List of people from Kazan

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

Born in Kazan

1700–1799

Gavrila Derzhavin (1743–1816), Russian poet
Gavriil Kamenev (1772–1803), Russian poet, writer and translator
Peter Zheltukhin (1777–1829), Russian general

1800–1899

Karl L. Littrow (1811–1877), Austrian astronomer
Ivan Martynov (1821–1894), Russian Jesuit priest
Alexander Zaytsev (1841–1910), Russian chemist
Alexander Solovtsov (1847–1923), Russian chess master
Stepan Smolensky (1848–1909), Russian choir director and scholar of ancient
Vera Figner (1852–1942), Russian revolutionary and narodnik
Evgeny Chirikov (1864–1932), Russian novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist and publicist
Aleksandr Kotelnikov (1865–1944), Russian mathematician
Pyotr Pertsov (1868–1947), Russian poet, publisher, editor, literary critic, journalist and memoirist
Nikolay Bauman (1873–1905), Russian revolutionary of the Bolshevik party
Feodor Chaliapin (1873–1938), Russian opera singer
Ivan Grave (1874–1960), Russian and Soviet scientist in the field of artillery
Sergey Namyotkin (1876–1950), Russian chemist
Vladimir Adoratsky (1878–1945), Soviet communist historian and political theorist
Sadri Maksudi Arsal (1879–1957), Tatar and Turkish statesman, scholar and thinker
Sergey Malov (1880–1957), Russian Turkologist
Nicolai A. Vasiliev (1880–1940), Russian logician, philosopher, psychologist, poet
Nicolai Fechin (1881–1955), Russian-American painter
Aleksandr Ivanovsky (1881–1968), Russian screenwriter and film director
Valentin Dogiel (1882–1955), Russian and Soviet zoologist, specialized in parasitology and protozoology
Fatix Ämirxan (1886–1926), Tatar classic writer, editor and publicist
Boris Obukhov (1891-1937), naval officer, victim of Stalin's purges, Catholic convert from Orthodoxy
Alexander Arkhangelsky (1892–1978), aircraft designer and doctor of technical sciences
Vadim Shershenevich (1893–1942), Russian poet
Gala Dalí (1894–1982), Russian wife of Salvador Dalí
Evgeny Shvarts (1896–1958), Soviet writer and playwright

1900–1949

Mikhail Lavrentyev (1900–1980), Soviet mathematician and hydrodynamicist
Alexandre Alexeieff (1901–1982), Russian artist, filmmaker and illustrator
Alexander Kazembek (1902–1977), Russian émigré and political activist
Alexander Luria (1902–1977), Soviet neuropsychologist and developmental psychologist
Alexander Dubyago (1903–1959), Soviet astronomer and expert in theoretical astrophysics
Nikolay Zabolotsky (1903–1958), Russian poet, children's writer and translator
Aleksey Zhivotov (1904–1964), Russian composer
Galina Kravchenko (1905–1996), Russian actress
Sara Sadíqova (1906–1986), Soviet Tatar actress, singer and composer
Alexander Vishnevsky (1906–1975), Soviet surgeon
Vladimir Kotelnikov (1908–2005), Soviet information theory and radar astronomy pioneer
Georgi Vinogradov (1908–1980), Russian tenor
Kārlis Šteins (1911–1983), Latvian and Soviet astronomer
Veronika Tushnova (1911–1965), Soviet poet and member of the Soviet Union of Writers
Yitzchok Zilber (1917–2004), Russian-born Haredi Rabbi and a leader of the Russian baal teshuva movement
Gregory Freiman (born 1926), Russian mathematician
German Zonin (born 1926), Soviet Russian football coach and player
Amina Adil (1930–2004), Tatar writer and Islamic theologian
Sofia Gubaidulina (born 1931), Russian composer
Vasily Aksyonov (1932–2009), Soviet and Russian novelist
Mikhail Roshchin (1933–2010), Russian playwright, screenwriter and short story writer
Albert Schwarz (born 1934), Soviet mathematician and a theoretical physicist
Dmitry Fuchs (born 1939), mathematician, professor at the University of California, Davis
Valery Popov (born 1938), Russian writer
Igor Vulokh (1938–2012), Russian nonconformist artist of the 1960s
Vladimir E. Zakharov (born 1939), Soviet and Russian mathematician and physicist
Aida Vedishcheva (born 1941), Soviet and Russian singer of Jewish descent
Natalia Gutman (born 1942), Russian cellist
Dmytro Kiva (born 1942), Ukrainian engineer and President–General designer at Antonov
Albert Kapengut (born 1944), Soviet chess master
Viktor Yerin (born 1944), Russian army general
Gennady Yevryuzhikhin (1944–1998), Russian footballer
Vyacheslav Bulavin (born 1946), Russian football coach and a former player
Leonid Filatov (1946–2003), Soviet and Russian actor, director, poet, pamphleteer
Talgat Tadzhuddin (born 1948), Chief Mufti of Russia
Kamil Iskhakov (born 1949), Russian regional development minister's assistant of Tatar origin

1950–1975

Natalia Rom (born 1950), Soviet-born operatic soprano
Lidiya Loginova (born 1951), Soviet volleyball player
Valentin A. Bazhanov (born 1953), Russian professor, chairperson of Philosophy Department at Ulyanovsk State University
Nailya Gilyazova (born 1953), Soviet fencer
Youri Egorov (1954–1988), Soviet classical pianist
Olga Knyazeva (1954–2015), Soviet fencer
Valery Gerasimov (born 1955), Russian General and current Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia
Rustem Adagamov (born 1961), influential Russian blogger
Sergey Mavrin (born 1963), Russian musician and composer
Alexandre Fadeev (born 1964), Russian competitive figure skater
Marat Khusnullin (born 1966), Russian politician
Aleksandr Tatarkin (born 1966), Russian professional footballer
Ildar Ibragimov (born 1967), Russian-American chess Grandmaster
Dmitry Balmin (born 1970), Russian ice hockey defender
Denis Kapustin (born 1970), Russian triple jumper
Alisa Galliamova (born 1972), Russian chess player
Anna Gourari (born 1972), Russian classical concert pianist
Rustem Khuzin (born 1972), Russian professional football coach and a former player
Vasily Mosin (born 1972), Russian sport shooter
Rustem Bulatov (1974–2008), Russian professional footballer
Maria Manakova (born 1974), Russian and Serbian chess Grandmaster
Ruslan Nigmatullin (born 1974), Russian footballer
Roman Shaykhutdinov (born 1974), Russian politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan
Marsel Tukhvatullin (born 1974), Russian football player
Chulpan Khamatova (born 1975), Russian film, theater and TV actress of Volga Tatar origin
Yevgeni Varlamov (born 1975), Russian football player

1976–1999

Denis Arkhipov (born 1979), Russian professional ice hockey player
Sofya Gulyak (born 1979), Russian classical pianist
Alexandre Dinerchtein (born 1980), professional Go player from Russia
Maxim Sharafutdinov (born 1980), Russian journalist, television presenter of Channel One
Svetlana Shikshina (born 1980), Russian professional Go player
Evgeny Konstantinov (born 1981), Russian professional ice hockey goaltender
Tatiana Kovylina (born 1981), Russian model
Ruslan Mukhametshin (born 1981), Russian professional football player
Nikolay Nikiforov (born 1982), Russian politician
Ruslan Zainullin (born 1982), Russian professional ice hockey center
MakSim (born 1983), Russian singer, songwriter and a music producer
Dmitri Obukhov (born 1983), Russian professional ice hockey winger
Venera Gimadieva (born 1984), Russian operatic soprano
Ayrat Kashaev (born 1984), Russian conductor
Marat Khairullin (born 1984), Russian-born Kazakh football attacking midfielder/forward
Anastasiya Kolesnikova (born 1984), Russian Olympic gymnast
Yelena Migunova (born 1984), Russian sprint athlete
Rustem Mukhametshin (born 1984), Russian professional football player
Eugenia Volodina (born 1984), Russian model
Lenar Gilmullin (1985–2007), Russian football full-back of Tatar origin
Anastasia Luppova (born 1985), Russian billiards player, the two-time European champion in Russian pyramid
Alexander Rybakov (born 1985), Russian professional ice hockey forward
Artyom Timofeev (born 1985), Russian chess grandmaster
Aida Garifullina (born 1987), Russian operatic soprano
Alsu Murtazina (born 1987), Russian triple jumper
Kamilla Gafurzianova (born 1988), Russian female fencer
Yana Martynova (born 1988), Russian swimmer
Dinar Khafizullin (born 1989), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
Niyaz Nabeev (born 1989), Russian nordic combined skier
Nail Zamaliyev (born 1989), Russian professional football player
Kirill Petrov (born 1990), Russian professional ice hockey player
Daria Shkurikhina (born 1990), Russian group rhythmic gymnast and Olympic champion
Alexander Burmistrov (born 1991), Russian professional ice hockey player
Emil Garipov (born 1991), Russian professional ice hockey goaltender of Tatar descent
Maksim Zhestokov (born 1991), Russian football defender
Natalia Zhukova (born 1992), Russian cross-country skier
Andrey Makarov (born 1993), Russian professional ice hockey goaltender
Albert Yarullin (born 1993), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
Evgenia Tarasova (born 1994), Russian pair skater
Elmir Nabiullin (born 1995), Russian professional football player
Veronika Kudermetova (born 1997), Russian tennis player

2000–2050

Dayana Kirillova (born 2002), Russian singer
Kamila Valieva (born 2006), figure skater

Lived in Kazan

Joseph Johann von Littrow (1781–1840), Austrian astronomer
Nikolai Lobachevsky (1792–1856), Russian mathematician and geometer
Ğabdulla Tuqay (1886–1913), Tatar poet
Yevgeny Zavoisky (1907–1976), Soviet physicist
Rashid Nezhmetdinov (1912–1974), Soviet chess player, International Master and 5-time winner of the Russian Chess Championship
Viktor Kolotov (1949–2000), Soviet footballer
Taliya Habrieva (born 1958), Russian legal writer; graduated in 1980 from the Law Faculty of Kazan State University
Svetlana Demina (born 1961), Russian sport shooter
Pavel Prygunov (born 1976), Russian professional footballer; made his professional debut in the Russian Second Division in 1994 for FC Rubin Kazan