List of people from Tambov
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This is a list of notable people who were born or have lived in Tambov, Tambov Oblast, Russia.
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(1884–1964)
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(1903–1987)
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(born 1943)
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(born 1983)
(born 1985)
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(born 1989)
Born in Tambov
18th century
1701–1800
- Alexander Bezobrazov (1783–1871), Russian statesman
- Nikolay Gamalei (1795–1859), Russian statesman, Vitebsk governor, served in the Ministry of Internal Affairs
19th century
1801–1900
- Boris Chicherin (1828–1904), Russian jurist and political philosopher
- Nikolai Fyodorov (1829–1903), Russian Orthodox Christian philosopher, who was part of the Russian cosmism movement and a precursor of transhumanism
- Ivan Minayev (1840–1890), the first Russian Indologist
- Constantin Fahlberg (1850–1910), Russian chemist
- Nikita Galakhov (1864–1912), inventor of the elliptical springs for the railroad carriages
- Vladimir Shchuko (1878–1939), Russian architect
- Sophia Satina (1879-1975), Russian botanist
- Nikolai Cholodny (1882–1953), Soviet influential microbiologist
- Vasily Agapkin (1884–1964), Russian and Soviet military orchestra conductor, composer, and author of the well-known march "Farewell of Slavianka" (written 1912)
- Maria Spiridonova (1884–1941), Russian socialist revolutionary
- Alexey Selezniev (1888–1967), Russian chess master and chess composer
- Vasili Vanin (1898–1951), Russian stage and film actor of the Soviet era
- Lev Kuleshov (1899–1970), Russian and Soviet filmmaker and film theorist
20th century
1901–1920
- Zoia Gaidai (1902–1965), Soviet Ukrainian opera soprano
- Andrey Kolmogorov (1903–1987), Russian mathematician
- Vera Faddeeva (1906–1983), Russian mathematician
- Valentin Avrorin (1907–1977), Member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR
- Ida Kar (1908–1974), photographer
- Ivan Dzerzhinsky (1909–1978), Russian composer
- Olga Ivinskaya (1912–1995), Russian poet and writer
- Valery Zhelobinsky (1913–1946), Russian composer and pianist
- Vladimir Svetilko (1915–1995), Russian lightweight weightlifter
- Victor Merzhanov (1919–2012), Russian pianist
- Pavel Bliznetsov (1913–1989), Russian Eastern Catholic priest and author
1921–1950
- Vladimir Teplyakov (1925–2009), Russian experimental physicist
- Victoria Barbă (1926–2020), Moldovan animated film director
- Vladimir Bolotin (1926–2008), Russian Mechanical engineer
- Vitaly Galkov (1939–1998), Soviet-born Russian sprint canoer
- Aleksandr Dokhlyakov (born 1942), Soviet cyclist
- Svetlana Babanina (born 1943), Soviet swimmer
- Yury Chernavsky (born 1947), Russian producer, composer and songwriter
- Oleg Betin (born 1950), Russian politician; governor of Tambov Oblast
1951–1980
- Victor Krylov (born 1952), Russian-born British academic
- Ludmila Engquist (Narozhilenko; born 1964), Soviet/Russian/Swedish athlete; champion sprinter
- Svetlana Nageykina (born 1965), Soviet/Russian cross-country skier
- Aleksandr Khalzov (born 1965), Russian professional footballer
- Sergey Kuznetsov (born 1966), Russian professional football coach and a former player
- Alexei Kovalev (born 1973), Russian football referee
- Aleksandr Malin (born 1973), Russian professional football coach and a former player
- Ruslan Sviridov (born 1973), Russian classical pianist, pedagogue
- Aleksandr Kudryashov (born 1974), Russian professional footballer
- Igor Neuchev (born 1974), Russian professional footballer
- Kyrylo Pospyeyev (born 1975), Ukrainian former professional cyclist
- Yekaterina Nesterenko (born 1976), Russian alpine skier
- Vladislav Frolov (born 1980), Russian sprint athlete
1981–2000
- Sergei Lebedkov (born 1981), Russian professional football player
- Anastasia Rodionova (born 1982), Russian-born Australian professional tennis player
- Aleksey Mikhalyov (born 1983), Russian professional football player
- Yuri Zhirkov (born 1983), Russian footballer
- Pavel Kushnir (1984-2024), Russian pianist, writer, and political activist
- Bella Igla (born 1985), Israeli female chess player
- Viktor Tolstykh (born 1985), Russian professional football player
- Arina Rodionova (born 1989), Russian-born Australian professional tennis player
Born in Tambov Governorate
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(1782–1868)
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(1783–1844)
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(1800–1844)
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(1812–1863)
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(1847–1923)
18th century
1701–1800
- Nikolai Arkharov (1742–1814), Russian statesman
- Afanasy Grigoriev (1782–1868), Russian Neoclassical architect, took part in the reconstruction of Moscow after the War 1812
- Paisi Kaysarov (1783–1844), Russian general who served during the Napoleonic Wars
- Yevgeny Baratynsky (1800–1844), Russian poet
19th century
1801–1850
- Natalia Goncharova (1812–1863), A. S. Pushkin's wife. She was born in the village Karian-Zagryazhskoye of the Tambov province.
- Andrei Karelin (1837–1906), Russian artist, photographer of the Academy of Arts
- Alexander Lodygin (1847–1923), one of the founders of the electrothermy, author of almost 400 inventions including a tungsten filament lamp. He was born in the village of Stenshino of the Tambov province.
- Flavian Flavitsky (1848–1917), Russian chemist
- Yevgeny Lanceray (1848–1886), well-known Russian sculptor
1851–1900
- Maksim Dmitriyev (1858–1948), Russian photographer
- Vladimir Arnoldi (1871–1924), Russian botanist
- Konstantin Igumnov (1873–1948), Russian pianist-virtuoso, professor of Moscow Conservatory
- Anastasius (Gribanovsky) (1873–1965), hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church and the second First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia
- Benjamin (Fedchenkov) (1880–1961), Bishop of the Russian Church, Orthodox missionary and writer
- Lev Ilyin (1880–1942), Russian architect, in 1925–1938 the main architect of Leningrad
- Aleksandr Gerasimov (1881–1963), Soviet painter
- Nikolay Annenkov (Kokin) (1899–1999), patriarch of the Moscow Maly Theatre
20th century
1901–1937
- Yevgeny Krinov (1906–1984), Soviet Russian astronomer and geologist
- Igor Levkoev (1909–1978), Russian chemist-photographer
- Alexei T. Sergeev (1919–1998), bass singer; one of the Alexandrov Ensemble soloists, People's Artist of the USSR
- Nikolay Basov (1922–2001), Soviet physicist and educator
- Vsevolod Bobrov (1922–1979), Soviet Russian athlete, who excelled in football, bandy and ice hockey
- Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya (1923–1941), Soviet partisan and Hero of the Soviet Union
- Sergei Filatov (1926–1997), Olympic equestrian champion
- Ivan Kalita (1927–1996), Soviet equestrian and Olympic champion
Born in Tambov Oblast
1938–2000
- Igor Uporov (born 1965), Russian advocate
- Alexandr Potapov (born 1985), most popular designer and producer
Lived in Tambov
- Matvei Bashkin (16th century), Russian boyar's son, the first martyr of the Russian Molokan faith
- Roman Boborykin (17th century), Russian statesman
- Feofil (Rayev) (1738–1811), Bishop of Tambov
- Gavrila Derzhavin (1743–1816), Russian poet
- Michael Lunin (1787–1845), Russian political philosopher, revolutionary, Mason, Decembrist
- Mikhail Lermontov (1814–1841), well-known Russian poet
- Theophan the Recluse (Georgy Govorov; 1815–1894), Bishop of Tambov; saint in the Russian Orthodox Church
- Aleksey Zhemchuzhnikov (1821–1908), Russian poet, dramatist, essayist and literary critic
- Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin (1855–1935), plant breeder
- Maxim Gorky (Alexei Peshkov) (1868–1936), Russian and Soviet writer and public figure, a founder of socialist realism literature
- Luka (Voyno-Yasenetsky) (1877–1961), Doctor of Medicine and surgeon
- David Burliuk (1882–1967), Russian poet and painter
- Alexander Antonov (1888–1922), leader of the Tambov peasant revolt (1920–1921)
- Konstantin Fedin (1892–1977), Russian writer
- Leonid Dyomin (1897–1973), Doctor of Geographical Sciences, professor
- Alexander Levshin (1899–1982), producer
- Fiodor Dubovitsky (1907–1999), Doctor of Chemical Sciences, professor
- Lev Dyomin (1926–1998), Russian cosmonaut
- Yury Artyukhin (1930–1998), Soviet Russian cosmonaut and engineer
- Nikolay Bochkov (1931–2011), Russian scientist
See also
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