List of people from Kazan

This is a list of notable people who were born or have lived in Kazan, Russia.

• Gavrila Derzhavin (1743–1816), Russian poet
• Gavriil Kamenev (1772–1803), Russian poet, writer and translator
• Peter Zheltukhin (1777–1829), Russian general

• Karl Ludwig Littrow (1811–1877), Austrian astronomer
• Ivan Martynov (1821–1894), Russian Jesuit priest
• Alexander Zaytsev (1841–1910), Russian chemist
• Alexander Solovtsov (1847–1923), Russian chess master
• Stepan Smolensky (1848–1909), Russian choir director and scholar of ancient
• Vera Figner (1852–1942), Russian revolutionary and narodnik
• Evgeny Chirikov (1864–1932), Russian novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist and publicist
• Aleksandr Kotelnikov (1865–1944), Russian mathematician
• Pyotr Pertsov (1868–1947), Russian poet, publisher, editor, literary critic, journalist and memoirist
• Nikolay Bauman (1873–1905), Russian revolutionary of the Bolshevik party
• Feodor Chaliapin (1873–1938), Russian opera singer
• Ivan Grave (1874–1960), Russian and Soviet scientist in the field of artillery
• Sergey Namyotkin (1876–1950), Russian chemist
• Vladimir Adoratsky (1878–1945), Soviet communist historian and political theorist
• Sadri Maksudi Arsal (1879–1957), Tatar and Turkish statesman, scholar and thinker
• Sergey Malov (1880–1957), Russian Turkologist
• Nicolai A. Vasiliev (1880–1940), Russian logician, philosopher, psychologist, poet
• Nicolai Fechin (1881–1955), Russian-American painter
• Aleksandr Ivanovsky (1881–1968), Russian screenwriter and film director
• Valentin Dogiel (1882–1955), Russian and Soviet zoologist, specialized in parasitology and protozoology
• Fatix Ämirxan (1886–1926), Tatar classic writer, editor and publicist
• Boris Obukhov (1891-1937), naval officer, victim of Stalin's purges, Catholic convert from Orthodoxy
• Alexander Arkhangelsky (1892–1978), aircraft designer and doctor of technical sciences
• Vadim Shershenevich (1893–1942), Russian poet
• Gala Dalí (1894–1982), Russian wife of Salvador Dalí
• Evgeny Schwartz (1896–1958), Soviet writer and playwright

• Mikhail Lavrentyev (1900–1980), Soviet mathematician and hydrodynamicist
• Alexandre Alexeieff (1901–1982), Russian artist, filmmaker and illustrator
• Alexander Kazembek (1902–1977), Russian émigré and political activist
• Alexander Luria (1902–1977), Soviet neuropsychologist and developmental psychologist
• Alexander Dubyago (1903–1959), Soviet astronomer and expert in theoretical astrophysics
• Nikolay Zabolotsky (1903–1958), Russian poet, children's writer and translator
• Aleksey Zhivotov (1904–1964), Russian composer
• Galina Kravchenko (1905–1996), Russian actress
• Sara Sadíqova (1906–1986), Soviet Tatar actress, singer and composer
• Alexander Vishnevsky (1906–1975), Soviet surgeon
• Vladimir Kotelnikov (1908–2005), Soviet information theory and radar astronomy pioneer
• Georgi Vinogradov (1908–1980), Russian tenor
• Kārlis Šteins (1911–1983), Latvian and Soviet astronomer
• Veronika Tushnóva (1911–1965), Soviet poet and member of the Soviet Union of Writers
• Yitzchok Zilber (1917–2004), Russian-born Haredi Rabbi and a leader of the Russian baal teshuva movement
• Gregory Freiman (1926–2024), Russian mathematician
• German Zonin (1926–2021), Soviet Russian football coach and player
• Amina Adil (1930–2004), Tatar writer and Islamic theologian
• Sofia Gubaidulina (1931–2025), Russian composer
• Vasily Aksyonov (1932–2009), Soviet and Russian novelist
• Mikhail Roshchin (1933–2010), Russian playwright, screenwriter and short story writer
• Albert Schwarz (born 1934), Soviet mathematician and a theoretical physicist
• Igor Vulokh (1938–2012), Russian nonconformist artist of the 1960s
• Dmitry Fuchs (born 1939), mathematician, professor at the University of California, Davis
• Valery Popov (born 1939), Russian writer
• Vladimir E. Zakharov (1939–2023), Soviet and Russian mathematician and physicist
• Aida Vedishcheva (born 1941), Soviet and Russian singer of Jewish descent
• Natalia Gutman (born 1942), Russian cellist
• Dmytro Kiva (1942–2024), Ukrainian engineer and President–General designer at Antonov
• Albert Kapengut (born 1944), Soviet chess master
• Viktor Yerin (1944–2018), Russian army general
• Gennady Yevryuzhikhin (1944–1998), Russian footballer
• Vyacheslav Bulavin (born 1946), Russian football coach and a former player
• Leonid Filatov (1946–2003), Soviet and Russian actor, director, poet, pamphleteer
• Talgat Tadzhuddin (born 1948), Chief Mufti of Russia
• Kamil Iskhakov (born 1949), Russian regional development minister's assistant of Tatar origin

• Natalia Rom (born 1950), Soviet-born operatic soprano
• Lidiya Loginova (born 1951), Soviet volleyball player
• Valentin A. Bazhanov (born 1953), Russian professor, chairperson of Philosophy Department at Ulyanovsk State University
• Nailya Gilyazova (born 1953), Soviet fencer
• Youri Egorov (1954–1988), Soviet classical pianist
• Olga Knyazeva (1954–2015), Soviet fencer
• Valery Gerasimov (born 1955), Russian General and current Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia
• Rustem Adagamov (born 1961), influential Russian blogger
• Sergey Mavrin (born 1963), Russian musician and composer
• Alexandre Fadeev (born 1964), Russian competitive figure skater
• Marat Khusnullin (born 1966), Russian politician
• Aleksandr Tatarkin (born 1966), Russian professional footballer
• Ildar Ibragimov (born 1967), Russian-American chess Grandmaster
• Dmitry Balmin (born 1970), Russian ice hockey defender
• Denis Kapustin (born 1970), Russian triple jumper
• Alisa Galliamova (born 1972), Russian chess player
• Anna Gourari (born 1972), Russian classical concert pianist
• Rustem Khuzin (born 1972), Russian professional football coach and a former player
• Vasily Mosin (born 1972), Russian sport shooter
• Rustem Bulatov (1974–2008), Russian professional footballer
• Maria Manakova (born 1974), Russian and Serbian chess Grandmaster
• Ruslan Nigmatullin (born 1974), Russian footballer
• Roman Shaykhutdinov (born 1974), Russian politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan
• Marsel Tukhvatullin (born 1974), Russian football player
• Chulpan Khamatova (born 1975), Russian film, theater and TV actress of Volga Tatar origin
• Yevgeni Varlamov (born 1975), Russian football player

• Denis Arkhipov (born 1979), Russian professional ice hockey player
• Farhad Fatkullin (born 1979), social activist and 2018 Wikimedian of the Year^[1]
• Sofya Gulyak (born 1979), Russian classical pianist
• Alexandre Dinerchtein (born 1980), professional Go player from Russia
• Maxim Sharafutdinov (born 1980), Russian journalist, television presenter of Channel One
• Svetlana Shikshina (born 1980), Russian professional Go player
• Evgeny Konstantinov (born 1981), Russian professional ice hockey goaltender
• Tatiana Kovylina (born 1981), Russian model
• Ruslan Mukhametshin (born 1981), Russian professional football player
• Nikolay Nikiforov (born 1982), Russian politician
• Ruslan Zainullin (born 1982), Russian professional ice hockey center
• MakSim (born 1983), Russian singer, songwriter and a music producer
• Dmitri Obukhov (born 1983), Russian professional ice hockey winger
• Venera Gimadieva (born 1984), Russian operatic soprano
• Ayrat Kashaev (born 1984), Russian conductor
• Marat Khairullin (born 1984), Russian-born Kazakh football attacking midfielder/forward
• Anastasiya Kolesnikova (born 1984), Russian Olympic gymnast
• Yelena Migunova (born 1984), Russian sprint athlete
• Rustem Mukhametshin (born 1984), Russian professional football player
• Eugenia Volodina (born 1984), Russian model
• Lenar Gilmullin (1985–2007), Russian football full-back of Tatar origin
• Anastasia Luppova (born 1985), Russian billiards player, the two-time European champion in Russian pyramid
• Alexander Rybakov (born 1985), Russian professional ice hockey forward
• Artyom Timofeev (born 1985), Russian chess grandmaster
• Aida Garifullina (born 1987), Russian operatic soprano
• Alsu Murtazina (born 1987), Russian triple jumper
• Kamilla Gafurzianova (born 1988), Russian female fencer
• Yana Martynova (born 1988), Russian swimmer
• Dinar Khafizullin (born 1989), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
• Niyaz Nabeev (born 1989), Russian Nordic combined skier
• Nail Zamaliyev (born 1989), Russian professional football player
• Kirill Petrov (born 1990), Russian professional ice hockey player
• Daria Shkurikhina (born 1990), Russian group rhythmic gymnast and Olympic champion
• Alexander Burmistrov (born 1991), Russian professional ice hockey player
• Emil Garipov (born 1991), Russian professional ice hockey goaltender of Tatar descent
• Maksim Zhestokov (born 1991), Russian football defender
• Natalia Zhukova (born 1992), Russian cross-country skier
• Andrey Makarov (born 1993), Russian professional ice hockey goaltender
• Albert Yarullin (born 1993), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
• Evgenia Tarasova (born 1994), Russian pair skater
• Elmir Nabiullin (born 1995), Russian professional football player
• Veronika Kudermetova (born 1997), Russian tennis player

• Dayana Kirillova (born 2002), Russian singer
• Kamila Valieva (born 2006), figure skater

• Joseph Johann von Littrow (1781–1840), Austrian astronomer
• Nikolai Lobachevsky (1792–1856), Russian mathematician and geometer
• Ğabdulla Tuqay (1886–1913), Tatar poet
• Yevgeny Zavoisky (1907–1976), Soviet physicist
• Rashid Nezhmetdinov (1912–1974), Soviet chess player, International Master and 5-time winner of the Russian Chess Championship
• Viktor Kolotov (1949–2000), Soviet footballer
• Taliya Habrieva (born 1958), Russian legal writer; graduated in 1980 from the Law Faculty of Kazan State University
• Svetlana Demina (born 1961), Russian sport shooter
• Pavel Prygunov (born 1976), Russian professional footballer; made his professional debut in the Russian Second Division in 1994 for FC Rubin Kazan