List of personalities of the city of Irkutsk

The list of personalities of the city of Irkutsk includes those born and deceased in the Russian city of Irkutsk as well as those who worked in Irkutsk but were born elsewhere. The list does not claim to be complete.

Nikolai Polewoi
(1796–1846)

Xenophon Polewoi
(1801–1867)

Nikolai Wtorow
(1866-1918)

Vyacheslav Trubnikov
(* 1944)

Anatoly Ivanishin
(* 1969)

Denis Mazujew
(* 1975)

Angelina Schuk-Krasnowa
(* 1991)

Darja Dmitrijewa
(* 1993)

Sons and daughters of the city of Irkutsk

The following personalities were born in Irkutsk. They are listed chronologically according to the year of birth.

18th century

Nikolai Polewoi (1796–1846), journalist, man of letters, translator and historian

19th century

Xenophon Polewoi (1801–1867), journalist, writer, translator and literary critic
Vladimir Kornilov (1806-1854), Vice Admiral
Ivan Medvednikov (1807–1889), entrepreneur and patron
Alexandra Medvednikova (1814–1899), patron
Alexei Fedtschenko (1844–1873), natural scientist and explorer
Alexander Sibiryakov (1849–1933), patron and explorer
Vladimir Sukachev (1849–1920), politician, art collector and patron
Julija Basanowa (1852–1924), clerk of the 1st Moscow Merchants Guild , entrepreneur and patron

Nikolai Wtorow (1866–1918), industrialist

Varvara Chalice (1872–1959), patron

Jakow Gakkel (1874–1945), scholar, railway engineer and aircraft designer

Konkordija Samoilowa (1876–1921), revolutionary

Nikolai Lusin (1883–1950), mathematician

Alexander Jeljaschewitsch (1888–1967), economist and university professor

Valéry Inkijinoff (1895–1973), international actor

Maria Kljonowa (1898–1976), marine geologist and one of the founders of Soviet oceanography

Nikolai Ochlopkow (1900–1967), theater director, theater and film director, actor and screenwriter

20th century

1901-1950

Michail Romm (1901–1971), film director and screenwriter
Nikolai Kamow (1902–1973), helicopter designer
Natalija Saz (1903–1993), children's and music theater director
Vladimir Peskin (1906–1988), composer
Michail Mil (1909–1970), helicopter designer
Rudolph Zallinger (1919–1995), American painter
Iwan Petrow (born as Hans Krause) (1920–2003), Russian opera singer of German descent
Lyubov Ussowa (1921–2015), Soviet-Belarusian architect
Valentin Berlinski (1925-2008), cellist
Rodislav Tschischikow (1929-2010), racing cyclist
Konstantin Vyrupajew (1930–2012), wrestler (Olympic champion 1956 )
Anatoly Samozvetow (* 1932), hammer thrower
Boris Wolynow (* 1934), Soviet cosmonaut
Anatoli Kurjan (* 1942), athlete
Vyacheslav Trubnikov (* 1944), journalist, political scientist and diplomat

1951-1975

Andrei Mironov (1954–2014), journalist and human rights activist

Vilija Filipovičienė (* 1959), Lithuanian politician

Alexander Krupski (* 1960), pole vaulter

Olexander Schlapak (* 1960), Ukrainian politician and finance minister ( 2014 )

Konstantin Volkov (* 1960), pole vaulter and politician

Alexander Makarow (* 1966), physicist

Denis Petouchinski (* 1967), New Zealand pole vaulter of Russian origin

Anatoly Iwanischin (* 1969), cosmonaut

Dmitri Kondratjew (* 1969), cosmonaut

Alexander Awerbuch (* 1974), Israeli athlete of Russian origin

Ivan Vyrypaev (* 1974), actor, director and screenwriter

Alexander Botscharow (* 1975), racing cyclist

Denis Mazujew (* 1975), pianist

1976-2000

Jelena Bolsun (* 1983), sprinter

Olga Schitowa (* 1983), volleyball player and 2006 world champion

Ilja Raschkowski (* 1984), pianist

Sergei Ogorodnikov (1986-2018), ice hockey player

Olga Kurban (* 1987), heptathlete

Arman Paschikjan (* 1987), Armenian chess master

Nina Kraviz (* 1989), DJ and music producer

Alexei Negodailo (* 1989), bobsleigh pilot and 2014 Olympic champion

Angelina Schuk-Krasnowa (* 1991), pole vaulter

Darja Dmitrijewa (* 1993), rhythmic gymnast

Nasi Paikidze (* 1993), Georgian chess master

Roman Sobnin (* 1994), football player

Aljona Lutkowskaja (* 1996), pole vaulter

Persons connected with Irkutsk

Maria Volkonskaja (1806–1863), wife of the Decembrist Sergei Volkonsky and great-granddaughter of the great scholar Mikhail Lomonossow ; lived in Irkutsk from 1837. As the wife of an exile, she was not allowed to show herself in public places and so her house developed into a center of cultural and social life in Irkutsk, where she also founded an orphanage.
Rudolf Nurejew (1938–1993), dancer; was born on a train on the Trans-Siberian Railway near Irkutsk

Honorary citizen of Irkutsk

1893: Alexander Sibirjakow (1849–1933), patron and explorer
1915: Grigori Potanin (1835–1920), explorer
1967: Afanassi Beloborodow (1903–1990), General
1973: Boris Wolynow (* 1934), Soviet cosmonaut
1986: Valentin Rasputin (1937–2015), writer and environmental activist
1990: Konstantin Wyrupajew (1930–2012), wrestler (Olympic champion 1956 )
1998: Boris Goworin (* 1947), Mayor of Irkutsk (1990–1997)
2007: Tamotsu Yamade (* 1931), Japanese politician, Mayor of Kanazawa
2009: Denis Mazujew (* 1975), pianist

Personalities who died in Irkutsk

Alexander Kolchak (1874–1920), admiral of the Russian Navy and monarchist
Konstantin Vyrupajew (1930–2012), wrestler (Olympic champion 1956 )

Web links

Commons : People of Irkutsk - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Иркутск: Известные люди города (Russian)

Individual evidence

↑ Шлапак Олександр Віталійович on dovidka.com.ua (Ukrainian)
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Список почетных граждан Иркутска (Russian)
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Почётные граждане и награды города (Russian)
↑ ^a ^b ^c Почетные граждане города Иркутска (Russian)

[1] Шлапак Олександр Віталійович on dovidka.com.ua (Ukrainian)

[irkipedia-2] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Список почетных граждан Иркутска (Russian)

[admirk-3] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Почётные граждане и награды города (Russian)

[irkduma-4] Почетные граждане города Иркутска (Russian)