List of people from Penza

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

Born in Penza

19th century

1801–1900

• Aleksey Khovansky (1814–1899), publisher of the first Russian scientific linguistic journal Filologicheskie Zapiski
• Nikolay Ilminsky (1822–1891), Russian turkologist
• Pavel Maksutov (1825–1882), Imperial Russian Navy rear-admiral, prince, hero of Crimean War
• Ilya Salov (1834–1902), Russian writer, playwright and translator
• Peter Hermann Stillmark, scientist, founder of lectinology
• Vsevolod Meyerhold (1874–1940), Russian and Soviet theatre director, actor and theatrical producer
• Nikolai Avksentiev (1878–1943), leading member of the Russian Socialist-Revolutionary Party
• Peter Arshinov (1886–1939), acclaimed Russian Anarcho-Communist
• Ivan Mosjoukine (1889–1963), Russian silent film actor
• Vsevolod Pudovkin (1893–1953), Russian and Soviet film director, screenwriter and actor
• Aleksandr Medvedkin (1900–1989), Soviet Russian film director
• Vladimir Stavsky (1900–1943), Soviet Russian writer, editor and literary administrator

20th century

1901–1950

• Konstantin Badygin (1910–1984), Soviet naval officer, explorer, author and scientist
• Anna Andreyeva (1915–1997), Soviet track and field athlete
• Pyotr Dolgov (1920–1962), colonel in the Soviet Air Force, Hero of the Soviet Union
• Victor Karpov (1928–1997), Russian diplomat
• Vladimir Grebennikov (1932–1992), Soviet ice hockey player
• Yuri Moiseev (1940–2005), Soviet ice hockey player
• Tatiana Dorofeeva (1948–2012), Russian linguist, orientalist and translator

1951–1970

• Aleksandr Golikov (born 1952), Russian former ice hockey player
• Boris Sokolovsky (born 1953), Russian basketball coach and former player
• Vladimir Golikov (born 1954), Soviet ice hockey player
• Alexander Melentyev (1954–2015), Soviet competitive sport shooter who won the gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics
• Vasili Pervukhin (born 1956), Russian ice hockey player
• Alexander Kozhevnikov (born 1958), Soviet ice hockey player
• Aleksandr Geramisov (born 1959), Soviet ice hockey player
• Irina Kalinina (born 1959), Soviet diver and olympic champion
• Marat Kulakhmetov (born 1959), Major General of the Russian Army
• Sergei Svetlov (born 1961), Soviet ice hockey player
• Sergei Yashin (born 1962), Soviet ice hockey player
• Aleksey Vdovin (born 1963), Russian water polo player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics
• Aleksandr Samokutyayev (born 1970), Russian cosmonaut

1971–1980

• Yan Kaminsky (born 1971), Soviet ice hockey player
• Vladislav Bulin (born 1972), Russian ice hockey defenceman
• Yuliya Pakhalina (born 1977), Russian diver; won the gold medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics
• Yuri Babenko (born 1978), Russian professional ice hockey player
• Vitaly Atyushov (born 1979), Russian ice hockey defenceman
• Yuri Dobryshkin (born 1979), Russian ice hockey player
• Alexei Kosourov (born 1979), Russian professional ice hockey player
• Igor Lukashin (born 1979), Russian diver; won the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics
• Timur Rodriguez (born 1979), Russian showman, singer, TV and radio personality
• Pavel Volya (born 1979), Russian TV host, actor and singer
• Dimitri Altaryov (born 1980), Russian professional ice hockey winger
• Yevgeniya Bochkaryova (born 1980), Russian gymnast
• Natalya Sutyagina (born 1980), Russian butterfly swimmer

1981–1990

• Andrei Kuzmin (born 1981), Russian ice hockey player
• Sergei Kuchmasov (born 1981), Belarusian springboard diver
• Viktor Burayev (born 1982), Russian race walker
• Dmitry Kokarev (born 1982), Russian chess player
• Alexei Medvedev (born 1982), Russian professional ice hockey forward
• Stanislav Zhmakin (born 1982), Russian ice hockey winger
• Yelena Dembo (born 1983), Greek chess player
• Sergei Ageyev (born 1984), Russian ice hockey goaltender
• Natalia Lavrova (1984–2010), Russian dual Olympic gold medalist
• Yevgeni Popov (born 1984), Russian cyclist
• Nadezhda Bazhina (born 1987), Russian diver
• Vladimir Galchenko (born 1987), Russian juggler
• Yekaterina Lisina (born 1987), Russian basketball player
• Oleg Vikulov (born 1987), Russian platform diver
• Roman Lyuduchin (born 1988), Russian professional ice hockey forward
• Sergei Andronov (born 1989), Russian professional ice hockey player
• Pavel Medvedev (born 1989), Russian professional ice hockey player
• Olga Galchenko (born 1990), Russian juggler

1991–2000

• Denis Ablyazin (born 1992), Russian artistic gymnast
• Egor Kreed (born 1994), Russian rapper and singer-songwriter
• Anton Slepyshev (born 1994), Russian professional ice hockey player
• Aleksandr Kalyashin (born 1995), Russian football defender
• Ziyat Paigin (born 1995), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
• Maria Astashkina (born 1999), Russian swimmer
• Klim Kostin (born 1999),, ice hockey player

Lived in Penza

• Alexandr Aksakov (1832–1903), Russian writer, translator, journalist, editor, state official and psychic researcher
• Nikolai Ishutin (1840–1879), Russian utopian socialist; was raised in Penza
• Aristarkh Lentulov (1882–1943), Russian avant-garde artist of Cubist orientation; studied art in the Penza art school
• Alexandr and Mariya Dmitriev, the couple who owns a pet cougar named Messi

See also

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