title: List of people from Samara
text: # List of people from Samara
  
  This is a list of notable people who were born or have lived in Samara (1935–1990: Kuybyshev), Russia.
  
  ## Born in Samara
  
  ### 19th century
  
  **1801–1900**
  
  * Nikolai Karonin-Petropavlovsky (1853–1892), Russian writer, essayist and political activist
  * David Toews (1870-1947), founding chairman of the Canadian Mennonite Board of Colonization
  * Gleb Krzhizhanovsky (1872–1959), Soviet economist and a state figure
  * Victor Palmov (1888–1929), Russian-Ukrainian painter and avant-garde artist
  * Leonid Serebryakov (1890–1937), Russian politician and Bolshevik
  * Boris Kuftin (1892–1953), Soviet archaeologist and ethnographer
  * Maria Kuncewiczowa (1895–1989), Polish writer and novelist
  * Enrico Rastelli (1896–1931), Italian juggler, acrobat and performer
  * Gregory Ratoff (1897–1960), Russian-American film director, actor and producer
  * Sergei Schelkunoff (1897–1992), Russian mathematician and electromagnetism theorist
  * Vasily Yefanov (1900–1978), Soviet painter
  
  ### 20th century
  
  **1901–1950**
  
  * Nikolay Simonov (1901–1973), Soviet film and stage actor
  * Andrew Alford (1904–1992), American electrical engineer and inventor
  * Emma Lehmer (1906–2007), Russian mathematician
  * Dmitriy Ustinov (1908–1984), Russian politician, Minister of Defense of the Soviet Union from 1976 until 1984
  * Lev Aronin (1920–1983), Soviet International Master of chess
  * Georgy Adelson-Velsky (1922–2014), Soviet and Israeli mathematician and computer scientist
  * Pavel Zhiburtovich (1925–2006), ice hockey player
  * Roza Makagonova (1927–1995), Soviet actress
  * Eldar Ryazanov (1927–2015), Russian film director
  * Josef Gitelson (1927–2022), Soviet and Russian biophysicist
  * Gennadi Poloka (1930–2014), Russian film director, cinematographer, producer and actor
  * Alfred Fyodorov (1935–2001), Soviet football player and coach
  * Boris Kazakov (1940–1978), Soviet football player
  * Anatoli Kikin (1940–2012), Russian football player and manager
  * Justas Vincas Paleckis (born 1942), Lithuanian ex-communist and politician, Member of the European Parliament
  * Valentin Bogomazov (1943–2019), Russian diplomat, ambassador to Ecuador and Peru
  * David Rudman (born 1943), Soviet wrestling champion, Sambo world champion, and judo European champion
  * Vladimír Železný (born 1945), media businessman and politician in the Czech Republic
  * Alexander Abrosimov (1948–2011), Russian mathematician and teacher
  * Valery Dudyshev (born 1948), Russian scientist
  * Yakov Kazyansky (born 1948), Russian musician
  * Yuri Chernov (born 1949), Soviet and Russian actor of theatre and cinema
  
  ### 1951–1970
  
  * Katerina Belkina (born 1974) Russian visual artist, photographer and painter
  * Lyubov Sadchikova (1951–2012), Soviet speed skater
  * Ilya Mikhalchuk (born 1957), Russian politician and statesman
  * Mark Solonin (born 1958), Russian historian of World War II
  * Oleg Zaionchkovsky (born 1959), author
  * Dmitry Muratov (born 1961), editor-in-chief of the Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta
  * Yuri Yakovich (born 1962), Russian chess Grandmaster
  * Pavel Romanov (born 1964), Russian sociologist
  * Asiat Saitov (born 1965), Russian cyclist
  * Lev Khasis (born 1966), the first CEO of the X5 Retail Group (2006–2011)
  * Alexander Ardakov, Russian professional pianist
  * Pavel Galkin (born 1968), Russian sprinter, former Russian record holder at 60-metres (6,56)
  * Olga Kuznetsova (born 1968), Russian sport shooter
  * Olga Sharkova-Sidorova (born 1968), Russian fencer
  * Aleksandr Tsygankov (born 1968), Russian professional football coach and a former player who last worked as a manager for FC Krylia Sovetov Samara
  * Valeri Tumaykin (1968–1994), Russian professional footballer
  * Tatyana Shishkina (born 1969), Kazakh judoka
  * Tatiana Egorova (1970–2012), Russian footballer and manager
  
  ### 1971–1980
  
  * Yuriy Andronov (born 1971), Russian race walker
  * Mark Feygin (born 1971), Russian lawyer and politician
  * Maria Samoroukova (born 1971), Greek former basketball player
  * Alexei Tikhonov (born 1971), Russian pair skater
  * Andrei Zintchenko (born 1972), Russian professional road bicycle racer
  * Irina Lashko (born 1973), Russian diver
  * Dmitry Alimov (born 1974), Russian entrepreneur and investor in Internet and media businesses
  * Mariya Kiselyova (born 1974), Russian swimmer
  * Igor Sinyutin (born 1974), Russian former competitive figure skater
  * Sergei Korchagin (born 1975), Russian football player
  * Dmitri Shoukov (born 1975), Russian footballer
  * Alexei Akifiev (born 1976), Russian professional ice hockey forward
  * Maxim Bakiyev (born 1977), the youngest son of former president of Kyrgyzstan, Kurmanbek Bakiyev
  * Svetlana Vanyo (born 1977), Russian-American swimmer, coach and private swimming instructor, World Champion medalist, Russian national record holder and 1996 Olympics finalist
  * Nina Zhivanevskaya (born 1977), Russian 5-time Olympic backstroke swimmer
  * Ella Diehl (born 1978), Russian badminton player
  * Julia Feldman (born 1979), Israeli jazz vocalist, composer and educator
  * Aleksandr Nikulin (born 1979), Russian football player
  * Alexander Ryabov (born 1979), Russian professional ice hockey player
  
  ### 1981–1990
  
  * Alexander Efimkin (born 1981), director sportif for Russian professional cycling team RusVelo
  * Vladimir Efimkin (born 1981), Russian retired professional road bicycle racer
  * Aleksandr Anyukov (born 1982), Russian international association football defender
  * Olga Arteshina (born 1982), Russian basketball player
  * Maxim Shabalin (born 1982), Russian ice dancer
  * Denis Vavilin (born 1982), Russian footballer
  * Aleksandr Bukleyev (born 1984), Russian football (soccer) midfielder
  * Ilia Frolov (born 1984), Russian modern pentathlete
  * Nikita Osipov (born 1984), Belarusian ice hockey player
  * Anna Tikhomirova (born 1984), Russian table tennis player
  * Igor Shevchenko (born 1985), Russian footballer
  * Anton Glazunov (born 1986), Russian professional basketball player
  * Vladimir Isaichev (born 1986), Russian professional road racing cyclist
  * Nataliya Kondratyeva (born 1986), Russian judoka
  * Maxim Vlasov (born 1986), Russian professional boxer in the light heavyweight division
  * Anna Mastyanina (born 1987), Russian sport shooter
  * Andrei Myazin (born 1987), Russian professional football player
  * Artyom Moskvin (born 1988), Russian football goalkeeper
  * Vladislav Sesganov (born 1988), Russian figure skater
  * Pavel Sukhov (born 1988), Russian fencer
  * Semyon Varlamov (born 1988), Russian professional ice hockey goaltender
  * Olga Chernoivanenko (born 1989), Russian handball player
  * Artur Yusupov (born 1989), Russian professional footballer
  * Artyom Delkin (born 1990), Russian professional football player
  * Sergey Pomoshnikov (born 1990), Russian professional racing cyclist
  
  ### 1991–2000
  
  * Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (born 1991), Russian professional tennis player
  * Anastasia Pozdeeva (born 1993), Russian footballer
  * Violetta Khrapina Bida (born 1994), Olympic épée fencer
  * Anna Dementyeva (born 1994), Russian artistic gymnast
  * Dmitri Dragun (born 1994), Russian ice dancer
  * Giorgi Gorozia (born 1995), Georgian footballer
  * Andrei Lazukin (born 1997), Russian figure skater
  
  ## Lived in Samara
  
  * Natalya Boyko (born 1946), Soviet sprint canoer
  * Mikhail Fradkov (born 1950), Russian politician and statesman who was the Prime Minister of Russia from March 2004 to September 2007
  * Sergei Marushko (born 1966), Russian professional footballer
  * Vladimir Filippov (born 1968), Russian professional football coach and a former player, he made his professional debut in the Soviet First League in 1985 for FC Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev
  * Mikhail Volodin (born 1968), Russian professional footballer
  * Alexander Brod (born 1969), Russian human rights activist
  * Dmitri Ivanov (born 1970), Russian professional footballer
  * Vladimir Miridonov (born 1970), Russian professional football coach and a former player
  * Dmitri Yemelyanov (born 1972), Russian professional football coach and a former player
  * Zurab Tsiklauri (born 1974), Russian professional footballer, he made his professional debut in the Russian Premier League in 1993 for FC Krylia Sovetov Samara
  * Vitali Astakhov (born 1979), Russian professional footballer
  * Dmitri Kostyayev (born 1989), Russian professional footballer
  * Vasili Pavlov (born 1990), Russian professional football player who played for FC Krylia Sovetov Samara
  * Maksim Paliyenko (born 1994), Russian professional football player who played for FC Krylia Sovetov Samara
  * Olga I. Larkina (born 1954), Russian writer
  