List of people from Rostov-on-Don

This is a list of notable people who were born or have lived in Rostov-on-Don, Russia.

Born in Rostov-on-Don

19th century

1801–1890

1891–1900

20th century

1901–1910

  • Marion Gering (1901–1977), Russian-born American stage producer and director
  • Boris Shpitalniy (1902–1972), Soviet designer of aircraft guns and cannons
  • Yevgeny Brusilovsky (1905–1981), Soviet Russian composer
  • Vera Panova (1905–1973), Soviet novelist, playwright and journalist
  • Leonid Sedov (1907–1999), leading physicist of the Soviet Union
  • Rostislav Plyatt (1908–1989), Russian-born Soviet film and television actor
  • John Travlos (1908–1985), Greek architect, architectural historian and archaeologist
  • Caesar Kunikov (1909–1943), officer in the Soviet Naval Infantry; Hero of the Soviet Union
  • Aleksandr Laktionov (1910–1972), Socialist realism painter in the post-war Soviet Union
  • David Lichine (1910–1972), Russian-American ballet dancer and choreographer
  • Yakov Henkin (1903-1941), notable Russian street photographer, active in Leningrad in the 1930s

1911–1920

1921–1930

1931–1940

1941–1950

1951–1960

1961–1970

1971–1975

1976–1980

1981–1985

1986–1990

1991–1995

1996–2000

21st century

2001–2010

  • Alisa Fedichkina (born 2002), Russian competitive figure skater
  • Motorama (formed in 2005), Russian post-punk band
  • Nikita Evstratov (born 2002), hockey goalie

Lived in Rostov-on-Don

See also