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Born in Voronezh

18th century

Yevgeny Bolkhovitinov Meropolitan Eugene (russian: Митрополит Евгений, secular name: Yevfimy Alekseyevich Bolkhovitinov, russian: Евфимий Алексеевич Болховитинов; –) was the Orthodox Metropolitan of Kiev and Galici ...

(1767–1837), Orthodox Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia * Mikhail Pavlov (1792–1840), Russian academic and professor at Moscow University

19th century

1801–1850

Aleksey Koltsov Aleksey Vasilievich Koltsov (russian: link=no, Алексе́й Васи́льевич Кольцо́в; October 15, 1809 – October 29, 1842) was a Russian poet who has been called a Russian Burns. His poems, frequently placed in the mouth of wom ...

(1809–1842), Russian poet * Ivan Nikitin (1824–1861), Russian poet * Nikolai Ge (1831–1894), Russian realist painter famous for his works on historical and religious motifs *

Vasily Sleptsov Vasily Alekseyevich Sleptsov (russian: Васи́лий Алексе́евич Слепцо́в, July 31, 1836 – April 4, 1878), was a Russian writer, playwright, journalist and social reformer. Biography Sleptsov was born in Voronezh into a nob ...

(1836–1878), Russian writer and social reformer *

Nikolay Kashkin Nikolay Dmitriyevich Kashkin (russian: Николай Дмитриевич Кашкин; 15 March 1920) was a Russian music critic as well as a professor of piano and music theory at the Moscow Conservatory for 33 years (1866-96 and 1905-08). ...

(1839–1920), Russian music critic

1851–1900

Valentin Zhukovski Photography Valentin Alekseevich Zhukovski (May 6, 1858 – January 17, 1918) (Russian: Жуковский, Валентин Алексеевич) was a famous Russian orientalist, who wrote many books and articles on the subject. His research of ...

(1858–1918), Russian orientalist * Vasily Goncharov (1861–1915), Russian film director and screenwriter, one of the pioneers of the film industry in the Russian Empire *

Anastasiya Verbitskaya Anastasiya Alekseyevna Verbitskaya (russian: Анастаси́я Алексе́евна Верби́цкая), (22 February 1861 – 16 January 1928), was a Russian novelist, playwright, screenplay writer, publisher and feminist. Early life ...

(1861–1928), Russian novelist, playwright, screenplay writer, publisher and feminist *

Mikhail Olminsky Mikhail Stepanovich Olminsky ( rus, Михаил Степанович Ольминский) (15 October, 1863 – May 8, 1933) (real surname: Aleksandrov) was a prominent Russian Bolshevik particularly involved with Party history and also an acti ...

(1863–1933), Russian Communist *

Serge Voronoff Serge Abrahamovitch Voronoff (russian: link=no, Сергей Абрамович Воронов; c. July 10, 1866September 3, 1951) was a French surgeon of Russian extraction who gained fame for his technique of grafting monkey testicle tissue on ...

(1866–1951), French surgeon of Russian extraction * Andrei Shingarev (1869–1918), Russian doctor, publicist and politician * Ivan Bunin (1870–1953), the first Russian writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature *

Alexander Ostuzhev Alexander Alexeyevich Pozharov (russian: Александр Алексеевич Пожаров; in Voronezh – March 1, 1953 in Moscow), better known by the stage name Alexander Ostuzhev (russian: Александр Остужев) was a Russ ...

(1874–1953), Russian and Soviet drama actor * Valerian Albanov (1881–1919), Russian navigator and polar explorer *

Jan Hambourg Jan Hambourg ( – 29 September 1947) was a violinist, a member of a famous musical family, who made his career in Europe during the early 20th century. Jan Hambourg was born in Voronezh, Russian Empire, the middle brother between the famous pian ...

(1882–1947), Russian violinist, a member of a famous musical family * Volin (1882–1945), anarchist *

Boris Hambourg Boris Hambourg (russian: Борис Михайлович Гамбург; – 24 November 1954) was a Russian Canadian cellist who settled in Toronto, Ontario, and made his career in the United States, Canada, England and Europe. Early life ...

(1885–1954), Russian cellist who made his career in the USA, Canada, England and Europe * Boris Eikhenbaum (1886–1959), Russian and Soviet literary scholar, and historian of Russian literature *

Anatoly Durov Anatoly Anatolyevich Durov (sometimes spelled ''Durow'') (russian: Анато́лий Анато́льевич Ду́ров) (1887–1928) was a renowned 20th century animal training, animal trainer. He was a member of the Durov family of p ...

(1887–1928), Russian animal trainer * Samuil Marshak (1887–1964), Russian and Soviet writer, translator and children's poet *

Eduard Shpolsky Eduard Vladimirovich Shpolsky, also Shpolsk'ii, Shpolskii (russian: Эдуард Владимирович Шпольский, born September 23, 1892 in Voronezh – died August 21, 1975 in Moscow) was a Russian and Soviet Union, Soviet physicist ...

(1892–1975), Russian and Soviet physicist and educator * George of Syracuse (1893–1981), Eastern Orthodox archbishop of the

Ecumenical Patriarchate The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople ( el, Οἰκουμενικὸν Πατριαρχεῖον Κωνσταντινουπόλεως, translit=Oikoumenikón Patriarkhíon Konstantinoupóleos, ; la, Patriarchatus Oecumenicus Constanti ...

Yevgeny Gabrilovich Yevgeny Iosifovich Gabrilovich (russian: Евге́ний Ио́сифович Габрило́вич; 29 September 1899 – 5 December 1993) was a Soviet and Russian writer, playwright and screenwriter. He wrote for 29 films between 1936 a ...

(1899–1993), Soviet screenwriter * Semyon Krivoshein (1899–1978), Soviet tank commander; Lieutenant General * Andrei Platonov (1899–1951), Soviet Russian writer, playwright and poet * Ivan Pravov (1899–1971), Russian and Soviet film director and screenwriter *

William Dameshek William Dameshek (1900 in Voronezh – 1969) was an American hematologist. He graduated from Harvard College and Harvard Medical School and spent the early part of his career at Beth Israel Hospital (now Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center). He ...

(1900–1969), American hematologist

20th century

1901–1930

Ivan Nikolaev Ivan Sergeevich Nikolaev (19011979) was a Soviet architect and educator, notable for his late 1920s constructivist architecture and later work in industrial architecture. Life and career Born at Voronezh, Nikolaev trained at the Moscow State Tech ...

(1901–1979), Soviet architect and educator *

Galina Shubina Galina Konstantinovna Shubina (Russian: Галина Константиновна Шубина; 1902–1980), was a Soviet poster and graphics artist. Biography Galina Shubina was born in Voronezh in 1902. From the age of 13 she studied in th ...

(1902–1980), Russian poster and graphics artist * Pavel Cherenkov (1904–1990), Soviet physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in physics in 1958 with Ilya Frank and Igor Tamm for the discovery of Cherenkov radiation, made in 1934 * Yakov Kreizer (1905–1969), Soviet field commander, General of the army and Hero of the Soviet Union * Iosif Rudakovsky (1914–1947), Soviet chess master * Pawel Kassatkin (1915–1987), Russian writer * Alexander Shelepin (1918–1994), Soviet state security officer and party statesman * Grigory Baklanov (1923–2009), Russian writer * Gleb Strizhenov (1923–1985), Soviet actor * Vladimir Zagorovsky (1925–1994), Russian chess grandmaster of correspondence chess and the fourth ICCF World Champion between 1962 and 1965 *

Konstantin Feoktistov Konstantin Petrovich Feoktistov (russian: Константин Петрович Феоктистов; 7 February 1926 – 21 November 2009) was a Soviet cosmonaut and an eminent space engineer. As a cosmonaut Feoktistov flew on Voskhod 1, the f ...

(1926–2009), cosmonaut and engineer * Vitaly Vorotnikov (1926–2012), Soviet statesman *

Arkady Davidowitz Arkady Davidowitz (Davidovich, russian: Аркадий Давидо́вич), born Adolf Filippovich Freudberg (russian: Адольф Филиппович Фрейдберг; 12 June 1930 – 25 February 2021) was a Russian writer and aphorist, a ...

(1930), writer and aphorist

1931–1950

* Grigory Sanakoev (1935), Russian International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster, most famous for being the twelfth ICCF World Champion (1984–1991) * Yuri Zhuravlyov (1935), Russian mathematician *

Mykola Koltsov Mykola Koltsov ( uk, Микола Михайлович Кольцов; 11 May 1936 – 27 December 2011) was a Soviet footballer and Ukrainian football children and youth trainer. Koltsov also was decorated by the President of Ukraine only one ...

(1936–2011), Soviet footballer and Ukrainian football children and youth trainer * Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov (1936), Russian composer * Iya Savvina (1936–2011), Soviet film actress *

Tamara Zamotaylova Tamara Alekseyevna Lyukhina-Zamotaylova (russian: Тамара Алексеевна Люхина-Замотайлова; née Lyukhina: born 11 May 1939) is a former Soviet gymnast who won four Olympic medals at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics ...

(1939), Soviet gymnast, who won four Olympic medals at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics *

Yury Smolyakov Yury Smolyakov (russian: Юрий Тимофеевич Смоляков; born 20 September 1941) is a Soviet fencing, fencer. He won a silver medal in the team épée event at the 1968 Summer Olympics. References

1941 births Living peo ...

(1941), Soviet Olympic fencer *

Yevgeny Lapinsky Yevhen Valentinovich Lapinsky ( uk, Євген Валентинович Лапинський, 23 March 1942 – 29 September 1999), also known as Yevgeny Lapinsky, was a Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Ukrainian former volleyball player who ...

(1942–1999), Soviet Olympic volleyball player *

Galina Bukharina Galina Petrovna Bukharina (russian: Галина Петровна Бухарина; born 14 February 1945) is a Soviet track athlete. She competed mainly in the 100 metres and 4 x 100 m relay. She is head coach of 400 m and relay athletes of Ind ...

(1945), Soviet athlete *

Vladimir Patkin Vladimir Leonidovich Patkin (born 8 December 1945) is a Russian former volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1972 Summer Olympics and 1976 Summer Olympics.He was born in Bobrov, Voronezh, Russia. Volleyball career He won a ...

(1945), Soviet Olympic volleyball player *

Vladimir Proskurin Vladimir Grigoryevich Proskurin (russian: Владимир Григорьевич Проскурин; 24 January 1945 – 19 July 2020) was a Soviet Russian football player and coach. He is most notable as the co-top scorer of the 1969 Soviet To ...

(1945), Soviet Russian football player and coach *

Aleksandr Maleyev Aleksandr Ivanovich Maleyev (russian: Александр Иванович Малеев; 7 July 1947 – 3 June 2023) was a Soviet artistic gymnast. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the ...

(1947), Soviet artistic gymnast *

Valeri Nenenko Valeri Georgiyevich Nenenko (russian: Валерий Георгиевич Нененко; born 30 March 1950) is a Russian professional football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to scor ...

(1950), Russian professional football coach and player

1951–1970

Vladimir Rokhlin, Jr. Vladimir Rokhlin Jr. (born August 4, 1952) is a mathematician and professor of computer science and mathematics at Yale University. He is the co-inventor with Leslie Greengard of the fast multipole method (FMM) in 1985, recognised as one of the to ...

(1952), Russian-American mathematician and professor of computer science and mathematics at the Yale University *

Lyubov Burda Lyubov Viktorovna Burda (russian: Любовь Викторовна Бурда; born 11 April 1953) is a retired Soviet artistic gymnast. Career In 1967 Burda placed 3rd in the all-around at the USSR Championships (also the USSR Spartakiade th ...

(1953), Russian artistic gymnast *

Mikhail Khryukin Mikhail Khryukin (russian: Михаил Хрюкин; born 1955) is a Russian swimmer who won a silver medal in the 100 m breaststroke at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships The 1st FINA World Championships in Aquatics were held in the Taš ...

(1955), Russian swimmer * Aleksandr Tkachyov (1957), Russian gymnast and two times Olympic Champion * Nikolai Vasilyev (1957), Russian professional football coach and player *

Aleksandr Babanov Aleksandr Anatolyevich Babanov (russian: Александр Анатольевич Бабанов; born 9 May 1958) is a Russian professional football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball t ...

(1958), Russian professional football coach and player *

Sergey Koliukh Sergey Mikhaylovich Koliukh (russian: Серге́й Михайлович Колиух) (born 27 October 1960 in Voronezh, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a Russian political figure A politician is a person active in party politics, or a perso ...

(1960), Russian political figure; 4th Mayor of Voronezh * Yelena Davydova (1961), Soviet gymnast * Aleksandr Borodyuk (1962), Russian football manager and former international player for USSR and Russia * Aleksandr Chayev (1962), Russian swimmer *

Elena Fanailova Elena Nikolayevna Fanailova ( rus, Еле́на Никола́евна Фана́йлова, p=jɪˈlʲɛnə nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvnə fɐˈnajləvə, a=Yelyena Nikolayevna Fanaylova.ru.vorb.oga; born 19 December 1962) is a Russian poet. Born in Voron ...

(1962), Russian poet *

Alexander Litvinenko Alexander Valterovich "Sasha" Litvinenko (30 August 1962 ( at WebCite) or 4 December 1962 – 23 November 2006) was a British-naturalised Russian defector and former officer of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) who specialised i ...

(1962–2006), officer of the Russian FSB and political dissident * Yuri Shishkin (1963), Russian professional football coach and player *

Yuri Klinskikh Yuri Nikolayevich Klinskikh (russian: Юрий Николаевич Клинских; July 27, 1964 – July 4, 2000) was a Russian musician, singer, songwriter, arranger, and founder of the rock band Sektor Gaza. He was also known as Yuri "Khoy". ...

(1964–2000), Russian musician, singer, songwriter, arranger, founder rock band Sektor Gaza *

Yelena Ruzina Yelena Ivanovna Ruzina (russian: Елена Ивановна Рузина) (born 3 April 1964 in Voronezh) is a retired athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres. She represented the Soviet Union and later, Russia. She competed for Commonwealt ...

(1964), athlete * Igor Bragin (1965), footballer *

Gennadi Remezov Gennadi Viktorovich Remezov (russian: Геннадий Викторович Ремезов; born 19 March 1965) is a former Russian professional football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball ...

(1965), Russian professional footballer * Valeri Shmarov (1965), Russian football player and coach * Konstantin Chernyshov (1967), Russian chess grandmaster * Igor Pyvin (1967), Russian professional football coach and player * Vladimir Bobrezhov (1968), Soviet sprint canoer

1971–1980

Oleg Gorobiy Oleg Gorobiy (russian: Олег Горобий), born 7 February 1971 in Voronezh) is a Russian canoe sprinter who competed from 1990 to 2003. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the K-4 1000 m even ...

(1971), Russian sprint canoer * Anatoli Kanishchev (1971), Russian professional association footballer *

Ruslan Mashchenko Ruslan Mikhailovich Mashchenko (russian: Руслан Михaйлович Мащенко; born November 11, 1971, in Voronezh) is a retired hurdler and sprinter from Russia. He is best known for winning two silver medals at the European Athleti ...

(1971), Russian hurdler * Aleksandr Ovsyannikov (1974), Russian professional footballer * Dmitri Sautin (1974), Russian diver who has won more medals than any other Olympic diver * Sergey Verlin (1974), Russian sprint canoer * Maxim Narozhnyy (1975–2011), Paralympian athlete * Aleksandr Cherkes (1976), Russian football coach and player *

Andrei Durov Andrei Nikolayevich Durov (russian: Андрей Николаевич Дуров; born 20 February 1977) is a Russian professional football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a g ...

(1977), Russian professional footballer * Nikolai Kryukov (1978), Russian artistic gymnast *

Kirill Gerstein Kirill Gerstein (russian: Кирилл Герштейн) (born 23 October 1979) is a Russian-American concert pianist. He is the sixth recipient of the Gilmore Artist Award. Born in the former Soviet Union, Gerstein is an American citizen based i ...

(1979), Jewish American and Russian pianist * Evgeny Ignatov (1979), Russian sprint canoeist * Aleksey Nikolaev (1979), Russian-Uzbekistan footballer * Aleksandr Palchikov (1979), former Russian professional football player * Konstantin Skrylnikov (1979), Russian professional footballer *

Aleksandr Varlamov Aleksandr Varlamov, Alexandre Varlamov or Alexandr Varlamov may refer to: * Aleksandr Varlamov (composer, born 1801) (1801–1848), Russian composer, singer and conductor * Aleksandr Varlamov (composer, born 1904) (1904–1990), Russian Soviet jazz ...

(1979), Russian diver *

Angelina Yushkova Angelina Nikolayevna Yushkova (russian: Ангелина Николаевна Юшкова) (born November 13, 1979) is a Russian gymnastics, gymnast. She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta where she received a bronze medal in t ...

(1979), Russian gymnast * Maksim Potapov (1980), professional ice hockey player

1981–1990

Alexander Krysanov Alexander Krysanov (born 2 January 1981) is a Russian retired professional ice hockey forward who played for Amur Khabarovsk in the Kontinental Hockey League The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL; russian: Континентальная хокк ...

(1981), Russian professional ice hockey forward *

Yulia Nachalova Yulia Viktorovna Nachalova (russian: link=no, Ю́лия Ви́кторовна Нача́лова; 31 January 1981 – 16 March 2019) was a Soviet and Russian singer, actress and television presenter. Early life Nachalova was born in 1981 in V ...

(1981–2019), Soviet and Russian singer, actress and television presenter * Andrei Ryabykh (1982), Russian football player *

Maxim Shchyogolev Maxim Valerievich Shcheogolev (russian: Максим Валерьевич Щёголев; born 20 April 1982) is a popular Russian theatre and film actor, best known for roles in criminal and romantic movies and serials like ''Karpov'' (2012), ' ...

(1982), Russian theatre and film actor * Eduard Vorganov (1982), Russian professional road bicycle racer *

Anton Buslov Anton Sergeevich Buslov (4 November 1983 – 20 August 2014) was an astrophysicist, top Russian blogger, columnist at '' The New Times'' magazine, and expert on transportation systems. He is also known as a founder of non-governmental organizati ...

(1983–2014), Russian astrophysicist, blogger, columnist at The New Times magazine and expert on transportation systems * Dmitri Grachyov (1983), Russian footballer * Aleksandr Kokorev (1984), Russian professional football player * Dmitry Kozonchuk (1984), Russian professional road bicycle racer for Team Katusha *

Alexander Khatuntsev Alexander Khatuntsev (born 11 February 1985) is a Russian former professional road bicycle racer. For his final season as a professional in 2012, he rode for UCI Professional Continental Team . Khatuntsev has also rode for and . Major result ...

(1985), Russian professional road bicycle racer *

Egor Vyaltsev Egor Ivanovich Vyaltsev (russian: Егор Иванович Вяльцев, born 10 October 1985) is a Russian professional basketball player who plays for Samara. He also represents the senior Russian national basketball team. Professional caree ...

(1985), Russian professional basketball player *

Samvel Aslanyan Samvel Aslanyan (russian: Самвел Овикович Асланян; born 23 February 1986) is a Russian handball player who plays for Steaua București. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially th ...

(1986), Russian handball player * Maksim Chistyakov (1986), Russian football player * Yevgeniy Dorokhin (1986), Russian sprint canoer * Daniil Gridnev (1986), Russian professional footballer *

Vladimir Moskalyov Vladimir Viktorovich Moskalyov (russian: Владимир Викторович Москалёв; born 3 September 1986) is a Russian football referee. Career Moskalyov played for the youth teams of his native city but was forced to stop at ag ...

(1986), Russian football referee *

Elena Danilova Elena Yurievna Danilova is a former international Russian football forward who played for Ryazan VDV. At 16 she took part in the 2003 World Cup. She scored Russia's last goal in the tournament, in the quarterfinals against eventual champions Ge ...

(1987), Russian football forward * Sektor Gaza (1987–2000), punk band * Regina Moroz (1987), Russian female volleyball player *

Roman Shishkin Roman Aleksandrovich Shishkin (russian: Роман Александрович Шишкин; born 27 January 1987) is a Russian association footballer who plays as a right-back. Position Shiskin plays as fullback on either flank or defensive m ...

(1987), Russian footballer * Viktor Stroyev (1987), Russian footballer *

Elena Terekhova Elena Terekhova is a former Russian international footballer who played for CSKA Moscow in the Russian Championship. She also played for Ryazan-VDV, Energiya Voronezh, Spartak Moscow, Rossiyanka Krasnoarmeysk and W-League's FC Indiana. Terekhov ...

(1987), Russian international footballer * Natalia Goncharova (1988), Russian diver *

Yelena Yudina Yelena Vyacheslavovna Yudina (russian: Елена Вячеславовна Юдина) (born April 22, 1988 in Voronezh) is a Russian skeleton racer who has been competing since 2005. Her best World Cup finish was 11th in Altenberg, Germany in Dece ...

(1988), Russian skeleton racer *

Dmitry Abakumov Dmitry Nikolayevich Abakumov (russian: Дми́трий Никола́евич Абаку́мов; born 8 July 1989) is a Russian professional association football player for Urartu. Career Abakumov made his professional debut on 30 April 2009 ...

(1989), Russian professional association football player *

Igor Boev Igor Ivanovich Boev (russian: Игорь Иванович Боев; born 22 November 1989) is a Russian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam . Major results ;2010 : 10th Grand Prix of Donetsk ;2011 : 2nd Overall Ba ...

(1989), Russian professional racing cyclist *

Ivan Dobronravov Ivan Fyodorovich Dobronravov (russian: Иван Фёдорович Добронравов; born 2 June 1989) is a Russian actor best known for his lead role in the 2003 film '' Vozvrashcheniye'' (English title ''The Return''). Biography Ivan Do ...

(1989), Russian actor *

Anna Bogomazova Anna Bogomazova, known professionally as Anya Zova (born 7 April 1990), is a comedian, actress and professional athlete, born in the Soviet Union and raised by a Ukrainian mother and Russian father. She worked in the WWE competing in their develop ...

(1990), Russian kickboxer, martial artist, professional wrestler and valet * Yuriy Kunakov (1990), Russian diver * Vitaly Melnikov (1990), Russian backstroke swimmer *

Kristina Pravdina Kristina may refer to: Places *the Swedish name of Ristiina, a town in Finland People *the Swedish name of Christina of Sweden * Kristina (born 1987), Slovak singer *Kristina Adolphson (born 1937), Swedish actress *Kristina Apgar (born 1985), Amer ...

(1990), Russian female artistic gymnast * Vladislav Ryzhkov (1990), Russian footballer

1991–2000

* Danila Poperechny (1994), Russian stand-up comedian, actor, youtuber, podcaster *

Darya Stukalova Darya Sergeyevna Pikalova (russian: Да́рья Серге́евна Пика́лова, Stukalova; born 22 August 1994) is a Russian Paralympic swimmer. Her husband Alexander Pikalov is also a paralympic swimmer. Career She won a silver m ...

(1994), Russian Paralympic swimmer * Viktoria Komova (1995), Russian Olympic gymnast *

Vitali Lystsov Vitali Aleksandrovich Lystsov (russian: Виталий Александрович Лысцов; born 11 July 1995) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Liga Portugal 2 club União de Leiria. Club career Born in Vor ...

(1995), Russian professional footballer *

Marina Nekrasova Marina Nekrasova (russian: Марина Некрасова; born 19 April 1995) is a Russian-born artistic gymnast who has represented Azerbaijan since 2013. She is the 2019 Summer Universiade vault champion. At the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Gam ...

(1995), Russian-born Azerbaijani artistic gymnast * Vladislav Parshikov (1996), Russian football player *

Dmitri Skopintsev Dmitri Vladimirovich Skopintsev (russian: Дмитрий Владимирович Скопинцев; born 2 March 1997) is a Russian football player who plays for FC Dynamo Moscow. He plays as a left back or left midfielder. Club career Born ...

(1997), Russian footballer * Alexander Eickholtz (1998) American sportsman * Angelina Melnikova (2000), Russian Olympic gymnast

Lived in Voronezh

* Aleksey Khovansky (1814–1899), editor * Ivan Kramskoi (1837–1887), Russian painter and art critic * Mitrofan Pyatnitsky (1864–1927), Russian musician * Mikhail Tsvet (1872–1919), Russian botanist * Alexander Kuprin (1880–1960), Russian painter, a member of the Jack of Diamonds group * Yevgeny Zamyatin (1884-1937), Russian writer, went to school in Voronezh * Osip Mandelstam (1891–1938), Russian poet * Nadezhda Mandelstam (1899-1980), Russian writer * Gavriil Troyepolsky (1905–1995), Soviet writer *

Nikolay Basov Nikolay Gennadiyevich Basov (russian: Никола́й Генна́диевич Ба́сов; 14 December 1922 – 1 July 2001) was a Soviet physicist and educator. For his fundamental work in the field of quantum electronics that led to the deve ...

(1922–2001), Soviet physicist and educator *

Vasily Peskov Vasily Mikhailovich Peskov (russian: Васи́лий Миха́йлович Песко́в; 14 March 1930 – 12 August 2013) was a Russian writer, journalist, photographer, traveller and ecologist. He worked in the Russian tabloid newspaper '' ...

(1930–2013), Russian writer, journalist, photographer, traveller and ecologist * Valentina Popova (1972), Russian weightlifter *

Igor Samsonov Igor Samsonov is a contemporary painter born in Voronezh, Russia, on January 7, 1963 his paintings have been in exhibitions in Russia, Europe, and the U.S. He is known to have his own modern take on Classical Realism while also being influenced by ...

, painter * Tatyana Zrazhevskaya, Russian boxer