List of people from Krasnoyarsk explained

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

Born in Krasnoyarsk

Vasily Surikov (1848–1916), Russian painter
Vladimir Rebikov (1866–1920), Russian composer and pianist
Pyotr Krasikov (1870–1939), functionary of the All-Union Communist Party (bolsheviks) and the Soviet Union; the first Procurator General of the Soviet Union, serving from 1924 to 1933
Abram Markson (1888–1938), Russian and Soviet violinist and conductor

Vitaly Abalakov (1906–1986), Soviet mountaineer and inventor
Yevgeniy Abalakov (1907–1948), Soviet alpinist and sculptor
Tatiana Kopnina (1921–2009), Soviet Russian painter and art teacher
Bob Martin (1922–1998), Austrian singer
Elena Abramovna Davidovich (1922–2013), Russian numismatist
Viktor Astafyev (1924–2001), Soviet and Russian writer
Yuz Aleshkovsky (born 1929), Russian writer, poet, playwright and performer of his own songs

Jurgis Kairys (born 1952), Lithuanian aerobatic pilot and aeronautical engineer
Oleg Romantsev (born 1954), Soviet and Russian international footballer and coach
Sergey Lomanov, Sr. (born 1957), Russian bandy manager and former player (forward)
Andreï Makine (born 1957), Russian-born French author
Galina Yenyukhina (born 1959), Russian cyclist^[1]
Edkham Akbulatov (born 1960), Russian politician

Dmitri Hvorostovsky (1962–2017), Russian operatic baritone
Zosima Davydov (1963–2010), Russian Orthodox bishop of Yakutsk and Lensk
Alexej Jaškin (born 1965), Russian-born Czech professional ice hockey defenceman
Sergei Kruglov (born 1966), Russian poet and priest
Oleg Kuzhlev (born 1966), Russian professional football coach and a former player
Vyacheslav Atavin (born 1967), Soviet and Russian handball player
Svetlana Fedotkina (born 1967), Russian speed skater
Sergei Klischin (born 1967), Austrian judoka
Orit Zuaretz (born 1967), Israeli politician
Vladimir Baksheyev (born 1970), Russian professional footballer
Andrey Vorobyov (born 1970), Russian politician, governor of Moscow Oblast since 2013
Victor Remsha (born 1970), Russian businessman
Mikhail Terentiev (born 1970), Russian Paralympian

Svetlana Tchernousova (born 1972), Russian former biathlete
Igor Bakhtin (born 1973), Russian professional football coach and a former player
Larissa Loukianenko (born 1973), Belarusian individual rhythmic gymnast
Maxim Galanov (born 1974), Russian professional ice hockey player
Yevgeni Popov (born 1976), Russian bobsledder
Konstantin Aladashvili (born 1977), Russian bobsledder and skeleton racer
Andrei Drygin (born 1977), Tajik alpine skier of Russian ethnicity
Yekaterina Mironova (born 1977), Russian skeleton racer
Yuliya Pechonkina (born 1978), Russian athlete
Olga Rocheva (born 1978), Russian cross country skier
Natalya Safronova (born 1979), Russian female volleyball player
Alyona Sidko (born 1979), Russian cross-country skier
Elena Khrustaleva (born 1980), Russian, Belarusian and Kazakh biathlete
Sergey Lomanov, Jr. (born 1980), Russian bandy player (forward)
Pavel Shestakov (born 1980), Russian former alpine skier

2000-2010

Nikolai Rezanov (1764–1807), Russian nobleman and statesman who promoted the project of Russian colonization of Alaska and California; died in Krasnoyarsk
Christian Friedrich Lessing (1809–1862), German botanist; died in Krasnoyarsk
Luka (Voyno-Yasenetsky) (1877–1961), bishop of Russian Orthodox Church and an archbishop of Simferopol and of the Crimea
Pyotr Slovtsov (1886–1934), Russian tenor
Vladimir Dolgikh (born 1924), Russian politician
Innokenty Smoktunovsky (1925–1994), Soviet actor
Valentin Danilov (born 1948), Russian physicist
Vladimir Shalaev (born 1957), American physicist of Russian descent
Aleksandr Bushkov (born 1956), a best-selling Russian author
Vyacheslav Butusov (born 1961), Russian singer and songwriter