1301–1800 •
Macarius of Unzha (1349–1444),
Russian Orthodox saint •
Dmitry Pozharsky (1577–1642),
Rurikid prince, led Russian forces against
Polish invaders in 1611–1612 towards the end of the
Time of Troubles •
Kuzma Minin (end of 16th century–1616), Russian National Hero of 1612 •
Ivan Kulibin (1735–1818), mechanic and inventor •
Sergei Trubetskoy (1790–1860), one of the organizers of the
Decembrist movement •
Nikolai Lobachevsky (1792–1856), mathematician and geometer
1801–1850 •
Nikolai Martynov (1815–1875), army officer who fatally shot the poet
Mikhail Lermontov in a duel on 27 July 1841 •
Pavel Melnikov (1818–1883), writer, ethnographer •
Vasily Vasilyev (1818–1900), sinologist of the Victorian era •
Nikolay Dobrolyubov (1836–1861), literary critic, journalist, poet and revolutionary democrat •
Pyotr Boborykin (1836–1921), writer, playwright, and journalist •
Mily Balakirev (1837–1910), composer, head of
The Five •
Nikolai Dmitriev-Orenburgsky (1838–1898), painter •
German Lopatin (1845–1918), revolutionary, journalist and writer •
Raphael von Koeber (1848–1923), German-Russian teacher of philosophy at the Tokyo Imperial University in Japan
1851–1900 •
Mikhail Matyushin (1861–1934), painter and composer •
Constantin Kousnetzoff (1863–1936), painter •
Vladimir Steklov (1864–1926), mathematician, mechanician and physicist •
Anna Ulyanova (1864–1935), revolutionary and Soviet stateswoman •
Zdzisław Lubomirski (1865–1943), Polish aristocrat, landowner, lawyer, conservative politician and social activist •
Dmitriy Sirotkin (1865–1946), twice city head, millionaire •
Aleksandr Ulyanov (1866–1887), revolutionary and older brother of
Vladimir Lenin •
Maxim Gorky (Alexei Maximovich Peshkov, 1868–1936), writer and political activist •
Ivan Bubnov (1872–1919), marine engineer and designer of submarines for the
Imperial Russian Navy •
Dmitry Nadyozhny (1873–1945), commander in the Russian Imperial Army who later joined the Red Army •
Alexander Samoylovich (1880–1938), Orientalist-Turkologist •
Leonid Vesnin (1880–1933), leading light of Constructivist architecture •
Sergei Chetverikov (1880–1959), biologist and geneticist •
Mikhail Tetyaev (1882–1956), tectonic geologist •
Alexander Krein (1883–1951), composer •
Zinovy Peshkov (1884–1966), Russian-born French general and diplomat •
Yakov Sverdlov (1885–1919),
Bolshevik party leader and chairman of the
All-Russian Central Executive Committee •
Pyotr Nesterov (1887–1914), military pilot, aircraft technical designer and aerobatics pioneer •
Issay Dobrowen (1891–1953), Russian-Norwegian pianist, composer and conductor •
Nikolay Kolosovsky (1891–1954), economic geographer, economist •
Léon Zack (1892–1980), painter and sculptor •
Nikolai Bulganin (1895–1975), soviet political, Prime Minister (1955–1958), Marshal of the Soviet Union •
Catherine Doherty (1896–1985),
Russian Canadian Roman Catholic social worker •
Anatoly Marienhof (1897–1962), poet, novelist and playwright •
Aleksandr Formozov (1899–1973), biologist and environmentalist
1901–1930 •
Sergey Lebedev (1902–1974), scientist in the fields of electrical engineering and computer science, and designer of the first Soviet computers •
Vladimir Varankin (1902–1938), writer of literature in Esperanto, instructor of western European history •
Andrei Fayt (1903–1976), film actor •
Alexander Golovanov (1904–1975), pilot, Marshal of Aviation •
Nikolay Bogolyubov (1909–1992), theoretical physicist, mathematician •
Boris Mokrousov (1909–1968), composer •
David Ashkenazi (1915–1997), pianist, accompanist and composer •
Nikolai Khokhlov (1922–2007), KGB officer who defected to the United States in 1953 •
Yevgeny Yevstigneyev (1926–1992), soviet actor •
Margarita Nazarova (1926–2005), actress, circus performer •
Yevgeniy Chazov (1929–2021), physician
1931–1950 •
Igor Maslennikov (1931–2022), film director •
Valentin Morkovkin (1933–1999), rower •
Konstantin Kharchev (1934), politician, diplomat and ambassador •
Leonid Volkov (1934–1995), ice hockey player •
Igor Zhukov (1936–2018), pianist, conductor and sound engineer •
Vladimir Ashkenazy (1937), Russian-born pianist and conductor of Icelandic and Swiss citizenship •
Yuri Golov (1937–2014), Russian footballer •
German Sveshnikov (1937–2003), Soviet fencer •
Viktor Konovalenko (1938–1996), ice hockey goaltender •
Sergei Novikov (1938–2024), mathematician •
Mikhail Rabinovich (1941–2025), physicist •
Pavel Lednyov (1943–2010), modern pentathlete and Olympic champion •
Valeri Zykov (1944), football player •
Vladimir Denisov (1947), fencer •
Gariy Napalkov (1948), ski jumper •
Tatyana Averina (1950–2001), speed skater
1951–1970 •
Sergey Mitin (1951), Governor of
Novgorod Oblast since 2007 •
Vladimir Kovin (1954), ice hockey player •
Alexander Skvortsov (1954–2020), ice hockey player •
Galina Kakovkina (1957), painter •
Serhii Plokhii (1957), professor of Ukrainian history at Harvard University •
Mikhail Varnakov (1957), ice hockey player •
Gennadi Maslyayev (1958), professional football coach and player •
Sergey Ryabtsev (1958), plays violin and provides backing vocals for the Gypsy punk band
Gogol Bordello •
Tatyana Shvyganova (1960), field hockey player and Olympic medalist •
Evgeny Sheyko (1962–2020), conductor •
Yevgeny Erastov (1963), writer •
Valery Rozov (1964),
BASE jumper •
Ilya Segalovich (1964–2013), co-founder of Russian search engine
Yandex •
Andrey Sigle (1964), film producer, film music composer and musician •
Maya Usova (1964), ice dancer •
Natalia Pankova (1965), artist, art manager •
Dimitri Konyshev (1966), former road bicycle racer •
Anatoly Moskvin (1966), former linguist, philologist, historian, and serial
body snatcher •
Alexander Baburin (1967), Russian-Irish Grandmaster of chess •
Igor Egorov (1968), football referee and former player •
Dmitri Cheryshev (1969), footballer •
Alexei Ivanov (1969), writer •
Vladimir Kurayev (1969), professional footballer •
Sergei Sorokin (1969), ice hockey player •
Valeri Popovitch (1970), football striker •
Alyaksandr Taykow (1970), footballer
1971–1980 •
Vladislav Leontyev (1971), crime figure •
Dmitry Mazunov (1971), table tennis player •
Vladimir Kireyev (1972), football player •
Natalya Sadova (1972), discus thrower •
Aleksei Gerasimov (1973), professional footballer •
Andrej Krementschouk (1973), photographer •
Albert Oskolkov (1973), professional footballer •
Alexander Guskov (1976), professional ice hockey defenceman •
Sergei Nakariakov (1977), virtuoso trumpeter •
Svetlana Ganina (1978), table tennis player •
Evgeny Aleshin (1979), swimmer •
Pyotr Bystrov (1979), association footballer •
Artem Chubarov (1979), professional ice hockey player •
Natalya Bochkareva (1980), stage and film actress, television presenter •
Irina Kotikhina (1980), professional table tennis player
1981–1990 •
Nikolay Kruglov Jr. (1981), biathlete •
Igor Yamushev (1981), former Russian professional football player •
Dmitry Aydov (1982), professional association football player •
Vladimir Gusev (1982), professional road racing cyclist •
Yekaterina Kondratyeva (1982), sprinter •
Natalia Vodianova (1982), supermodel, philanthropist and occasional film actress •
Ilya Korotkov (1983), javelin thrower •
Sergey Shiryayev (1983), cross country skier •
Ivan Usenko (1983), Belarusian ice hockey defenceman •
Mikhail Tyulyapkin (1984), professional ice hockey defenceman •
Ekaterina Vilkova (1984), actress of film, theater and television •
Dmitri Kosmachev (1985), professional ice hockey player •
Mikhail Varnakov (1985), professional ice hockey player •
Maria Borodakova (1986), volleyball player •
Denis Kornilov (1986), ski jumper •
Denis Kozhukhin (1986), pianist, winner of the Vendome Prize in Lisbon in 2009 •
Svetlana Mironova (1986), orienteering competitor •
Vera Ulyakina (1986), volleyball player •
Anne Vyalitsyna (1986), supermodel •
Artem Lobov (1986), UFC Fighter •
Igor Levit (1987), Russian-German pianist •
Ilya Maksimov (1987), football midfielder •
Ruslan Zakharov (1987), short-track speed-skater •
Nikolai Zhilyayev (1987), footballer •
Vladimir Galuzin (1988), professional ice hockey player •
Valeri Zhukov (1988), professional ice hockey player •
Denis Cheryshev (1990), footballer,
Valencia CF forward •
Pavel Karelin (1990–2011), ski jumper •
Dmitri Radchuk (1990), ice hockey player
1991–2000 •
Dmitriy Kokarev (1991), swimmer •
Alexander Sharychenkov (1991), professional ice hockey goaltender •
Daniil Trifonov (1991), concert pianist and composer •
Dmitri Karasyov (1992), professional football player •
Ekaterina Pushkash (1992), ice dancer •
Mikhail Maksimochkin (1993), ski jumper •
Rustam Yatimov (1998), professional football player •
Danila Chechyotkin (2000), football player
21st century •
Anton Yefremov (2003), football player •
Daniil Shedko (2003), activist •
Dariia Sergaeva (2004), rhythmic gymnast •
Mark Eydelshteyn (2002), actor == Lived in Nizhny Novgorod ==