List of people from Kazan
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This is a list of notable people who were born or have lived in Kazan, Russia.
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(1743–1816)
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(1777–1829)
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(1852–1942)
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(1873–1938)
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(1893–1942)
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(born 1955)
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(born 1975)
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(born 1983)
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(born 1983)
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(born 1987)
(born 1991)
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(born 1997)
Born in Kazan
1700–1799
- Gavrila Derzhavin (1743–1816), Russian poet
- Gavriil Kamenev (1772–1803), Russian poet, writer and translator
- Peter Zheltukhin (1777–1829), Russian general
1800–1899
- Karl L. 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 Shvarts (1896–1958), Soviet writer and playwright
1900–1949
- 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 Tushnova (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 (born 1926), Russian mathematician
- German Zonin (born 1926), Soviet Russian football coach and player
- Amina Adil (1930–2004), Tatar writer and Islamic theologian
- Sofia Gubaidulina (born 1931), 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
- Dmitry Fuchs (born 1939), mathematician, professor at the University of California, Davis
- Valery Popov (born 1938), Russian writer
- Igor Vulokh (1938–2012), Russian nonconformist artist of the 1960s
- Vladimir E. Zakharov (born 1939), 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 (born 1942), Ukrainian engineer and President–General designer at Antonov
- Albert Kapengut (born 1944), Soviet chess master
- Viktor Yerin (born 1944), 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
1950–1975
- 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
1976–1999
- Denis Arkhipov (born 1979), Russian professional ice hockey player
- 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
2000–2050
- Dayana Kirillova (born 2002), Russian singer
- Kamila Valieva (born 2006), figure skater
Lived in Kazan
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(1792–1856)
- 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
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