List of people from Rostov-on-Don

This is a list of notable people who were born or have lived in Rostov-on-Don, Russia.

Born in Rostov-on-Don

19th century

1801–1890

George VI of Armenia (1868–1954), Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church from 1945 to 1954
Mikhail Bernshtein (1875–1960), Russian and Soviet painter and art educator
Martiros Saryan (1880–1972), Soviet Armenian painter
Mikhail Gnessin (1883–1957), Russian composer and teacher
Raïssa Maritain (1883–1960), Russian-born French poet and philosopher
Alexander Schapiro (1883–1946), Russian Jewish anarcho-syndicalist militant active in the international anarchist movement
Sophie Liebknecht (1884–1964), Russian-born German socialist and feminist
Sabina Spielrein (1885–1942), Russian physician and one of the first female psychoanalysts
Jerzy Żurawlew (1886–1980), Polish pianist, conductor, teacher
Savielly Tartakower (1887–1956), Polish and French chess grandmaster
Efrem Zimbalist (1889–1985), concert violinist, composer, teacher, conductor and director of the Curtis Institute of Music

1891–1900

Yakov Frenkel (1894–1952), Soviet physicist
Zinaida Reich (1894–1939), Russian actress
Nikolay Bestchetvertnoi (1895–1937), Russian revolutionary, bolshevik
Olga Spessivtseva (1895–1991), Russian ballerina
Daniel Guilet (1899–1990), French and American classical violinist
Avet Ter-Gabrielyan (1899–1983), Armenian violinist
Izabella Yurieva (1899–2000), Russian singer
Roman Chatov (1900–1987), Russian-born American artist, painter, designer, and illustrator
Evgeny Henkin (1900-1938), a notable photographer and musician playing the theremin, active in Berlin in the 1930s

20th century

1901–1910

Marion Gering (1901–1977), Russian-born American stage producer and director
Boris Shpitalniy (1902–1972), Soviet designer of aircraft guns and cannons
Yevgeny Brusilovsky (1905–1981), Soviet Russian composer
Vera Panova (1905–1973), Soviet novelist, playwright and journalist
Leonid Sedov (1907–1999), leading physicist of the Soviet Union
Rostislav Plyatt (1908–1989), Russian-born Soviet film and television actor
John Travlos (1908–1985), Greek architect, architectural historian and archaeologist
Caesar Kunikov (1909–1943), officer in the Soviet Naval Infantry; Hero of the Soviet Union
Aleksandr Laktionov (1910–1972), Socialist realism painter in the post-war Soviet Union
David Lichine (1910–1972), Russian-American ballet dancer and choreographer
Yakov Henkin (1903-1941), notable Russian street photographer, active in Leningrad in the 1930s

1911–1920

Emmanuil Evzerikhin (1911–1984), Russian photographer
Vitali Gubarev (1912–1981), Soviet Russian writer of children's literature
Ray Lev (1912–1968), American classical pianist
Nikolai Timkov (1912–1993), Soviet Russian painter
Igor Bondarevsky (1913–1979), Soviet Russian chess Grandmaster
Georgy Flyorov (1913–1990), Soviet nuclear physicist
Gayane Chebotaryan (1918–1998), Soviet Armenian composer and musicologist
Boris Lavrenko (1920–2001), Russian Soviet realist painter
Ghazaros (Lazar) Saryan (1920–1998), Armenian composer and educator

1921–1930

Isabella Bashmakova (1921–2005), Russian historian of mathematics
Mark Stolberg (1922–1942), Russian chess master
Daniil Khrabrovitsky (1923–1980), Soviet scriptwriter and film director
Victor Glushkov (1923–1982), the founding father of information technology in the Soviet Union
Leonid Shamkovich (1923–2005), Russian chess Grandmaster and chess writer
Gevork Vartanian (1924–2012), Soviet intelligence agent
Zinaida Sharko (1929-2016), Soviet and Russian actress of theatre and film
Mikhail Simonov (1929–2011), Russian aircraft designer famed for creating the Sukhoi Su-27 fighter-bomber
Ashot Melkonian (1930–2009), Armenian artist

1931–1940

Yuri Oganessian (born 1933), Russian nuclear physicist of Armenian descent, namesake of oganesson (element 118)
Mikhail Semyonov (1933–2006), Russian basketball player
Lev Anninsky (born 1934), Soviet, Russian literary critic and historian, publicist, essayist, author of more than 30 books
Anatoly Kononenko (born 1935), Soviet sprint canoer
Sergei Vronsky (1935–2003), Soviet and Russian cinematographer
Izabella Arazova (born 1936), Armenian composer
Seiran Khatlamadjian (1937–1994), Armenian painter, graphic artist and public figure
Gennadi Matveyev (1937–2014), Soviet football player
Viktor Ponedelnik (born 1937), Soviet football player, regarded as one of the best strikers in Soviet football history
Lev Sandakchiev (1937–2006), Soviet and Russian scientist, specialist in molecular biology and virology
Viktor Zubkov (born 1937), Soviet basketball player
Enver Yulgushov (born 1938), Russian professional football coach and former player

1941–1950

Stefan Samko (born 1941), Russian mathematician
Nikolay Yakovenko (1941–2006), Russian wrestler
Viktor Kravchenko (born 1941), Russian triple jumper
Vladimir Shumeyko (born 1945), Russian political figure
Alexander Kaidanovsky (1946–1995), Soviet and Russian actor and film director
Nikolai Korolkov (born 1946), Soviet equestrian and Olympic champion
Viktor Asmaev (1947–2002), equestrian and Olympic champion from Russia
Lyudmila Karachkina (born 1948), Soviet and Ukrainian astronomer
Georgy Khazagerov (born 1949), Russian scholar
Aleksandr Ivanov-Sukharevsky (born 1950), far right politician

1951–1960

Irina Allegrova (born 1952), Russian-Armenian singer
Yevgeniya Glushenko (born 1952), Russian actress
Nikolai Sorokin (1952–2013), Russian theatre and film actor
Yuri Bashmet (born 1953), Russian conductor, violinist and violist
Pavel Gusev (born 1953), Russian professional football coach and a former player
Evgeni Barbakov (born 1954), Russian rower
Vladimir Repyev (1956–2009), Soviet and Russian handball player
Viktor Kolyadko (born 1957), Russian professional football coach and a former player
Svetlana Grozdova (born 1959), Soviet Russian gymnast
Lyubov Orechova (born 1959), Soviet sprint canoer
Sviatoslav Nikitenko (born 1960), Ukrainian glyptic artist

1961–1970

Konstantin Lavronenko (born 1961), Russian actor
Miroslav Nemirov (1961–2016), Russian poet, associated with Russian punk rock
Natalia Shaposhnikova (born 1961), Soviet gymnast, two-time Olympic Champion
Avdey Ter-Oganyan (born 1961), Russian-Armenian painter
Lyubov Zakharchenko (1961–2008), Russian poet and singer-songwriter
Stanislav Rudenko (born 1962), Russian football coach and a former player
Aleksandr Vorobyov (born 1962), Soviet and Russian football player and current coach
Natalya Artyomova (born 1963), Russian middle-distance runner
Rafael Samurgashev (born 1963), Soviet Armenian former World champion and European champion Greco-Roman wrestler
Sergey Zhigunov (born 1963), Soviet and Russian actor and producer
Igor Vishnevetsky (born 1964), Russian poet and novelist
Gennadiy Prigoda (born 1965), Russian freestyle swimmer
Natalya Morskova (born 1966), Russian former handball player
Andrei Timoshenko (1969–2010), Russian professional footballer
Larisa Kiselyova (born 1970), Russian handball player
Oleh Matveyev (born 1970), Soviet and Ukrainian football player
Vladimir Pyshnenko (born 1970), Russian freestyle swimmer

1971–1975

Yuri Borovskoy (born 1971), Russian professional football referee and a former player
Andrei Fedkov (born 1971), Russian football player
Svetlana Goncharenko (born 1971), Russian athlete
Svetlana Boyko (born 1972), Russian foil fencer
Sergey Markedonov (born 1972), Director of the Department for Problems of Ethnic Relations at the Institute for Political and Military Analysis in Moscow
Andrei Redkin (born 1972), Russian football player
Konstantin Tsuranov (born 1972), Russian sport shooter
Oleg Vernigorov (born 1972), Russian football player
Anatoly Morozov (born 1973), Russian professional football player and a coach
Yekaterina Yusheva (born 1973), Russian fencer
Vitaly Fokeev (born 1974), Russian sport shooter
Aleksandr Kostoglod (born 1974), Russian sprint canoeist
Ekaterina Kovalevskaya (born 1974), Russian chess player
Serge Polyanichko (born 1974), Russian conductor, horn player and TV presenter
Nikolay Spinyov (born 1974), Russian rower
Vitali Tasenko (born 1975), Russian football player

1976–1980

Eduard Gritsun (born 1976), Russian professional road bicycle racer
Angelina Nikonova (born 1976), Russian filmmaker, script writer and film producer
Oksana Romenskaya (born 1976), Russian team handball player
Maxim Staviski (born 1977), Russian-born naturalized Bulgarian ice dancer
Yelena Dudnik (born 1978), Russian sport shooter
Nina Kaptsova (born 1978), Russian prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Ballet
Sergei Davydov (born 1979), Russian and Belarusian figure skater
Aleksandr Galkin (born 1979), Russian chess grandmaster
Andrey Moiseyev (born 1979), Russian pentathlete
Varteres Samurgashev (born 1979), Armenian-Russian Greco-Roman wrestler
Basta (born 1980), Russian rapper and RJ
Ivan Dyagolchenko (born 1980), Russian professional footballer
Sergey Fedorovtsev (born 1980), Russian rower
Yulia Mayboroda (born 1980), Russian theater and film actress
Yelena Produnova (born 1980), Russian competitive gymnast
Tony Vilgotsky (born 1980), Russian (ethnically German) musician, composer, horror/fantasy writer and musical columnist

1981–1985

Anton Rogochiy (born 1982), Russian professional footballer
Andrei Vorobyov (born 1982), Russian professional footballer
Alexei Eremenko (born 1983), Russian-born Finnish professional footballer
Pyotr Gitselov (born 1983), Russian-Swedish footballer
Victoria Lopyreva (born 1983), Russian actress, model, TV Host, blogger and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Russia 2003
Alexey Makovetskiy (born 1983), Russian rugby union footballer
Yelena Rigert (born 1983), Russian female hammer thrower
Igor Salov (born 1983), Russian rower
Anastasia Sinitsyna (born 1983), Russian female handballer
Victor Keyru (born 1984), Russian professional basketball player
Oksana Pochepa (born 1984), Russian pop singer and model
Marina Belikova (born 1985), Russian sport shooter
Tatiana Kotova (born 1985), Russian singer, actress, television personality, winner of the title "Miss Russia 2006"
Pavel Sviridenko (born 1985), Russian professional football player

1986–1990

Ivan Drannikov (born 1986), Russian professional footballer
Valery Likhodey (born 1986), Russian professional basketball player
Sergey Litvinov (born 1986), German and Russian hammer thrower
Vladislav Ryazantsev (born 1986), Russian left-wing politician
Aleksandr Abroskin (born 1987), Russian football striker
Yekaterina Galitskaya (born 1987), Russian hurdler
Antonina Krivoshapka (born 1987), Russian sprinter
Andrei Mikheyev (born 1987), Russian professional football player
Eva Rivas (born 1987), Russian-Armenian singer
Yekaterina Tudegesheva (born 1987), Russian professional snowboarder
Katerina Keyru (born 1988), Russian basketball shooting guard
Maria Kryuchkova (1988–2015), Russian gymnast
Vladimir Khozin (born 1989), Russian professional footballer
Andrei Lyakh (born 1990), Russian professional football player
Ivan Popov (born 1990), Russian chess grandmaster

1991–1995

Aleksandr Tumasyan (born 1992), Armenian football player
Aleksey Denisenko (born 1993), Russian taekwondo practitioner
Vlada Chigireva (born 1994), Russian competitor in synchronized swimming
Anton Lazutkin (born 1994), Russian football player
Igor Leontyev (born 1994), Russian football player
Yulia Belokobylskaya (born 1995), Russian artistic gymnast
Ivan Bukavshin (1995–2016), Russian chess Grandmaster
Kasta (formed in 1995), Russian rap group
Mikhail Puntov (born 1995), Russian singer

1996–2000

Mikhail Samarsky (born 1996), Russian writer, blogger and public figure
Konstantin Tolokonnikov (born 1996), Russian middle distance runner
Leo Goglichidze (born 1997), Russian football player of Georgian origin
Nikita Nagornyy (born 1997), Russian artistic gymnast
Maria Kharenkova (born 1998), Russian artistic gymnast
Georgi Makhatadze (born 1998), Russian football player
Vladimir Atoev (born 1999), Russian racing driver

21st century

2001–2010

Alisa Fedichkina (born 2002), Russian competitive figure skater
Motorama (formed in 2005), Russian post-punk band
Nikita Evstratov (born 2002), hockey goalie

Lived in Rostov-on-Don

Georgy Sedov (1877–1914), Russian Arctic explorer
Evgeny Schwartz (1896–1958), Soviet writer and playwright
Alexander Pechersky (1909–1990), one of the organizers, and the leader, of the most successful uprising and mass-escape of Jews from a Nazi extermination camp during World War II
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918–2008), Russian novelist, historian and short story writer
Svyatoslav Fyodorov (1927–2000), Russian ophthalmologist, politician, professor
Natalia Duritskaya (born 1960), Russian painter