This is a list of notable people who were born or have lived in Chelyabinsk, Russia.
Born in Chelyabinsk
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- Esphyr Slobodkina (1908–2002), popular artist, author and illustrator
- Sidney Gordin (1918–1996), Russian-born American artist and educator
- Makhmut Gareev (1923–2019), Russian General of the Army, historian and military scientist
- Evgeni Rogov (1929–1996), Russian and Soviet football player and football manager
- Yuri Klepikov (born 1935), Russian screenwriter and actor
- Tatyana Sidorova (born 1936), Russian speed skater
- Nelli Abramova (born 1940), Soviet competitive volleyball player and Olympic silver medalist in 1964
- Aleksey Kuznetsov (born 1941), Russian guitarist, composer and guitar pedagogue
- Eduard Sibiryakov (1941–2014), Soviet volleyball player
- Svyatoslav Belza (1942–2014), Soviet Russian literary and musical scholar, critic and essayist
- Gennady Tsygurov (1942–2016), Russian professional ice hockey coach and former player
- Vera Popkova (1943–2011), Soviet track and field athlete
- Pyotr Shubin (born 1944), Russian professional football coach and former player
- Yuri Aizenshpis (1945–2005), Russian music manager and producer
- Boris Kopeikin (born 1945), Soviet football player and Russian coach
- Anna Sablina (born 1945), Russian speed skater
- Galina Starovoytova (1946–1998), Soviet dissident, Russian politician and ethnographer
- Anatoli Kartayev (born 1947), Russian and Soviet professional ice hockey player and coach
- Sergei Mikhalev (1947–2015), Russian ice hockey coach
- Nikolay Makarov (born 1948), Russian ice hockey player
- Yevgeny Kotlov (1949–2016), Soviet hockey player
- Evgeny Sveshnikov (born 1950), Russian, former Soviet and Latvian Grandmaster of chess and a chess writer
- Aleksandr Voronin (1951–1992), Russian weightlifter and Olympic champion
- Alexander Panchenko (1953–2009), Russian chess Grandmaster
- Pavel Zhagun (born 1954), Russian poet, musician, record producer, artist and curator
- Sergei Babinov (born 1955), Soviet ice hockey player
- Oleg Mityaev (born 1956), Russian bard, musician and actor
- Viktor Khristenko (born 1957), Russian politician
- Vladimir Markelov (born 1957), Russian former gymnast
- Fail Mirgalimov (born 1957), Russian football manager and former player
- Nelli Rokita (born 1957), Polish politician
- Sergei Makarov (born 1958), Russian former ice hockey right wing and two-time Olympic gold medalist
- Sergei Mylnikov (born 1958), Soviet ice hockey player
- Svetlana Nikishina (born 1958), Soviet volleyball player
- Alexander Pochinok (1958–2014), Russian economist and politician
- Sergei Starikov (born 1958), Russian ice hockey coach and player
- Vyacheslav Bykov (born 1960), Soviet and Russian ice hockey player and a former head coach of the Russian national hockey team
- Alexander Seraphim (born 1960), Russian fashion designer and knitwear innovator
- Irina Kostyuchenkova (born 1961), Soviet and Ukrainian female javelin thrower
- Yelena Skrynnik (born 1961), the first female minister of agriculture of the Russian Federation between 2009 and 2012
- Oleg Gusev (born 1964), Russian entrepreneur and politician
- Andrei Zuev (born 1964), Russian ice hockey goaltender
- Marat Romanov (born 1966), Russian wheelchair curler
- Evgeny Davydov (born 1967), Russian professional ice hockey player
- Yelena Sayko (born 1967), Russian race walker
- Leonid Novitskiy (born 1968), Russian cross-country rally driver
- Vadim Brovtsev (born 1969), Russian businessman who was Prime Minister of the Republic of South Ossetia from 2009 to 2012
- Svetlana Goundarenko (born 1969), Russian mixed martial artist and judoka
- Mikhail Yurevich (born 1969), Russian politician; former governor of Chelyabinsk Oblast (2010–2014)
- Ariel (formed 1970), Soviet "VIA" (pop/rock) band
- Sergey Gomolyako (born 1970), Russian ice hockey player
- Yuriy Konovalov (born 1970), Russian professional footballer
- Rishat Shafikov (born 1970), Russian race walker
- Yelena Yelesina (born 1970), Russian female high jumper; won the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics with 2,01 m
- Valeri Karpov (1971–2014), Soviet ice hockey player
- Andrei Sapozhnikov (born 1971), Soviet ice hockey player
- Denis Tsygurov (1971–2015), Russian professional ice hockey player
- Igor Varitsky (born 1971), Soviet ice hockey player
- Svetlana Bazhanova (born 1972), Russian speed skater
- Viktor Bulatov (born 1972), Russian football coach and a former international football player
- Artem Kopot (1972–1992), Russian professional ice hockey defenseman
- Natalya Polozkova (born 1972), Russian speed skater
- Eugene Roshal (born 1972), Russian software engineer
- Maksim Surayev (born 1972), Russian cosmonaut
- Lera Auerbach (born 1973), Soviet-Russian-born American classical composer and pianist
- Natalya Sokolova (born 1973), Russian biathlete
- Maxim Bets (born 1974), Russian professional ice hockey player
- Sergei Gonchar (born 1974), Russian professional ice hockey player
- Andrei Konovalov (born 1974), Russian professional football coach and a former player
- Maria Koroleva (born 1974), Russian water polo player
- Konstantin Lyzhin (born 1974), Russian football player
- Andrei Mezin (born 1974), Belarusian goaltender
- Andrei Nazarov (born 1974), Russian professional ice hockey player
- Kostyantyn Rurak (born 1974), Ukrainian sprinter
- Dmitry Yesipchuk (born 1974), Russian race walker
- Alexandre Boikov (born 1975), Russian ice hockey defenceman
- Evgeni Galkin (born 1975), Russian professional ice hockey winger
- Vitali Yachmenev (born 1975), Russian professional ice hockey left wing
- Denis Peremenin (born 1976), Russian football player
- Dmitri Tertyshny (1976–1999), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
- Konstantin Sidulov (born 1977), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
- Alexei Tertyshny (born 1977), Russian professional ice hockey winger
- Svetlana Kaykan (born 1978), Russian speed skater
- Mikhail Koklyaev (born 1978), Russian National weightlifting champion, strongman competitor and powerlifter
- Rustam Akhmyarov (born 1979), Russian who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps
- Anastasiya Kodirova (born 1979), Russian volleyball player
- Staņislavs Olijars (born 1979), Latvian athlete
- Yuliya Petrova (born 1979), Russian water polo player
- Nikolay Averyanov (born 1980), Russian decathlete
- Yekaterina Gamova (born 1980), Russian volleyball player
- Dmitri Kalinin (born 1980), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
- Sofia Konukh (born 1980), Russian water polo player
- Konstantin Panov (born 1980), Russian professional ice hockey Right Wing
- Tatyana Sibileva (born 1980), Russian female race walker
- Anna Trebunskaya (born 1980), Russian born American professional ballroom and Latin dancer
- Alexei Zavarukhin (born 1980), Russian professional ice hockey center
- Ivan Savin (born 1981), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
- Danis Zaripov (born 1981), Russian professional ice hockey left winger
- Ivan Danshin (born 1982), Russian professional footballer
- Denis Kulakov (born 1982), Russian sport shooter
- Irina Kulikova (born 1982), Russian classical guitarist
- Evgeny Medvedev (born 1982), Russian professional ice hockey defenseman
- Olga Permyakova (born 1982), Russian ice hockey defender
- Yevgeni Yaroslavtsev (born 1982), Russian professional footballer
- Yegor Yevdokimov (born 1982), Russian handball player
- Stanislav Chistov (born 1983), Russian professional ice hockey player
- Georgy Gelashvili (born 1983), Russian professional ice hockey goaltender
- Aleksei Gorelkin (born 1983), Russian professional footballer
- Alexei Kaigorodov (born 1983), Russian professional ice hockey forward
- Kirill Koltsov (born 1983), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
- Arseniy Lavrentyev (born 1983), Russian-born Portuguese professional swimmer
- Anton Vasilev (born 1983), Russian sprint canoer
- Tatyana Yerokhina (born 1984), Russian handball goalkeeper
- Marina Akulova (born 1985), Russian female volleyball player
- Igor Bogolyubskiy (born 1985), Russian speed skater
- Yuri Koksharov (born 1985), Russian professional ice hockey centre
- Igor Kurnosov (1985–2013), Russian chess grandmaster
- Iuliia Morozova (born 1985), Russian volleyball player
- Mariya Savinova (born 1985), Russian athlete
- Grigory Shafigulin (born 1985), Russian professional ice hockey player
- Alexander Budkin (born 1986), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
- Vladislav Fokin (born 1986), Russian professional ice hockey Goaltender
- Sergei Ignatyev (born 1986), Russian professional football player
- Evgeny Katichev (born 1986), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
- Dmitry Starodubtsev (born 1986), Russian pole vaulter
- Ivan Ukhov (born 1986), Russian high jumper
- Vadim Berdnikov (born 1987), Russian professional ice hockey player
- Vladimir Ivanov, Russian badminton player
- Alexander Kalyanin (1987–2011), Russian professional ice hockey winger
- Yekaterina Malysheva (born 1987), Russian speed skater
- Ilya Zubov (born 1987), Russian professional ice hockey player
- Ivan Dorn (born 1988), Russian-born Ukrainian singer and TV presenter
- Anton Glinkin (born 1988), Russian professional ice hockey forward
- Mikhail Kuznetsov (born 1988), Russian pair skater
- Andrei Popov (born 1988), Russian professional ice hockey right winger
- Dmitri Sayustov (born 1988), Russian professional ice hockey centre
- Evgenii Dadonov (born 1989), Russian professional ice hockey player
- Aleksey Dremin (born 1989), Russian sprinter
- Oxana Guseva (born 1989), Russian Paralympic swimmer
- Vitali Menshikov (born 1989), Russian professional ice hockey player
- Kseniya Moskvina (born 1989), Russian swimmer
- Mikhail Pashnin (born 1989), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
- Evgeny Rybnitsky (born 1989), Russian ice hockey defenceman
- Yevgeniya Startseva (born 1989), Russian volleyball player
- Danil Yerdakov (born 1989), Russian professional ice hockey player
- Nikita Zhdankin (born 1989), Russian professional football player
- Alexandra Vafina (born 1990), Russian Olympic ice hockey player
- Danila Alistratov (born 1990), Russian ice hockey goaltender
- Anastasia Baryshnikova (born 1990), Russian taekwondo practitioner
- Egor Dugin (born 1990), Russian professional ice hockey centre
- Olga Fatkulina (born 1990), Russian long-track speed skater
- Anton Lazarev (born 1990), Russian professional ice hockey forward
- Dmitri Kostromitin (born 1990), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
- Vadim Muntagirov (born 1990), Russian ballet dancer
- Slava Voynov (born 1990), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
- Anton Burdasov (born 1991), Russian professional ice hockey forward
- Natalia Gantimurova (born 1991), Russian beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Russia 2011
- Maxim Karpov (born 1991), Russian professional ice hockey player
- Ksenia Pervak (born 1991), Russian professional tennis player
- Aleksey Suvorov (born 1991), Russian speed-skater
- Anna Vinogradova (born 1991), Russian ice hockey goaltender
- Andrey Zubkov (born 1991), Russian basketball player
- Dmitri Akishin (born 1992), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
- Vladislav Kartayev (born 1992), Russian ice hockey player
- Denis Kudryavtsev (born 1992), Russian athlete specialising in the 400 metres hurdles
- Evgeny Kuznetsov (born 1992), Russian professional ice hockey forward
- Yakov Toumarkin (born 1992), Israeli swimmer
- Zhan Bush (born 1993), Russian figure skater
- Sergey Glukhov (born 1993), Russian curler
- Nikita Nesterov (born 1993), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
- Ksenia Pecherkina (born 1993), ice dancer
- Nikolai Prokhorkin (born 1993), Russian professional ice hockey player
- Maxim Shalunov (born 1993), Russian professional ice hockey player
- Ekaterina Alexandrova (born 1994), Russian professional tennis player
- Evgeniya Kosetskaya (born 1994), Russian female badminton player
- Vyacheslav Osnovin (born 1994), Russian ice hockey player
- Marina Shults (born 1994), Israeli group rhythmic gymnast
- Valeri Nichushkin (born 1995), Russian professional ice hockey right winger
- Viktor Poletaev (born 1995), Russian volleyball player
- Ekaterina Efremenkova (born 1997), Russian speed skater
- Yegor Nikulin (born 1997), Russian football player
- Roman Abalin, (born 1998), Russian YouTuber
- Ekaterina Borisova (born 1999), Russian pair skater
Lived in Chelyabinsk
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- Stanislav Hazheev (born 1941), the Minister of Defence in Transnistria
- Sergey Kovalev (born 1983), current WBO Light Heavyweight Boxing Champion; former IBF, WBA, the Ring Champion
- Vladimir Stepanov (born 1958), Russian armwrestler
- Oleg Znarok (born 1963), former Soviet and Latvian ice hockey player, with German citizenship since 2001; coach of the Russian national hockey team