List of people from Perm

This is a list of notable people who were born or have lived in Perm (1940–1957: Molotov), Russia.

Born in Perm

18th century

1701–1800

Feodor Pryanishnikov (1793–1867), Russian actual privy councillor and postal administrator

19th century

1801–1900

Dmitry Smyshlyayev (1828–1893), Russian historian, ethnographer and politician
Ivan Larionov (1830–1889), Russian composer, writer and folklorist
Dmitry Maksutov (1832–1889), Imperial Russian Navy rear-admiral
Pyotr Vereshchagin (1834–1886), Russian landscape and cityscape painter
Vasily Vereshchagin (1835–1909), Russian portraitist, history painter and illustrator
Peter Struve (1870–1944), Russian political economist, philosopher and editor
Olga Lepeshinskaya (1871–1963), Soviet biologist
Mikhail Osorgin (1878–1942), Russian writer, journalist, and essayist
Vasily Kamensky (1884–1961), Russian Futurist poet, playwright and artist
Ariy Pazovsky (1887–1953), Russian Jewish conductor

20th century

1901–1950

Nikolay Moiseyev (1902–1955), Soviet astronomer and expert in celestial mechanics
Victor Oreshnikov (1904–1987), Soviet Russian painter
Vladimir Yemelyanov (1911–1975), Soviet actor and producer
Vladislav Zanadvorov (1914–1942), Soviet writer
Mikhail Schweitzer (1920–2000), Soviet film director
Lev Voronin (1928–2006), Soviet Russian official
Lora Yakovleva (born 1932), Russian woman International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster, the second ICCF Women's World Champion in correspondence chess between 1972 and 1977
Alexander Bolonkin (born 1933), Russian-American scientist and academic
Georgi Burkov (1933–1990), Soviet film actor
Tamara Erofeyeva (born 1937), Soviet and Russian linguist
Aleksandr Nossov (born 1942), Soviet Nordic combined skier
Pavel Sadyrin (1942–2001), Soviet and Russian footballer and manager
Igor Volgin (born 1942), Soviet and Russian writer and historian, poet, specialist in literature

1951–1960

Alexander Bortnikov (born 1951), Russian official; Director of the FSB since 2008
Valentin Stepankov (born 1951), first prosecutor general of the Russian Federation
Vassily Solomin (1953–1997), Soviet boxer
Venera Chernyshova (born 1954), Soviet biathlete
Boris Kondakov (born 1954), Russian specialist in literary criticism, philologist
Yury Trutnev (born 1956), Russian politician; Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment from 2004 to 2012
Ludmila Kalinina (born 1957), Russian pair skating coach
Valentin Yumashev (born 1957), Russian journalist, politician and businessman-developer

1961–1970

Andrey Vavilov (born 1961), Russian politician and businessman
Dmitry Fedoseyev (born 1965), Russian football player (1993–1999), coach (1993–1998) and sports functionary (1993–1999)
Vladimir Filimonov (born 1965), Russian professional football player
Igor Gindis (born 1965), Russian journalist, rock musician and actor
Dmitry Rybolovlev (born 1966), Russian businessman, investor and philanthropist
Vladislav Kormtshikov (born 1967), Russian ski-orienteering competitor and world champion
Sergey Nagovitsyn (1968–1999), Russian singer, composer and author of Russian chanson style songs
Dmitri Sergeyev (born 1968), Russian judoka
Mikhail Zubkov (born 1968), Russian swimmer
Dmitri Piskunov (born 1969), Russian professional football coach and a former player
Andrei Smetanin (born 1969), Russian professional footballer
Sergey Burdin (born 1970), Russian football player
Vladimir Chagin (born 1970), Russian rally raid driver
Yuliana Malkhasyants, Russian choreographer
Tatiana Borodina, Russian opera soprano

1971–1980

Anna Vodovatova (born 1971), Russian journalist
Andrei Bryukhanov (born 1972), Russian football player
Aleksandr Tretyakov (born 1972), Russian wrestler who won bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Alexander Gulyavtsev (born 1973), Russian professional ice hockey winger
Konstantin Paramonov (born 1973), Russian football coach and a former player
Yevgeni Yarkov (born 1973), Russian football player
Nikita Belykh (born 1975), Russian politician; Governor of Kirov Oblast since 2009
Rinat Farkhoutdinov (born 1975), Russian ice dancer
Tatyana Tomashova (born 1975), Russian middle distance runner
Sergey Armishev (born 1976), Russian football player
Nikolai Bardin (born 1976), Russian professional ice hockey winger
Michael Beilin (born 1976), Israeli Olympic Greco-Roman wrestler
Natalia Tomilova (born 1977), Russian ski-orienteering competitor
Andrei Tsaplin (born 1977), Russian professional footballer
Konstantin Zyryanov (born 1977), Russian footballer
Konstantin Chaschukhin (born 1978), Russian professional ice hockey goaltender
Aleksei Popov (born 1978), Russian-born Kazakhstani footballer
Grigori Petrovski (born 1979), Russian pair skater
Aleksandr Pitchkounov (born 1979), Russian super heavyweight kickboxer and kyokushin karateka competing in K-1
Yekaterina Shipulina (born 1979), Russian prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Ballet
Vitali Koval (born 1980), Belarusian professional ice hockey goaltender
Dmitri Polyanin (born 1980), Russian professional football player
Alexander Zevakhin (born 1980), Russian professional ice hockey right winger

1981–1985

Alexander Chagodayev (born 1981), Russian professional ice hockey forward
Natalya Korostelyova (born 1981), Russian cross country skier
Mikhail Kuleshov (born 1981), Russian ice hockey player
Viktor Polyakov (born 1981), Ukrainian boxer of Russian ethnicity
Viktoria Shliakhova (born 1981), Russian pair skater
Tatiana Totmianina (born 1981), Russian pair skater
Tatyana Veshkurova (born 1981), Russian sprint athlete
DJ Smash (born 1982), Russian DJ in house music and electronic music
Ilya Solaryov (born 1982), Kazakhstani professional ice hockey winger of Russian ethnicity
Vyacheslav Belov (born 1983), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
Maxim Trankov (born 1983), Russian pair skater
Pavel Alikin (born 1984), Russian professional footballer
Alexandra Kosteniuk (born 1984), Russian chess Grandmaster and a former Women's World Chess Champion
Evgeniy Pechenin (born 1984), Russian cross-country mountain biker
Alexander Popov (born 1984), Russian former pair skater
Andrei Griazev (born 1985), Russian figure skater
Dmitri Megalinsky (born 1985), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
Alexander Nikulin (born 1985), Russian professional ice hockey player
Natasha Poly (born 1985), Russian model
Yevgeni Shipitsin (born 1985), Russian professional football player
Katerina Shpitsa (born 1985), Russian actress of theater and cinema

1986–1990

Kristina Alikina (born 1986), Russian basketball power forward
Alexander Berkutov (born 1986), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
Olga Golovkina (born 1986), Russian athlete
Nikolay Morilov (born 1986), Russian cross country skier
Igor Polygalov (born 1986), Russian professional ice hockey forward
Katya Shchekina (born 1986), Russian model
Ilia Tkachenko (born 1986), Russian ice dancer
Vitali Butikov (born 1987), Russian ice dancer
Maksim Dyldin (born 1987), Russian sprint athlete
Denis Kazionov (born 1987), Russian professional ice hockey winger
Mariya Panfilova (born 1987), Russian (2007–2012), Ukrainian (2013–2014) and Belarusian (since 2015) biathlete
Konstantin Bezmaternikh (born 1988), Russian pair skater
Marina Mokhnatkina (born 1988), Russian mixed martial artist and sambo competitor
Natalia Shestakova (born 1988), Russian pair skater
Artem Borodulin (born 1989), Russian figure skater
Marina Melnikova (born 1989), Russian tennis player
Andrei Novoselov (born 1989), Russian pair skater
Ekaterina Rybolovleva (born 1989), Russian businesswoman, equestrian and socialite
Andrei Sekretov (born 1989), Russian professional football player
Arina Ushakova (born 1989), Russian retired pair skater
Ildar Khairullin (born 1990), Russian chess Grandmaster

1991–2000

Liana Churilova (born 1991), Russian-American professional ballroom dancer
Elena Komendrovskaja (born 1991), Russian female badminton player
Aleksandr Subbotin (born 1991), Russian professional football player
Maksim Batov (born 1992), Russian football defender
Oleg Ponomarev (born 1992), Russian Paralympic Nordic skier
Yevgeni Tyukalov (born 1992), Russian professional football player
Sergei Abramov (born 1993), Russian ice hockey player
Lubov Bakirova (born 1993), Russian pair skater
Sabina Imaikina (born 1993), Russian pair skater
Tanya Mityushina (born 1993), Russian fashion model
Evgeni Klimov (born 1994), Russian Nordic combined skier
Vasili Aleynikov (born 1995), Russian football player
Anatoly Golyshev (born 1995), Russian ice hockey forward
Anastasia Martiusheva (born 1995), Russian pair skater
Tatiana Tudvaseva (born 1997), Russian pair skater
Ivan Ivanchenko (born 1998), Russian football player
Maria Vigalova (born 1999), Russian pair skater

Lived in Perm

Vasily Tatishchev (1686–1750), Russian statesman and ethnographer; founded the cities of Perm and Yekaterinburg
Andrey Voronikhin (1759–1814), Russian architect and painter
Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859), Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer
Mikhail Speransky (1772–1839), Russian reformist during the reign of Alexander I of Russia
Alexander Herzen (1812–1870), Russian writer and thinker
Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak (1852–1912), Russian author
Vladimir Korolenko (1853–1921), Russian short story writer, journalist, human rights activist and humanitarian
Nikolay Slavyanov (1854–1897), Russian inventor
Alexander Popov (1859–1906), Russian physicist who is acclaimed in his homeland and eastern European countries as the inventor of radio
Andronik (Nikolsky) (1870–1918), bishop in the Russian Orthodox Church and a saint
Sergei Diaghilev (1872–1929), Russian art critic, patron, ballet impresario and founder of the Ballets Russes
Mikhail Shuisky (1883–1953), Russian (people) opera and concert singer
Boris Pasternak (1890–1960), Soviet and Russian poet, novelist and literary translator; lived in Perm for a time, and it figures in his novel Doctor Zhivago under the fictional name "Yuriatin" where Yuri sees Lara again in the public library
Arkadiy Shvetsov (1892–1953), Soviet aircraft engine designer
Margarita Kozhina (1925–2012), Soviet and Russian linguist
Sergei Toropov (1928–1990), Russian historian and regional ethnographer
Sergei Belov (1944–2013), Soviet professional basketball player
Gennady Troshev (1947–2008), Russian Colonel General in the Russian military
Pyotr Latyshev (1948–2008), Russian politician
Nikolai Zarubin (1948–1998), Russian artist
Alexei Ivanov (born 1969), Russian writer