List of personalities of the city of Penza

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

Alexei Chowanski
(1814–1899)

Nikolai Avksentjew
(1878–1943)

Vsevolod Pudovkin
(1893–1953)

Alexander Melentjew
(1954-2015)

Alexander Samokutjajew
(* 1970)

Vitaly Atjuschow
(* 1979)

Jelena Dembo
(* 1983)

Michael Neumeister
(* 1985)

Denis Abljasin
(* 1992)

Sons and Daughters of the City of Penza

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

19th century

• Alexei Chowanski (1814–1899), publisher
• Nikolai Ilminsky (1822-1892), professor of Turkic languages
• Wsewolod Meyerhold (1874–1940), director and actor
• Nikolai Avksentjew (1878–1943), Social Revolutionary and politician
• Pyotr Arshinov (1887–1938), participant in Makhnovshchina
• Ivan Mosschuchin (1889–1939), silent film actor
• Nadeschda Ladygina-Kohts (1889–1963), psychologist and behavioral scientist
• Vsevolod Pudovkin (1893–1953), filmmaker and film theorist
• Vladimir Sasubrin (1895–1937), writer
• Alexander Medvedkin (1900–1989), film director of the Russian avant-garde

20th century

1901-1950

• Irina Meyerhold (1905–1981), actress, acting teacher and theater director
• Konstantin Badigin (1910–1984), naval officer, polar explorer and writer
• Anna Andrejewa (1915–1997), shot put and European champion
• Vladimir Magnitsky (1915–2005), geodesist and geophysicist
• Emanuel Gil-Av (1916–1996), Israeli chemist
• Pyotr Dolgow (1920–1962), space pioneer, parachutist, hero of the Soviet Union
• Boris Kadomzew (1928–1998), physicist
• Larissa Kronberg (1929–2017), actress and agent of the KGB
• Vladimir Grebennikov (1932–1992), ice hockey player
• Yuri Moissejew (1940-2005), ice hockey player
• Yevgeny Nikischin (1945–1986), mathematician

1951-1980

• Alexander Golikow (* 1952), ice hockey player
• Vladimir Golikov (born 1954), ice hockey player
• Alexander Melentjew (1954–2015), marksman and Olympic champion
• Vasily Pervuchin (* 1956), ice hockey player
• Yuri Schundrow (1956–2018), Russian-Ukrainian ice hockey goalkeeper and coach
• Alexander Koschewnikow (* 1958), ice hockey player
• Alexander Gerasimow (1959–2020), ice hockey player and Olympic champion
• Irina Kalinina (* 1959), water diver and Olympic champion
• Michail Nogin (* 1959), sculptor
• Sergei Swetlow (born 1961), ice hockey player
• Sergei Yashin (* 1962), ice hockey coach and a Russian national ice hockey player
• Alexander Samokutjajew (* 1970), cosmonaut
• Jan Kaminski (* 1971), ice hockey player
• Vladislav Buljin (* 1972), ice hockey player
• Julija Pachalina (* 1977), water diver
• Juri Babenko (* 1978), ice hockey player
• Vitaly Atyushov (* 1979), ice hockey player
• Yuri Dobryschkin (* 1979), ice hockey player
• Alexei Kossourow (* 1979), ice hockey player
• Igor Lukashin (* 1979), water diver
• Pawel Wolja (* 1979), stand-up comedian, television and radio presenter, actor
• Dmitri Altarev (* 1980), ice hockey player
• Yevgenia Botschkarjowa (* 1980), rhythmic gymnast and Olympic bronze medalist in 1996

1981-2000

• Andrei Kusmin (* 1981), ice hockey player
• Sjarhej Kutschmassou (* 1981), Belarusian diver
• Viktor Burajew (* 1982), walker
• Dmitri Kokarew (* 1982), chess grandmaster
• Alexei Medvedev (* 1982), ice hockey player
• Stanislaw Schmakin (* 1982), ice hockey player
• Jelena Dembo (* 1983), chess player and trainer
• Sergei Agejew (* 1984), ice hockey goalkeeper
• Olesja Belugina (* 1984), gymnast and Olympic champion
• Natalja Lavrowa (1984-2010), rhythmic gymnast and two-time Olympic champion
• Yevgeny Popov (* 1984), racing cyclist
• Michael Neumeister (* 1985), German volleyball player
• Nadeschda Baschina (* 1987), water diver
• Vladimir Galchenko (* 1987), juggler
• Jekaterina Lissina (* 1987), basketball player and 2008 Olympic bronze medalist
• Oleg Wikulow (* 1987), water diver
• Roman Lyudutschin (* 1988), ice hockey player
• Sergei Andronov (* 1989), ice hockey player
• Olga Galchenko (* 1990), juggler
• Denis Abljasin (* 1992), gymnast
• Anton Slepyschew (* 1994), ice hockey player
• Denis Airapetjan (* 1997), short tracker

Persons with a relationship with Penza

• Aristarch Lentulow (1882–1943), painter, set designer and teacher; studied painting at the art college in Penza (1898–1900 and 1905–1906)
• Andreï Makine (* 1957), French writer; grew up in Penza

Honorary citizen of Penza

• Oktjabr Grischin (1927–1981), composer
• Roman Poprjaduchin (1928–2014), Pensas chief architect from 1962 to 1987
• Alexander Samokutjajew (* 1970), cosmonaut

Personalities who died in Penza

• Konstantin Sawizki (1844–1905), painter
• Sergei Filippenkow (1971-2015), football player

Web links

Commons : People of Penza  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Известные люди в городе Пенза (Russian)
• Знаменитые люди Пензы (Russian)
• Пензенские спортсмены (Russian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jekaterina Lissina in the Sports-Reference database (English)
2. ↑ ^{a b c} honorary citizen of the city of Penza ( Memento of the original from May 25, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on penza-gorod.ru (Russian) 
3. ↑ ^{a b c} honorary citizen of the city of Penza ( Memento of the original from June 11, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on pgduma.ru (Russian) 
4. ↑ Oktyabr Grischin on comp-folk.narod.ru (Russian)
5. ↑ Скончался бывший главный архитектор Пензы Роман Попрядухин (Russian)
6. ↑ Sergei Filippenkow on footballdatabase.eu
7. ↑ Former Russia footballer Sergei Filippenkov dies during friendly match (English)