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Born in Perm

18th century

1701–1800

Feodor Pryanishnikov Feodor Ivanovich Pryanishnikov (russian: Фёдор Иванович Прянишников; 2 February 179328 April 1867) was a Russian actual privy councillor and postal administrator. At the height of his career (1857–1863), F. I. Pryanishn ...

(1793–1867), Russian actual privy councillor and postal administrator

19th century

1801–1900

* Dmitry Smyshlyayev (1828–1893), Russian historian, ethnographer and politician *

Ivan Larionov Ivan Petrovich Larionov (russian: Ива́н Петро́вич Ларио́нов; January 23, 1830 – April 22, 1889) was a Russian people, Russian composer, writer and folklorist. He is mostly remembered for the famous song "Kalinka (1860 ...

(1830–1889), Russian composer, writer and folklorist * Dmitry Maksutov (1832–1889), Imperial Russian Navy rear-admiral * Pyotr Vereshchagin (1834–1886), Russian landscape and cityscape painter * Vasily Vereshchagin (1835–1909), Russian portraitist, history painter and illustrator *

Peter Struve Peter (or Pyotr or Petr) Berngardovich Struve (russian: Пётр Бернга́рдович Стру́ве; pronounced ; 26 January 1870 in Perm – 22 February 1944 in Paris) was a Russian political economist, philosopher, historian and editor. ...

(1870–1944), Russian political economist, philosopher and editor * Olga Lepeshinskaya (1871–1963), Soviet biologist *

Mikhail Osorgin Mikhail Andreyevich Osorgin (russian: Михаи́л Андре́евич Осорги́н; real last name Ilyin (Ильи́н); 19 October 1878 – 27 November 1942) was a writer, journalist, and essayist born in the Russian Empire. Biography Oso ...

(1878–1942), Russian writer, journalist, and essayist *

Vasily Kamensky Vasily Vasilyevich Kamensky (russian: Васи́лий Васи́льевич Каме́нский; – November 11, 1961) was a Russian Futurist poet, playwright, and artist as well as one of the first Russian aviators. Biography Kamensky w ...

(1884–1961), Russian Futurist poet, playwright and artist * Ariy Pazovsky (1887–1953), Russian Jewish conductor

20th century

1901–1950

* Nikolay Moiseyev (1902–1955), Soviet astronomer and expert in celestial mechanics * Victor Oreshnikov (1904–1987), Soviet Russian painter *

Vladimir Yemelyanov Vladimir Nikolayevich Yemelyanov (russian: Владимир Николаевич Емелья́нов; 20 June 1911 – 2 July 1975) was a Soviet actor and producer who appeared in 42 films between 1953 and 1975. He is most known for '' Ro ...

(1911–1975), Soviet actor and producer *

Vladislav Zanadvorov Vladislav Leonidovich Zanadvorov (russian: Владислав Ленидович Занадворов; 28 September 1914 – ) was a Soviet writer best known for his World War II poems. A geologist by profession, Zanadvorov was conscripted into ...

(1914–1942), Soviet writer *

Mikhail Schweitzer Mikhail (Moisei) Abramovich Schweitzer (russian: Михаил (Моисей) Абрамович Швейцер, 16 February 1920, Perm – 2 June 2000, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter. People's Artist of the USSR ( ...

(1920–2000), Soviet film director *

Lev Voronin Lev Alekseyevich Voronin (russian: Лев Алексеевич Воронин; 22 February 1928 – 24 June 2008) was a Soviet and Russian official. He served as a First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers, literally the Vice-Premie ...

(1928–2006), Soviet Russian official * Lora Yakovleva (born 1932), Russian woman International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster, the second ICCF Women's World Champion in correspondence chess between 1972 and 1977 * Alexander Bolonkin (born 1933), Russian-American scientist and academic *

Georgi Burkov Georgi Ivanovich Burkov (russian: Гео́ргий Ива́нович Бурко́в; 31 May 1933 – 19 July 1990) was a Soviet and Russian film actor. He appeared in 70 films between 1967 and 1988. He died on 19 July 1990 at the age of 57 ...

(1933–1990), Soviet film actor * Tamara Erofeyeva (born 1937), Soviet and Russian linguist * Aleksandr Nossov (born 1942), Soviet Nordic combined skier *

Pavel Sadyrin Pavel Fyodorovich Sadyrin (russian: Павел Фёдорович Садырин; 18 September 1942 – 1 December 2001) was a Soviet and Russian footballer and manager. Career Sadyrin played as a midfielder for Zvezda Perm and Zenit Leningra ...

(1942–2001), Soviet and Russian footballer and manager * Igor Volgin (born 1942), Soviet and Russian writer and historian, poet, specialist in literature

1951–1960

Alexander Bortnikov Alexander Vasilyevich Bortnikov (russian: Алексaндр Васильевич Бoртников; born 15 November 1951) is a Russian intelligence officer who has served as the director of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) since 20 ...

(born 1951), Russian official; Director of the FSB since 2008 *

Valentin Stepankov Valentin Stepankov (born 1951) was the first prosecutor general of the Russian Federation. He once condemned an action by Boris Yeltsin Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin ( rus, Борис Николаевич Ельцин, p=bɐˈrʲis nʲɪkɐˈ ...

(born 1951), first prosecutor general of the Russian Federation *

Vassily Solomin Vassily Anatolyevich Solomin (russian: Василий Анатольевич Соломин) (5 January 1953, in Perm – 28 December 1997, in Perm) was a boxer who represented the Soviet Union at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Queb ...

(1953–1997), Soviet boxer * Venera Chernyshova (born 1954), Soviet biathlete * Boris Kondakov (born 1954), Russian specialist in literary criticism, philologist *

Yury Trutnev Yury Petrovich Trutnev (russian: Ю́рий Петро́вич Тру́тнев; born 1 March 1956) is a Russian politician who serves as a Deputy Prime Minister of Russia and Presidential Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District since 2013. F ...

(born 1956), Russian politician; Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment from 2004 to 2012 * Ludmila Kalinina (born 1957), Russian pair skating coach * Valentin Yumashev (born 1957), Russian journalist, politician and businessman-developer

1961–1970

Andrey Vavilov Andrey Petrovich Vavilov (russian: Андрей Петрович Вавилов; born 10 January 1961, Perm, Russia, former USSR) is a Russian politician and businessman, senator and a former first Deputy Finance Minister of Russia, and the f ...

(born 1961), Russian politician and businessman * Dmitry Fedoseyev (born 1965), Russian football player (1993–1999), coach (1993–1998) and sports functionary (1993–1999) * Vladimir Filimonov (born 1965), Russian professional football player * Igor Gindis (born 1965), Russian journalist, rock musician and actor *

Dmitry Rybolovlev Dmitry Yevgenyevich Rybolovlev (russian: Дмитрий Евгеньевич Рыболовлев; ; born 22 November 1966) is a Russian oligarch, billionaire businessman, and investor. Rybolovlev became chairman of the Russian fertilizer prod ...

(born 1966), Russian businessman, investor and philanthropist * Vladislav Kormtshikov (born 1967), Russian ski-orienteering competitor and world champion *

Sergey Nagovitsyn Sergey Borisovich Nagovitsyn (russian: link=no, Серге́й Борисович Наговицын; 22 July 1968 in Perm, RSFSR, USSR – 21 December 1999 in Perm, Russia) was a Russian singer, composer and author of Russian chanson Russia ...

(1968–1999), Russian singer, composer and author of Russian chanson style songs * Dmitri Sergeyev (born 1968), Russian judoka * Mikhail Zubkov (born 1968), Russian swimmer * Dmitri Piskunov (born 1969), Russian professional football coach and a former player * Andrei Smetanin (born 1969), Russian professional footballer * Sergey Burdin (born 1970), Russian football player *

Vladimir Chagin Vladimir Gennadiyevich Chagin ( rus, Владимир Геннадьевич Чагин, p=vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr gʲɪˈnadʲɪɪvɪtɕ ˈtɕægʲɪn; born 5 January 1970) is a Russian rally raid driver. He has won the Dakar Rally driving Kamaz tru ...

(born 1970), Russian rally raid driver * Yuliana Malkhasyants, Russian choreographer *

Tatiana Borodina Tatiana Borodina is a Russian opera soprano. Biography Borodina was born in Perm. She graduated from the Perm Musical College and Saint Petersburg Conservatory in 2000. She was a prize winner at the Young Voices of East: International Competi ...

, Russian opera soprano

1971–1980

* Anna Vodovatova (born 1971), Russian journalist * Andrei Bryukhanov (born 1972), Russian football player * Aleksandr Tretyakov (born 1972), Russian wrestler who won bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics *

Alexander Gulyavtsev Alexander Gulyavtsev (russian: Александр Вячеславович Гулявцев, born 3 May 1978) is a Russian former professional ice hockey Winger (ice hockey), winger who last competitively with Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg of the KHL ...

(born 1973), Russian professional ice hockey winger *

Konstantin Paramonov Konstantin Valentinovich Paramonov (russian: Константин Валентинович Парамонов; born 26 November 1973) is a Russian football coach and a former player. Playing career He scored the most league goals in Amkar's hi ...

(born 1973), Russian football coach and a former player * Yevgeni Yarkov (born 1973), Russian football player * Nikita Belykh (born 1975), Russian politician; Governor of Kirov Oblast since 2009 * Rinat Farkhoutdinov (born 1975), Russian ice dancer * Tatyana Tomashova (born 1975), Russian middle distance runner * Sergey Armishev (born 1976), Russian football player * Nikolai Bardin (born 1976), Russian professional ice hockey winger *

Michael Beilin Michael Beilin (מיכאל ביילין; born April 25, 1976) is an Israeli former Olympic Greco-Roman wrestler. Early life Beilin is from Perm, Russia, and is Jewish.

(born 1976), Israeli Olympic Greco-Roman wrestler *

Natalia Tomilova Natalia Tomilova (born October 10, 1977) is a Russian ski-orienteering competitor and winner of the overall world cup, who was suspended for two years for doping. Biography She received a bronze medal in the ''long course'' at the 2004 ...

(born 1977), Russian ski-orienteering competitor * Andrei Tsaplin (born 1977), Russian professional footballer * Konstantin Zyryanov (born 1977), Russian footballer * Konstantin Chaschukhin (born 1978), Russian professional ice hockey goaltender * Aleksei Popov (born 1978), Russian-born Kazakhstani footballer *

Grigori Petrovski Grigori Yuryevich Petrovski (russian: Григорий Юрьевич Петровский, born 16 August 1979) is a Russian former pair skater. With partner Viktoria Shliakhova, he is the 1999 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final bronze medalist and a ...

(born 1979), Russian pair skater * Aleksandr Pitchkounov (born 1979), Russian super heavyweight kickboxer and kyokushin karateka competing in K-1 * Yekaterina Shipulina (born 1979), Russian prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Ballet * Vitali Koval (born 1980), Belarusian professional ice hockey goaltender * Dmitri Polyanin (born 1980), Russian professional football player * Alexander Zevakhin (born 1980), Russian professional ice hockey right winger

1981–1985

* Alexander Chagodayev (born 1981), Russian professional ice hockey forward * Natalya Korostelyova (born 1981), Russian cross country skier * Mikhail Kuleshov (born 1981), Russian ice hockey player *

Viktor Polyakov Viktor Lvovych Polyakov (born September 29, 1981 in Perm, Russia) is a boxer from Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders ...

(born 1981), Ukrainian boxer of Russian ethnicity * Viktoria Shliakhova (born 1981), Russian pair skater * Tatiana Totmianina (born 1981), Russian pair skater * Tatyana Veshkurova (born 1981), Russian sprint athlete * DJ Smash (born 1982), Russian DJ in house music and electronic music * Ilya Solaryov (born 1982), Kazakhstani professional ice hockey winger of Russian ethnicity * Vyacheslav Belov (born 1983), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman *

Maxim Trankov Maxim Leonidovich Trankov (russian: Максим Леонидович Траньков; born 7 October 1983) is a Russian pair skater. With Tatiana Volosozhar, he is a two-time 2014 Olympic champion in the pairs and in team events, the 2013 ...

(born 1983), Russian pair skater * Pavel Alikin (born 1984), Russian professional footballer *

Alexandra Kosteniuk Alexandra Konstantinovna Kosteniuk (russian: Алекса́ндра Константи́новна Костеню́к; born 23 April 1984) is a Russian chess grandmaster who is the former Women's World Rapid Chess Champion in 2021, and the for ...

(born 1984), Russian chess Grandmaster and a former Women's World Chess Champion * Alexei Menshikov (born 1984), Russian former pair skater * Evgeniy Pechenin (born 1984), Russian cross-country mountain biker * Alexander Popov (born 1984), Russian former pair skater *

Andrei Griazev Andrei Vladimirovich Griazev (russian: Андрей Владимирович Грязев; born 26 July 1985) is a Russian former competitive figure skater. He is the 2005 Cup of China and 2007 Cup of Russia bronze medalist, 2004 World Junior ...

(born 1985), Russian figure skater * Dmitri Megalinsky (born 1985), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman * Alexander Nikulin (born 1985), Russian professional ice hockey player *

Natasha Poly Natalia Sergeevna Polevshchikova (russian: Наталья Серге́евна Полевщикова; born 12 July 1985), known professionally as Natasha Poly, is a Russian supermodel. Since 2004, Poly has appeared in prominent high-fashion ad ...

(born 1985), Russian model * Yevgeni Shipitsin (born 1985), Russian professional football player *

Katerina Shpitsa Katerina Anatolievna Shpitsa (russian: Катери́на Анато́льевна Шпи́ца; born 29 October 1985) is a Russians, Russian stage and film actress. She is best known for '':ru:Катя: Военная история, Katya: Mil ...

(born 1985), Russian actress of theater and cinema

1986–1990

* Kristina Alikina (born 1986), Russian basketball power forward * Alexander Berkutov (born 1986), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman * Olga Golovkina (born 1986), Russian athlete * Nikolay Morilov (born 1986), Russian cross country skier * Igor Polygalov (born 1986), Russian professional ice hockey forward * Katya Shchekina (born 1986), Russian model * Ilia Tkachenko (born 1986), Russian ice dancer *

Vitali Butikov Vitali Yuryevich Butikov (russian: Виталий Юрьевич Бутиков, born 19 June 1987) is a Russian former competitive ice dancer. With partner Kristina Gorshkova Kristina Valeryevna Gorshkova (russian: Кристина Валер ...

(born 1987), Russian ice dancer * Maksim Dyldin (born 1987), Russian sprint athlete * Denis Kazionov (born 1987), Russian professional ice hockey winger * Mariya Panfilova (born 1987), Russian (2007–2012), Ukrainian (2013–2014) and Belarusian (since 2015) biathlete * Konstantin Bezmaternikh (born 1988), Russian pair skater *

Marina Mokhnatkina Marina Yuryevna Mokhnatkina (russian: Марина Юрьевна Мохнаткина; née Kormiltseva, born 12 May 1988) is a sambo competitor and mixed martial artist. Mokhnatkina is a six-time world champion and two-time European champion in ...

(born 1988), Russian

mixed martial artist Mixed martial arts (MMA), sometimes referred to as cage fighting, no holds barred (NHB), and ultimate fighting, and originally referred to as Vale Tudo is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting, incorpo ...

and

sambo , aka = Sombo (in English-speaking countries) , focus = Hybrid , country = Soviet Union , pioneers = Viktor Spiridonov, Vasili Oshchepkov, Anatoly Kharlampiev , famous_pract = List of Practitioners , oly ...

competitor * Natalia Shestakova (born 1988), Russian pair skater *

Artem Borodulin Artem Igorevich Borodulin (russian: Артём Игоревич Бородулин, born 9 March 1989) is a Russian former competitive figure skater. He is the 2008 World Junior silver medalist and competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics, finishin ...

(born 1989), Russian figure skater * Marina Melnikova (born 1989), Russian tennis player * Andrei Novoselov (born 1989), Russian pair skater * Ekaterina Rybolovleva (born 1989), Russian businesswoman, equestrian and socialite *

Andrei Sekretov Andrei Vadimovich Sekretov (russian: Андрей Вадимович Секретов; born 13 December 1989) is a Russian professional football player. Club career He made his Russian Premier League debut for FC Amkar Perm on 22 August 2010 in ...

(born 1989), Russian professional football player * Arina Ushakova (born 1989), Russian retired pair skater *

Ildar Khairullin Ildar Khairullin (born 22 August 1990) is a Russian chess grandmaster. He learned to play chess at 6 years old. His first coach was Valeriy Pugachevsky. At eight years old, he became a Candidate Master and at 14 an International Master. After sc ...

(born 1990), Russian chess Grandmaster

1991–2000

Liana Churilova Liana Churilova (born April 25, 1991) is a professional ballroom dancer based in New York City. She is the current World American Rhythm Champion, with her partner, Emmanuel Pierre-Antoine. They were also featured on ABC's '' The View'' (14 ...

(born 1991), Russian-American professional ballroom dancer * Elena Komendrovskaja (born 1991), Russian female badminton player * Aleksandr Subbotin (born 1991), Russian professional football player * Maksim Batov (born 1992), Russian football defender * Oleg Ponomarev (born 1992), Russian Paralympic Nordic skier * Yevgeni Tyukalov (born 1992), Russian professional football player * Sergei Abramov (born 1993), Russian ice hockey player * Lubov Bakirova (born 1993), Russian pair skater * Sabina Imaikina (born 1993), Russian pair skater * Tanya Mityushina (born 1993), Russian fashion model * Evgeni Klimov (born 1994), Russian Nordic combined skier * Vasili Aleynikov (born 1995), Russian football player * Anatoly Golyshev (born 1995), Russian ice hockey forward * Anastasia Martiusheva (born 1995), Russian pair skater * Tatiana Tudvaseva (born 1997), Russian pair skater * Ivan Ivanchenko (born 1998), Russian football player * Maria Vigalova (born 1999), Russian pair skater

Lived in Perm

Vasily Tatishchev Vasily Nikitich Tatishchev (russian: Васи́лий Ники́тич Тати́щев) (19 April 1686 – 15 July 1750) was a prominent Russian Imperial statesman, historian, philosopher, and ethnographer, best remembered as the author of the ...

(1686–1750), Russian statesman and ethnographer; founded the cities of Perm and Yekaterinburg * Andrey Voronikhin (1759–1814), Russian architect and painter *

Alexander von Humboldt Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (14 September 17696 May 1859) was a German polymath, geographer, naturalist, explorer, and proponent of Romantic philosophy and science. He was the younger brother of the Prussian minister, ...

(1769–1859), Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer *

Mikhail Speransky Count Mikhail Mikhailovich Speransky (russian: Михаи́л Миха́йлович Спера́нский; 12 January 1772 – 23 February 1839) was a Russian reformist during the reign of Alexander I of Russia, to whom he was a close advisor. ...

(1772–1839), Russian reformist during the reign of Alexander I of Russia *

Alexander Herzen Alexander Ivanovich Herzen (russian: Алекса́ндр Ива́нович Ге́рцен, translit=Alexándr Ivánovich Gértsen; ) was a Russian writer and thinker known as the "father of Russian socialism" and one of the main fathers of agra ...

(1812–1870), Russian writer and thinker * Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak (1852–1912), Russian author *

Vladimir Korolenko Vladimir Galaktionovich Korolenko (russian: Влади́мир Галактио́нович Короле́нко, ua, Володи́мир Галактіо́нович Короле́нко; 27 July 1853 – 25 December 1921) was a Ukrainian-born ...

(1853–1921), Russian short story writer, journalist, human rights activist and humanitarian *

Nikolay Slavyanov Nikolay Gavrilovich Slavyanov (russian: Никола́й Гаври́лович Славя́нов; – ) was a Russian inventor who in 1888 introduced arc welding with consumable metal electrodes, or shielded metal arc welding, the second histori ...

(1854–1897), Russian inventor * Alexander Popov (1859–1906), Russian physicist who is acclaimed in his homeland and eastern European countries as the inventor of radio * Andronik (Nikolsky) (1870–1918), bishop in the Russian Orthodox Church and a saint *

Sergei Diaghilev Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev ( ; rus, Серге́й Па́влович Дя́гилев, , sʲɪˈrɡʲej ˈpavləvʲɪdʑ ˈdʲæɡʲɪlʲɪf; 19 August 1929), usually referred to outside Russia as Serge Diaghilev, was a Russian art critic, pa ...

(1872–1929), Russian art critic, patron, ballet impresario and founder of the Ballets Russes * Mikhail Shuisky (1883–1953), Russian (people) opera and concert singer * Boris Pasternak (1890–1960), Soviet and Russian poet, novelist and literary translator; lived in Perm for a time, and it figures in his novel ''

Doctor Zhivago ''Doctor Zhivago'' is the title of a novel by Boris Pasternak and its various adaptations. Description The story, in all of its forms, describes the life of the fictional Russian physician and poet Yuri Zhivago Yuri Andreievich Zhivago is the ...

'' under the fictional name "Yuriatin" where Yuri sees Lara again in the public library *

Arkadiy Shvetsov Arkady Dmitrievich Shvetsov (russian: Аркадий Дмитриевич Швецов) (January 1892, Nizhniye Sergi, today's Sverdlovsk Oblast - 19 March 1953, Moscow) was a Soviet aircraft engine designer whose OKB was founded in Perm, USSR, ...

(1892–1953), Soviet aircraft engine designer * Margarita Kozhina (1925–2012), Soviet and Russian linguist * Sergei Toropov (1928–1990), Russian historian and regional ethnographer *

Sergei Belov Sergei Alexandrovich Belov (russian: Серге́й Алекса́ндрович Бело́в; 23 January 1944 – 3 October 2013) was a Russian professional basketball player, most noted for playing for CSKA Moscow and the senior Sovi ...

(1944–2013), Soviet professional basketball player *

Gennady Troshev Gennady Nikolayevich Troshev (russian: Геннадий Николаевич Трошев) (14 March 1947 – 14 September 2008) was a Russian Colonel General in the Russian military and formerly the commander of the North Caucasus Military Distr ...

(1947–2008), Russian Colonel General in the Russian military *

Pyotr Latyshev Pyotr Mikhaylovich Latyshev (russian: Пётр Михайлович Латышев) (30 August 1948 – 2 December 2008) was the Presidential Envoy to Urals Federal District, Russia. Latyshev was born in 1948 in Proskurov (now Khmelnitskiy), Uk ...

(1948–2008), Russian politician * Nikolai Zarubin (1948–1998), Russian artist * Alexei Ivanov (born 1969), Russian writer