List of people from Rostov-on-Don
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This is a list of notable people who were born or have lived in Rostov-on-Don, Russia.
(1887–1956)
(1894–1939)
(1923–1982)
(1934–2019)
(born 1952)
(born 1953)
(born 1963)
(born 1973)
(born 1976)
(born 1979)
(born 1983)
(born 1984)
(born 1985)
(born 1987)
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(born 1987)
(born 1997)
(born 2002)
19th century
1801–1890
- George VI of Armenia (1868–1954), Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church from 1945 to 1954
- Mikhail Bernshtein (1875–1960), Russian and Soviet painter and art educator
- Martiros Saryan (1880–1972), Soviet Armenian painter
- Mikhail Gnessin (1883–1957), Russian composer and teacher
- Raïssa Maritain (1883–1960), Russian-born French poet and philosopher
- Alexander Schapiro (1883–1946), Russian Jewish anarcho-syndicalist militant active in the international anarchist movement
- Sophie Liebknecht (1884–1964), Russian-born German socialist and feminist
- Sabina Spielrein (1885–1942), Russian physician and one of the first female psychoanalysts
- Jerzy Żurawlew (1886–1980), Polish pianist, conductor, teacher
- Savielly Tartakower (1887–1956), Polish and French chess grandmaster
- Efrem Zimbalist (1889–1985), concert violinist, composer, teacher, conductor and director of the Curtis Institute of Music
1891–1900
- Yakov Frenkel (1894–1952), Soviet physicist
- Zinaida Reich (1894–1939), Russian actress
- Nikolay Bestchetvertnoi (1895–1937), Russian revolutionary, bolshevik
- Olga Spessivtseva (1895–1991), Russian ballerina
- Daniel Guilet (1899–1990), French and American classical violinist
- Avet Ter-Gabrielyan (1899–1983), Armenian violinist
- Izabella Yurieva (1899–2000), Russian singer
- Roman Chatov (1900–1987), Russian-born American artist, painter, designer, and illustrator
- Evgeny Henkin (1900-1938), a notable photographer and musician playing the theremin, active in Berlin in the 1930s
20th century
1901–1910
- Marion Gering (1901–1977), Russian-born American stage producer and director
- Boris Shpitalniy (1902–1972), Soviet designer of aircraft guns and cannons
- Yevgeny Brusilovsky (1905–1981), Soviet Russian composer
- Vera Panova (1905–1973), Soviet novelist, playwright and journalist
- Leonid Sedov (1907–1999), leading physicist of the Soviet Union
- Rostislav Plyatt (1908–1989), Russian-born Soviet film and television actor
- John Travlos (1908–1985), Greek architect, architectural historian and archaeologist
- Tsezar Kunikov (1909–1943), officer in the Soviet Naval Infantry; Hero of the Soviet Union
- Aleksandr Laktionov (1910–1972), Socialist realism painter in the post-war Soviet Union
- David Lichine (1910–1972), Russian-American ballet dancer and choreographer
- Yakov Henkin (1903–1941), notable Russian street photographer, active in Leningrad in the 1930s
1911–1920
- Emmanuil Evzerikhin (1911–1984), Russian photographer
- Vitali Gubarev (1912–1981), Soviet Russian writer of children's literature
- Ray Lev (1912–1968), American classical pianist
- Nikolai Timkov (1912–1993), Soviet Russian painter
- Igor Bondarevsky (1913–1979), Soviet Russian chess Grandmaster
- Georgy Flyorov (1913–1990), Soviet nuclear physicist
- Gayane Chebotaryan (1918–1998), Soviet Armenian composer and musicologist
- Boris Lavrenko (1920–2001), Russian Soviet realist painter
- Ghazaros Saryan (1920–1998), Armenian composer and educator
1921–1930
- Isabella Bashmakova (1921–2005), Russian historian of mathematics
- Mark Stolberg (1922–1942), Russian chess master
- Daniil Khrabrovitsky (1923–1980), Soviet scriptwriter and film director
- Victor Glushkov (1923–1982), the founding father of information technology in the Soviet Union
- Leonid Shamkovich (1923–2005), Russian chess Grandmaster and chess writer
- Gevork Vartanian (1924–2012), Soviet intelligence agent
- Zinaida Sharko (1929-2016), Soviet and Russian actress of theatre and film
- Mikhail Simonov (1929–2011), Russian aircraft designer famed for creating the Sukhoi Su-27 fighter-bomber
- Ashot Melkonian (1930–2009), Armenian artist
1931–1940
- Yuri Oganessian (born 1933), Russian nuclear physicist of Armenian descent, namesake of oganesson (element 118)
- Mikhail Semyonov (1933–2006), Russian basketball player
- Lev Anninsky (1934–2019), Soviet, Russian literary critic and historian, publicist, essayist, author of more than 30 books
- Anatoly Kononenko (1935–2010), Soviet sprint canoer
- Sergei Vronsky (1935–2003), Soviet and Russian cinematographer
- Izabella Arazova (born 1936), Armenian composer
- Seiran Khatlamadjian (1937–1994), Armenian painter, graphic artist and public figure
- Gennadi Matveyev (1937–2014), Soviet football player
- Viktor Ponedelnik (1937–2020), Soviet football player, regarded as one of the best strikers in Soviet football history
- Lev Sandakchiev (1937–2006), Soviet and Russian scientist, specialist in molecular biology and virology
- Viktor Zubkov (1937–2016), Soviet basketball player
- Enver Yulgushov (1938–2022), Russian professional football coach and former player
1941–1950
- Stefan Samko (born 1941), Russian mathematician
- Nikolay Yakovenko (1941–2006), Russian wrestler
- Viktor Kravchenko (born 1941), Russian triple jumper
- Vladimir Shumeyko (born 1945), Russian political figure
- Alexander Kaidanovsky (1946–1995), Soviet and Russian actor and film director
- Nikolai Korolkov (1946–2024), Soviet equestrian and Olympic champion
- Viktor Asmaev (1947–2002), equestrian and Olympic champion from Russia
- Lyudmila Karachkina (born 1948), Soviet and Ukrainian astronomer
- Georgy Khazagerov (born 1949), Russian scholar
- Aleksandr Ivanov-Sukharevsky (born 1950), far right politician
1951–1960
- Irina Allegrova (born 1952), Russian-Armenian singer
- Yevgeniya Glushenko (born 1952), Russian actress
- Nikolai Sorokin (1952–2013), Russian theatre and film actor
- Yuri Bashmet (born 1953), Russian conductor, violinist and violist
- Pavel Gusev (born 1953), Russian professional football coach and a former player
- Evgeni Barbakov (born 1954), Russian rower
- Vladimir Repyev (1956–2009), Soviet and Russian handball player
- Viktor Kolyadko (born 1957), Russian professional football coach and a former player
- Svetlana Grozdova (born 1959), Soviet Russian gymnast
- Lyubov Orekhova (born 1959), Soviet sprint canoer
- Sviatoslav Nikitenko (born 1960), Ukrainian glyptic artist
1961–1970
- Konstantin Lavronenko (born 1961), Russian actor
- Miroslav Nemirov (1961–2016), Russian poet, associated with Russian punk rock
- Natalia Shaposhnikova (born 1961), Soviet gymnast, two-time Olympic Champion
- Avdey Ter-Oganyan (born 1961), Russian-Armenian painter
- Lyubov Zakharchenko (1961–2008), Russian poet and singer-songwriter
- Stanislav Rudenko (born 1962), Russian football coach and a former player
- Aleksandr Vorobyov (born 1962), Soviet and Russian football player and current coach
- Natalya Artyomova (born 1963), Russian middle-distance runner
- Rafael Samurgashev (born 1963), Soviet Armenian former World champion and European champion Greco-Roman wrestler
- Sergey Zhigunov (born 1963), Soviet and Russian actor and producer
- Igor Vishnevetsky (born 1964), Russian poet and novelist
- Gennadiy Prigoda (born 1965), Russian freestyle swimmer
- Natalya Morskova (born 1966), Russian former handball player
- Andrei Timoshenko (1969–2010), Russian professional footballer
- Larisa Kiselyova (born 1970), Russian handball player
- Oleh Matvyeyev (born 1970), Soviet and Ukrainian football player
- Vladimir Pyshnenko (born 1970), Russian freestyle swimmer
1971–1975
- Yuri Borovskoy (born 1971), Russian professional football referee and a former player
- Andrei Fedkov (born 1971), Russian football player
- Svetlana Goncharenko (born 1971), Russian athlete
- Svetlana Boyko (born 1972), Russian foil fencer
- Sergey Markedonov (born 1972), Director of the Department for Problems of Ethnic Relations at the Institute for Political and Military Analysis in Moscow
- Andrei Redkin (born 1972), Russian football player
- Konstantin Tsuranov (born 1972), Russian sport shooter
- Oleg Vernigorov (born 1972), Russian football player
- Anatoly Morozov (born 1973), Russian professional football player and a coach
- Yekaterina Yusheva (born 1973), Russian fencer
- Vitaly Fokeev (born 1974), Russian sport shooter
- Aleksandr Kostoglod (born 1974), Russian sprint canoeist
- Ekaterina Kovalevskaya (born 1974), Russian chess player
- Serge Polyanichko (born 1974), Russian conductor, horn player and TV presenter
- Nikolay Spinyov (born 1974), Russian rower
- Vitali Tasenko (1975–2025), Russian football player
1976–1980
- Eduard Gritsun (born 1976), Russian professional road bicycle racer
- Angelina Nikonova (born 1976), Russian filmmaker, script writer and film producer
- Oksana Romenskaya (born 1976), Russian team handball player
- Maxim Staviski (born 1977), Russian-born naturalized Bulgarian ice dancer
- Yelena Dudnik (born 1978), Russian sport shooter
- Nina Kaptsova (born 1978), Russian prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Ballet
- Sergei Davydov (born 1979), Russian and Belarusian figure skater
- Aleksandr Galkin (born 1979), Russian chess grandmaster
- Andrey Moiseyev (born 1979), Russian pentathlete
- Varteres Samurgashev (born 1979), Armenian-Russian Greco-Roman wrestler
- Basta (born 1980), Russian rapper and RJ
- Ivan Dyagolchenko (born 1980), Russian professional footballer
- Sergey Fedorovtsev (born 1980), Russian rower
- Yulia Mayboroda (born 1980), Russian theater and film actress
- Yelena Produnova (born 1980), Russian competitive gymnast
- Tony Vilgotsky (born 1980), Russian (ethnically German) musician, composer, horror/fantasy writer and musical columnist
1981–1985
- Anton Rogochiy (born 1982), Russian professional footballer
- Andrei Vorobyov (born 1982), Russian professional footballer
- Alexei Eremenko (born 1983), Russian-born Finnish professional footballer
- Pyotr Gitselov (born 1983), Russian-Swedish footballer
- Victoria Lopyreva (born 1983), Russian actress, model, TV Host, blogger and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Russia 2003
- Alexey Makovetskiy (born 1983), Russian rugby union footballer
- Yelena Rigert (born 1983), Russian female hammer thrower
- Igor Salov (born 1983), Russian rower
- Anastasia Sinitsyna (born 1983), Russian female handballer
- Victor Keyru (born 1984), Russian professional basketball player
- Oksana Pochepa (born 1984), Russian pop singer and model
- Marina Belikova (born 1985), Russian sport shooter
- Tatiana Kotova (born 1985), Russian singer, actress, television personality, winner of the title "Miss Russia 2006"
- Pavel Sviridenko (born 1985), Russian professional football player
1986–1990
- Ivan Drannikov (born 1986), Russian professional footballer
- Valery Likhodey (born 1986), Russian professional basketball player
- Sergey Litvinov (born 1986), German and Russian hammer thrower
- Vladislav Ryazantsev (born 1986), Russian left-wing politician
- Aleksandr Abroskin (born 1987), Russian football striker
- Yekaterina Galitskaya (born 1987), Russian hurdler
- Antonina Krivoshapka (born 1987), Russian sprinter
- Andrei Mikheyev (born 1987), Russian professional football player
- Eva Rivas (born 1987), Russian-Armenian singer
- Yekaterina Tudegesheva (born 1987), Russian professional snowboarder
- Katerina Keyru (born 1988), Russian basketball shooting guard
- Maria Kryuchkova (1988–2015), Russian gymnast
- Vladimir Khozin (born 1989), Russian professional footballer
- Andrei Lyakh (born 1990), Russian professional football player
- Ivan Popov (born 1990), Russian chess grandmaster
1991–1995
- Aleksandr Tumasyan (born 1992), Armenian football player
- Aleksey Denisenko (born 1993), Russian taekwondo practitioner
- Vlada Chigireva (born 1994), Russian competitor in synchronized swimming
- Anton Lazutkin (born 1994), Russian football player
- Igor Leontyev (born 1994), Russian football player
- Yulia Belokobylskaya (born 1995), Russian artistic gymnast
- Ivan Bukavshin (1995–2016), Russian chess Grandmaster
- Kasta (formed in 1995), Russian rap group
- Mikhail Puntov (born 1995), Russian singer
1996–2000
- Mikhail Samarsky (born 1996), Russian writer, blogger and public figure
- Konstantin Tolokonnikov (born 1996), Russian middle distance runner
- Leo Goglichidze (born 1997), Russian football player of Georgian origin
- Nikita Nagornyy (born 1997), Russian artistic gymnast
- Maria Kharenkova (born 1998), Russian artistic gymnast
- Georgi Makhatadze (born 1998), Russian football player
- Vladimir Atoev (born 1999), Russian racing driver
21st century
2001–2010
- Alisa Fedichkina (born 2002), Russian competitive figure skater
- Motorama (formed in 2005), Russian post-punk band
- Nikita Evstratov (born 2002), hockey goalie
Lived in Rostov-on-Don
- Georgy Sedov (1877–1914), Russian Arctic explorer
- Evgeny Schwartz (1896–1958), Soviet writer and playwright
- Alexander Pechersky (1909–1990), one of the organizers, and the leader, of the most successful uprising and mass-escape of Jews from a Nazi extermination camp during World War II
- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918–2008), Russian novelist, historian and short story writer
- Svyatoslav Fyodorov (1927–2000), Russian ophthalmologist, politician, professor
- Natalia Duritskaya (born 1960), Russian painter
See also
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