List of sons and daughters of the city of Samara

This is a list of famous people who were born in the Russian city of Samara (1935–1990 Kuibyshev ).

19th century

Nadeschda Siber-Shumowa (1854–1916), doctor
Gleb Krschischanowski (1872–1959), revolutionary and politician
Leonid Serebryakov (1890–1937), Bolshevik
Boris Kuftin (1892–1953), ethnologist and archaeologist
Enrico Rastelli (1896–1931), Italian juggler
Sergei Alexander Schelkunoff (1897–1992), Russian-American inventor
Varvara Popowa (1899–1988), theater and film actress.
Artjom Wessjoly (1899–1938), writer and poet

Leonid Golowanow (1904–1980), graphic artist
Emma Lehmer (1906–2007), Russian-American mathematician
Dmitri Ustinow (1908–1984), Defense Minister and Marshal of the Soviet Union
Olga Sanfirowa (1917–1944), bomber pilot in World War II
Valentin Jeschow (1921-2004), screenwriter
Georgi Adelson-Welski (1922–2014), mathematician and computer scientist
Eldar Ryazanov (1927-2015), film director
Iossif Gitelson (* 1928), biophysicist and university professor
Vladimir Kondratiev (1935–2010), mathematician and university professor
Weniamin Chebotayev (1938–1992), physicist
Roman Kunsman (1941–2002), Russian-Israeli alto saxophonist, flautist and composer of modern jazz
Justas Vincas Paleckis (* 1942), Lithuanian politician and diplomat
David Rudman (* 1943), judoka and samboka
Leonid Vaseršteĭn (* 1944), Russian-American mathematician
Lev Weinberg (1944–2010), Vice President of the Russian Federation of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, lecturer
Yuri Borodatchev (1945-2011), artist
Vladimír Železný (* 1945), Czech media entrepreneur and politician

Gennadi Belkow (* 1956), high jumper
Dmitri Muratov (* 1961), journalist
Wassili Schischow (* 1961), amateur boxer, world champion of amateur boxers 1986
Sergei Vostrikow (born 1964), ice hockey player
Asjat Saitow (* 1965), racing cyclist
Tatiana Sadovskaya (* 1966), foil fencer
Olga Klotschnewa (* 1968), marksman and Olympic champion in 1996

Iryna Merkuschina (* 1968), Ukrainian biathlete

Sergei Kosorotov (* 1969), judoka

Tatyana Yegorova (1970–2012), football player and coach

Yuri Andronow (* 1971), walker

Alexei Tikhonov (* 1971), figure skater

Andrei Zintschenko (* 1972), racing cyclist

Irina Laschko (* 1973), water diver

Marija Kisseljowa (* 1974), synchronized swimmer, three-time Olympic champion, two-time world champion and nine-time European champion

Nina Schiwanewskaja (* 1977), Russian-Spanish swimmer

Katerina Belkina (* 1974), visual artist

Jakow Ratschinski (* 1980), ice hockey player

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