List of personalities of the city of Krasnoyarsk

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

Vasily Surikow
(1848-1916)

Vladimir Rebikov
(1866-1920)

Yevgeny
(1907–1948) and Vitaly Abalakov
(1907–1986)

Viktor Astafjew
(1924-2001)

Oleg Romanzew
(* 1954)

Dmitri Chworostowski
(1962-2017)

Andrei Vorobjow
(* 1970)

Julia Petschonkina
(* 1978)

Aljona Sidko
(* 1979)

Helene Fischer
(* 1984)

Dmitri Rigin
(* 1985)

Sons and Daughters of the City of Krasnoyarsk

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

19th century

1801-1900

Wassili Surikow (1848–1916), painter and member of the Peredwischniki
Vladimir Rebikov (1866–1920), composer

20th century

1901-1950

Vitaly Abalakov (1906–1986), mountaineer
Yevgeny Abalakov (1907–1948), mountaineer
Yevgeny Kobytew (1910–1973), painter, graphic artist, city councilor
Tatjana Kopnina (1921–2009), painter and art teacher
Bob Martin (1922–1998), Austrian singer and musician
Jelena Dawidowitsch (1922–2013), historian, archaeologist and numismatist
Viktor Astafiev (1924-2001), writer
Nikolai Koslow (1928–2007), cross-country skier
Eduard Schafranski (1937–2005), classical guitarist and composer
Tamara Lebedewa (* 1938), chemist and book author
Eduard Malofejew (* 1942), football player and coach
Vladimir Krainew (1944–2011), pianist and university professor
Yevgeny Popov (* 1946), writer
Viktor Tretyakov (* 1946), violinist and university professor
Yevgeny Waganow (* 1948), biophysicist
Jewgeni Jewsjukow (* 1950), walker

1951-1970

Oleg Romanzew (* 1954), football player and coach
Viktor Alexejew (* 1956), wrestler and world champion in 1983 and 1985 in free style in featherweight
Sergei Lomanow (* 1957), bandy player
Andreï Makine (* 1957), French writer
Galina Jenjuchina (* 1959), track cyclist
Alexander Popow (* 1959), weightlifter
Dmitri Chworostowski (1962–2017), opera singer
Zosimus (1963-2010), Bishop of Yakutsk and Lensk
Alexej Jaškin (* 1965), Czech-Russian ice hockey player
Juri Schwytkin (* 1965), military, statesman and politician
Eduard Fljorow (* 1966), actor
Vyacheslav Atavin (* 1967), handball player
Swetlana Fedotkina (* 1967), speed skater and Olympic silver medalist in 1994
Sergei Klischin (* 1967), judoka
Andrei Vorobjow (* 1970), politician and governor of Moscow Oblast since 2012

1971-1980

Natalja Schechodanowa (* 1971), hurdler
Svetlana Tschernoussowa (* 1972), biathlete
Olga Tumaikina (born 1972), actress
Maxim Galanow (* 1974), ice hockey player
Alexei Proschin (* 1974), speed skater
Yevgeny Popov (* 1976), bobsleigh pilot
Mikhail Kotjukow (* 1976), politician
Konstantin Aladashvili (* 1977), skeleton pilot
Andrei Drygin (* 1977), ski racer
Oxana Zelensky-Hegel (* 1977), German athlete
Julija Petschonkina (* 1978), hurdler and world champion 2005
Olga Rotschewa (* 1978), cross-country skier
Aljona Sidko (* 1979), cross-country skier
Jelena Khrustaljowa (* 1980), biathlete
Sergei Lomanov (* 1980), bandy player

1981-1990

Dmitri Abramowitsch (* 1982), bobsleigh pilot
Michail Kusmitsch (* 1982), luge rider
Andrey Neyman (* 1982), German actor, assistant director and production assistant
Juri Wesjolow (* 1982), luge rider
Andrei Grigoryev (* 1984), ski orienteer
Helene Fischer (* 1984), German pop singer, dancer and entertainer
Alexander Mutowin (* 1984), skeleton pilot
Alexander Syomin (* 1984), ice hockey player
Dmitri Rigin (* 1985), foil fencer
Sergej Smirnow (* 1985), skeleton driver
Alexander Tretyakov (* 1985), skeleton pilot
Sergei Tscheptschugow (* 1985), football goalkeeper
Yevgeny Ustyugov (* 1985), biathlete
Polina Maltschikowa (* 1986), ski orienteer
Ija Gavrilowa (* 1987), ice hockey player
Pawel Kusmitsch (* 1988), luge rider
Timofei Lapschin (* 1988), biathlete
Helena Kaschurow (* 1989), German dancer in the fields of standard and Latin American dances
Olga Korobkina (* 1989), skeleton pilot
Olga Potylizyna (* 1989), skeleton pilot
Igor Polyansky (* 1990), professional triathlete and Russian sprint triathlon champion 2010
Alexander Sardyko (* 1990), ski jumper

1991-2000

Wladislaw Antonow (* 1991), luge rider and 2014 Olympic silver medalist

Alexander Denissjew (* 1991), luge rider and 2014 Olympic silver medalist

Xenia Krassilnikowa (* 1991), figure skater

Nikolai Oljunin (* 1991), snowboarder

Sergei Redkin (* 1991), pianist

Andrei Melnichenko (* 1992), cross-country skier

Nikolai Marzenko (* 1993), racing car driver

Julija Kanakina (* 1995), skeleton pilot

Darja Ovtschinnikowa (* 1995), ski racer

Nikita Tregubow (* 1995), skeleton pilot

Anton Mitryushkin (* 1996), football goalkeeper

Anastassija Goncharova (* 1999), Nordic combined athlete

Dmitri Loginow (* 2000), snowboarder

21st century

Sofja Samodurowa (* 2002), figure skater

Honorary citizen of Krasnoyarsk

1865: Pawel Zamyatnin (1805–1879), major general, first governor of the Yeniseisk governorate
1983: Viktor Tretyakov (* 1946), violinist and conductor
1994: Viktor Astafjew (1924-2001), writer
2000: Dmitri Chworostowski (1962–2017), opera singer
2000: Sergei Schoigu (* 1955), politician and army general; Russian Defense Minister since 2012
2001: Sergei Lomanow (* 1957), bandy player
2010: Viktor Alexejew (* 1956), wrestler and world champion in featherweight

Persons with a relationship with Krasnoyarsk

St. Luke
(1877–1961)

Valentin Felixowitsch Woino-Jassenezki (1877–1961), Archbishop of Simferopol and Crimea, Bishop of Tashkent and saint of the Russian Orthodox Church. From 1941 to 1944 chief physician at the Krasnoyarsk Hospital.
Wladimir Dolgich (* 1924), politician; from 1969 to 1972 first secretary of the regional party committee in Krasnoyarsk
Innokenti Smoktunowski (1925–1994), actor; began his acting career in 1946 at the Norilsk and Krasnoyarsk theaters
Vladimir Shalaev (* 1957), Russian-American physicist, graduated from the University of Krasnoyarsk in 1979 and received his doctorate there in 1983. He then carried out research as an assistant professor at the Krasnoyarsk State University.
Vyacheslav Butusov (* 1961), rock musician

Personalities who died in Krasnoyarsk

1807: Nikolai Resanow (1764–1807), statesman and one of the founding initiators of the Russian-American company
1862: Christian Friedrich Lessing (1809–1862), German doctor and botanist
1918: Jakow Dubrowinski (1882–1918), Bolshevik revolutionary
1986: Oleg Serow (1963–1986), ski jumper
2001: Viktor Astafjew (1924–2001), writer and literary companion of Alexander Solzhenitsyn
2007: Julia Rostowzewa (1972-2007), biathlete
2008: Alexander Grisman (1980–2008), summer biathlete

Individual evidence

↑ Swetlana Fedotkina in the database of Sports-Reference (English)
↑ Olga Tumaikina in the Internet Movie Database (English)
^ Wladislaw Antonow in the database of Sports-Reference (English)
↑ Alexander Denissjew in the database of Sports-Reference (English)
↑ Honorary citizen of Krasnoyarsk since 1864 , admkrsk.ru (Russian)
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g List of honorary citizens of Krasnoyarsk , admkrsk.ru (Russian)

[1] Swetlana Fedotkina in the database of Sports-Reference (English)

[2] Olga Tumaikina in the Internet Movie Database (English)

[3] Wladislaw Antonow in the database of Sports-Reference (English)

[4] Alexander Denissjew in the database of Sports-Reference (English)

[Ehrenbürger1-5] Honorary citizen of Krasnoyarsk since 1864 , admkrsk.ru (Russian)

[Ehrenbürger2-6] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g List of honorary citizens of Krasnoyarsk , admkrsk.ru (Russian)