18th century •
Yevgeny Bolkhovitinov (1767–1837), Orthodox Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia •
Mikhail Pavlov (1792–1840), Russian academic and professor at Moscow University
19th century 1801–1850 •
Aleksey Koltsov (1809–1842), Russian poet •
Ivan Nikitin (1824–1861), Russian poet •
Nikolai Ge (1831–1894), Russian realist painter famous for his works on historical and religious motifs •
Vasily Sleptsov (1836–1878), Russian writer and social reformer •
Nikolay Kashkin (1839–1920), Russian music critic
1851–1900 •
Valentin Zhukovsky (1858–1918), Russian orientalist •
Vasily Goncharov (1861–1915), Russian film director and screenwriter, one of the pioneers of the film industry in the Russian Empire •
Anastasiya Verbitskaya (1861–1928), Russian novelist, playwright, screenplay writer, publisher and feminist •
Mikhail Olminsky (1863–1933), Russian Communist •
Serge Voronoff (1866–1951), French surgeon of Russian origin •
Andrei Shingarev (1869–1918), Russian doctor, publicist and politician •
Ivan Bunin (1870–1953), the first Russian writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature •
Alexander Ostuzhev (1874–1953), Russian and Soviet drama actor •
Valerian Albanov (1881–1919), Russian navigator and polar explorer •
Jan Hambourg (1882–1947), Russian violinist, a member of a famous musical family •
Volin (1882–1945), anarchist •
Boris Hambourg (1885–1954), Russian cellist who made his career in the USA, Canada, England and Europe •
Boris Eikhenbaum (1886–1959), Russian and Soviet literary scholar, and historian of Russian literature •
Anatoly Durov (1887–1928), Russian animal trainer •
Samuil Marshak (1887–1964), Russian and Soviet writer, translator and children's poet •
Eduard Shpolsky (1892–1975), Russian and Soviet physicist and educator •
George of Syracuse (1893–1981), Eastern Orthodox archbishop of the
Ecumenical Patriarchate •
Yevgeny Gabrilovich (1899–1993), Soviet screenwriter •
Semyon Krivoshein (1899–1978), Soviet tank commander; Lieutenant General •
Andrei Platonov (1899–1951), Soviet Russian writer, playwright and poet •
Ivan Pravov (1899–1971), Russian and Soviet film director and screenwriter •
William Dameshek (1900–1969), American hematologist
20th century 1901–1930 •
Ivan Nikolaev (1901–1979), Soviet architect and educator •
Galina Shubina (1902–1980), Russian poster and graphics artist •
Pavel Cherenkov (1904–1990), Soviet physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in physics in 1958 with Ilya Frank and Igor Tamm for the discovery of
Cherenkov radiation, made in 1934 •
Yakov Kreizer (1905–1969), Soviet field commander,
General of the army and
Hero of the Soviet Union •
Iosif Rudakovsky (1914–1947), Soviet chess master •
Pawel Kassatkin (1915–1987), Russian writer •
Alexander Shelepin (1918–1994), Soviet state security officer and party statesman •
Grigory Baklanov (1923–2009), Russian writer •
Gleb Strizhenov (1923–1985), Soviet actor •
Vladimir Zagorovsky (1925–1994), Russian chess grandmaster of correspondence chess and the fourth ICCF World Champion between 1962 and 1965 •
Konstantin Feoktistov (1926–2009), cosmonaut and engineer •
Vitaly Vorotnikov (1926–2012), Soviet statesman •
Arkady Davidowitz (1930–2021), writer and aphorist
1931–1950 •
Grigory Sanakoev (1935–2021), Russian International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster, most famous for being the twelfth ICCF World Champion (1984–1991) •
Yuri Zhuravlyov (1935–2022), Russian mathematician •
Mykola Koltsov (1936–2011), Soviet footballer and Ukrainian football children and youth trainer •
Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov (1936–2019), Russian composer •
Iya Savvina (1936–2011), Soviet film actress •
Tamara Zamotaylova (1939), Soviet gymnast, who won four Olympic medals at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics •
Yury Smolyakov (1941), Soviet Olympic fencer •
Yevgeny Lapinsky (1942–1999), Soviet Olympic volleyball player •
Galina Bukharina (1945), Soviet athlete •
Vladimir Patkin (1945), Soviet Olympic volleyball player •
Vladimir Proskurin (1945), Soviet Russian football player and coach •
Aleksandr Maleyev (1947), Soviet artistic gymnast •
Valeri Nenenko (1950), Russian professional football coach and player
1951–1970 •
Vladimir Rokhlin Jr. (1952), Russian-American mathematician and professor of computer science and mathematics at the Yale University •
Lyubov Burda (1953), Russian artistic gymnast •
Mikhail Khryukin (1955), Russian swimmer •
Aleksandr Tkachyov (1957), Russian gymnast and two times Olympic Champion •
Nikolai Vasilyev (1957), Russian professional football coach and player •
Aleksandr Babanov (1958), Russian professional football coach and player •
Sergey Koliukh (1960), Russian political figure; 4th Mayor of Voronezh •
Yelena Davydova (1961), Soviet gymnast •
Aleksandr Borodyuk (1962), Russian football manager and former international player for USSR and Russia •
Aleksandr Chayev (1962), Russian swimmer •
Elena Fanailova (1962), Russian poet •
Alexander Litvinenko (1962–2006), officer of the Russian FSB and political dissident •
Yuri Shishkin (1963), Russian professional football coach and player •
Yuri Klinskikh (1964–2000), Russian musician, singer, songwriter, arranger, founder rock band Sektor Gaza •
Yelena Ruzina (1964), athlete •
Igor Bragin (1965), footballer •
Gennadi Remezov (1965), Russian professional footballer •
Valeri Shmarov (1965), Russian football player and coach •
Konstantin Chernyshov (1967), Russian chess grandmaster •
Igor Pyvin (1967), Russian professional football coach and player •
Vladimir Bobrezhov (1968), Soviet sprint canoer
1971–1980 •
Oleg Gorobiy (1971), Russian sprint canoer •
Anatoli Kanishchev (1971), Russian professional association footballer •
Ruslan Mashchenko (1971), Russian hurdler •
Aleksandr Ovsyannikov (1974), Russian professional footballer •
Dmitri Sautin (1974), Russian diver who has won more medals than any other Olympic diver •
Sergey Verlin (1974), Russian sprint canoer •
Maxim Narozhnyy (1975–2011), Paralympian athlete •
Aleksandr Cherkes (1976), Russian football coach and player •
Andrei Durov (1977), Russian professional footballer •
Nikolai Kryukov (1978), Russian artistic gymnast •
Kirill Gerstein (1979), Jewish American and Russian pianist •
Evgeny Ignatov (1979), Russian sprint canoeist •
Aleksey Nikolaev (1979), Russian-Uzbekistan footballer •
Aleksandr Palchikov (1979), former Russian professional football player •
Konstantin Skrylnikov (1979), Russian professional footballer •
Aleksandr Varlamov (1979), Russian diver •
Angelina Yushkova (1979), Russian gymnast •
Maksim Potapov (1980), professional ice hockey player
1981–1990 •
Alexander Krysanov (1981), Russian professional ice hockey forward •
Yulia Nachalova (1981–2019), Soviet and Russian singer, actress and television presenter •
Andrei Ryabykh (1982), Russian football player •
Maxim Shchyogolev (1982), Russian theatre and film actor •
Eduard Vorganov (1982), Russian professional road bicycle racer •
Anton Buslov (1983–2014), Russian astrophysicist, blogger, columnist at The New Times magazine and expert on transportation systems •
Dmitri Grachyov (1983), Russian footballer •
Aleksandr Kokorev (1984), Russian professional football player •
Dmitry Kozonchuk (1984), Russian professional road bicycle racer for
Team Katusha •
Alexander Khatuntsev (1985), Russian professional road bicycle racer •
Egor Vyaltsev (1985), Russian professional basketball player •
Samvel Aslanyan (1986), Russian handball player •
Maksim Chistyakov (1986), Russian football player •
Yevgeniy Dorokhin (1986), Russian sprint canoer •
Daniil Gridnev (1986), Russian professional footballer •
Vladimir Moskalyov (1986), Russian football referee •
Elena Danilova (1987), Russian football forward •
Sektor Gaza (1987–2000), punk band •
Regina Moroz (1987), Russian female volleyball player •
Roman Shishkin (1987), Russian footballer •
Viktor Stroyev (1987), Russian footballer •
Elena Terekhova (1987), Russian international footballer •
Natalia Goncharova (1988), Russian diver •
Yelena Yudina (1988), Russian skeleton racer •
Dmitry Abakumov (1989), Russian professional association football player •
Igor Boev (1989), Russian professional racing cyclist •
Ivan Dobronravov (1989), Russian actor •
Anna Bogomazova (1990), Russian kickboxer, martial artist, professional wrestler and valet •
Yuriy Kunakov (1990), Russian diver •
Vitaly Melnikov (1990), Russian backstroke swimmer •
Kristina Pravdina (1990), Russian female artistic gymnast •
Vladislav Ryzhkov (1990), Russian footballer
1991–2000 •
Danila Poperechny (1994), Russian stand-up comedian, actor, youtuber, podcaster •
Darya Stukalova (1994), Russian Paralympic swimmer •
Viktoria Komova (1995), Russian Olympic gymnast •
Vitali Lystsov (1995), Russian professional footballer •
Marina Nekrasova (1995), Russian-born Azerbaijani artistic gymnast •
Vladislav Parshikov (1996), Russian football player •
Dmitri Skopintsev (1997), Russian footballer • Alexander Eickholtz (1998) American con-artist •
Angelina Melnikova (2000), Russian Olympic gymnast == Lived in Voronezh ==