saint * Mily Balakirev (1837–1910), pianist, conductor and composer. * Modest Mussorgsky (1839–1881), composer, died in Saint Petersburg and is buried there. * Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893), composer, died in Saint Petersburg, buried there. *

Peter Kropotkin Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin (; russian: link=no, Пётр Алексе́евич Кропо́ткин ; 9 December 1842 – 8 February 1921) was a Russian anarchist, socialist, revolutionary, historian, scientist, philosopher, and activis ...

(1842–1921), geographer, economist, activist, philologist, zoologist, evolutionary theorist, philosopher, writer and prominent anarchist. *

Ilya Repin Ilya Yefimovich Repin (russian: Илья Ефимович Репин, translit=Il'ya Yefimovich Repin, p=ˈrʲepʲɪn); fi, Ilja Jefimovitš Repin ( – 29 September 1930) was a Russian painter, born in what is now Ukraine. He became one of the ...

(1844–1930), painter *

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov . At the time, his name was spelled Николай Андреевичъ Римскій-Корсаковъ. la, Nicolaus Andreae filius Rimskij-Korsakov. The composer romanized his name as ''Nicolas Rimsk ...

(1844–1908), composer, worked primarily in Saint Petersburg. * Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay (1846–1888), ethnologist, anthropologist and biologist * Anna Shabanova (1848–1932), one of the first women doctors in Russia and a women's rights activist; worked all her career at Ol'denburg Children's Hospital in Saint Petersburg * Ivan Pavlov (1849–1936), physiologist, died in Leningrad * Opanas Slastion (1855–1933), studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts, lived and worked in Saint Petersburg for several years before returning to Ukraine at the end of 19th century *

Andrey Markov Andrey Andreyevich Markov, first name also spelled "Andrei", in older works also spelled Markoff) (14 June 1856 – 20 July 1922) was a Russian mathematician best known for his work on stochastic processes. A primary subject of his research lat ...

(1856–1922), mathematician * Alexander Makarov (1857–1919), Imperial Russian Politician, lived in Saint Petersburg 1857–1917 * Alexander Popov (1859–1906), physicist, died in Saint Petersburg *

Anton Arensky Anton Stepanovich Arensky (russian: Анто́н Степа́нович Аре́нский; – ) was a Russian composer of Romantic classical music, a pianist and a professor of music. Biography Arensky was born into an affluent, music-loving ...

(1861–1906), composer * Alexander Gretchaninov (1864–1956), Romantic composer * Maud Gonne (1866–1953), Irish actress made her debut in Saint Petersburg *

Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim Baron Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (, ; 4 June 1867 – 27 January 1951) was a Finnish military leader and statesman. He served as the military leader of the Whites in the Finnish Civil War of 1918, as Regent of Finland (1918–1919), as comma ...

(1867–1951), Finnish military leader and statesman, 6th President of Finland, studied in Saint Petersburg *

Emma Goldman Emma Goldman (June 27, 1869 – May 14, 1940) was a Russian-born anarchist political activist and writer. She played a pivotal role in the development of anarchist political philosophy in North America and Europe in the first half of the ...

(1869–1940), anarchist *

Grigori Rasputin Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin (; rus, links=no, Григорий Ефимович Распутин ; – ) was a Russian mystic and self-proclaimed holy man who befriended the family of Nicholas II, the last Emperor of Russia, thus g ...

(1869–1916), Svengali of the last Tsarina murdered in Saint Petersburg * Alexander Berkman (1870–1936), anarchist * Vladimir Lenin (1870–1924), communist revolutionary, politician and political theorist took over the capital in 1917. *

Sergei Rachmaninoff Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff; in Russian pre-revolutionary script. (28 March 1943) was a Russian composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor. Rachmaninoff is widely considered one of the finest pianists of his day and, as a composer, one o ...

(1873–1943), composer *

Nikolai Berdyaev Nikolai Alexandrovich Berdyaev (; russian: Никола́й Алекса́ндрович Бердя́ев; – 24 March 1948) was a Russian Empire, Russian philosopher, theologian, and Christian existentialism, Christian existentialist who e ...

(1874–1948), philosopher, 1908–1922 in Saint Petersburg * Mikhail Kalinin (1875–1946), mayor after the revolution * Aleksey Remizov (1877–1957), writer * Boris Kustodiev (1878–1927), painter *

Kazimir Malevich Kazimir Severinovich Malevich ; german: Kasimir Malewitsch; pl, Kazimierz Malewicz; russian: Казими́р Севери́нович Мале́вич ; uk, Казимир Северинович Малевич, translit=Kazymyr Severynovych ...

(1879–1935), painter and art theoretician, died in Leningrad * Andrei Bely (1880–1934), wrote the novel ''Petersburg'' *

Alexander Grin Aleksandr Stepanovich Grinevsky (better known by his pen name, Aleksandr Green / Grin (spelling varies in non-Russian literature), rus, Александр Грин, p=ɐlʲɪˈksandr ɡrʲin, a=Ru-Aleksandr Grin.ogg, 23 August 1880 – 8 July 1932 ...

(1880–1932), writer * Alexander Kerensky (1881–1970), lawyer and major political leader before the Russian Revolutions of 1917 belonging to a moderate socialist party * Nikolai Myaskovsky (1881–1950), composer * Nicolai Hartmann (1882–1950), Baltic German philosopher *

Alexander Belyaev Alexander Romanovich Belyaev (russian: Алекса́ндр Рома́нович Беля́ев, ; – 6 January 1942) was a Soviet Russian writer of science fiction. His works from the 1920s and 1930s made him a highly regarded figure in Russia ...

(1884–1942), writer, 1928–1942 in Leningrad *

Isaak Brodsky Isaak Izrailevich Brodsky (russian: Исаак Израилевич Бродский; uk, Іса́к Ізраїльович Бро́дський, – 14 August 1939) was a Soviet painter whose work provided a blueprint for the art movem ...

(1884–1939), painter * Yevgeny Zamyatin (1884–1937), writer *

Marc Chagall Marc Chagall; russian: link=no, Марк Заха́рович Шага́л ; be, Марк Захаравіч Шагал . (born Moishe Shagal; 28 March 1985) was a Russian-French artist. An early modernism, modernist, he was associated with se ...

(1887–1985), painter who studied in Saint Petersburg * Nikolai Vavilov (1887–1943), biologist *

Vladimir K. Zworykin Vladimir Kosma Zworykin; or with the patronymic as ''Kosmich''; or russian: Кузьмич, translit=Kuz'mich, label=none. Zworykin anglicized his name to ''Vladimir Kosma Zworykin'', replacing the patronymic with the name ''Kosma'' as a middle na ...

(1888–1982), Russian-American inventor and pioneer of TV technology, studied in Saint Petersburg * Anna Akhmatova (1889–1966), spent most of her life and died in Leningrad * Igor Sikorsky (1889–1972), pioneer of aviation, 1903–1906, 1907–1909, 1912–1919 * Vaslav Nijinsky (1890–1950), Ballerino lived and worked in Saint Petersburg * Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953), studied since 1904 at the Petersburg Conservatorium * Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893–1930), poet, lived there from 1915 to 1918

20th C.

* Theodosius Dobzhansky (1900–1975), biologist, 1924–1927 in Leningrad * George Gamow (1904–1968), physicist, studied at University of Leningrad in 1923–1929 *

(1904–1991), Vilnius-born, lived in Saint Petersburg, German, Polish, and British world-top-ten tennis player * Yuri Knorozov (1922–1999), linguist who made pivotal breakthrough in the decipherment of

Maya hieroglyphics Maya script, also known as Maya glyphs, is historically the native writing system of the Maya civilization of Mesoamerica and is the only Mesoamerican writing system that has been substantially deciphered. The earliest inscriptions found which ...

* Olga Ladyzhenskaya (1922–2004), mathematician *

Arkady Strugatsky The brothers Arkady Natanovich Strugatsky (russian: Аркадий Натанович Стругацкий; 28 August 1925 – 12 October 1991) and Boris Natanovich Strugatsky ( ru , Борис Натанович Стругацкий; 14 A ...

(1925–1991), science fiction author * Eduard Khil (1934–2012), Soviet era singer, 1949–2012 in Leningrad/Saint Petersburg * Rudolf Nureyev (1938–1993), Ballerino graduated from the Vaganova ballet school and worked in the Kirov Ballet * Yuri Temirkanov (born 1938), conductor *

Mikhail Baryshnikov Mikhail Nikolayevich Baryshnikov ( rus, Михаил Николаевич Барышников, p=mʲɪxɐˈil bɐ'rɨʂnʲɪkəf; lv, Mihails Barišņikovs; born January 28, 1948) is a Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Latvian-born R ...

(born 1948), graduated from the Vaganova ballet school and worked in the Kirov Ballet *

Brian Eno Brian Peter George St John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno (; born Brian Peter George Eno, 15 May 1948) is a British musician, composer, record producer and visual artist best known for his contributions to ambient music and work in rock, pop an ...

(born 1948), lived briefly in Saint Petersburg during the 1990s * Valery Gergiev (born 1953), conductor * Rolandas Paksas (born 1956), Lithuanian politician who was President of Lithuania from 2003 to 2004 * Alexander Sizonenko (1959–2012), Russia's largest man, standing 7 feet 10 inches tall * Maxim Petrov (born 1965), doctor who killed 12 patients between 1998 and 2000 * Ulyana Lopatkina (born 1973), principal ballerina with Kirov/Mariinsky Ballet, resident of Saint Petersburg since 1984 * Denis Ugarov (born 1975), professional football coach and a former player; made his professional debut in the Russian Second Division in 1993 for

FC Zenit-2 St. Petersburg FC Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg (russian: ФК «Зенит-2» Санкт-Петербург) is a Russian football team from Saint Petersburg. It plays in the FNL 2 (third level). It is a farm club for the Russian Premier League team FC Zenit Sain ...

* Fedor Emelianenko (born 1976), heavyweight mixed martial artist and Sambo fighter * Andrei Kirilenko (born 1981),

NBA The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America. The league is composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada) and is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United St ...

player, grew up in Saint Petersburg * Nu-Nation (formed 2009), nu-metal musical group

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