List of people from Yaroslavl

This is a list of notable people who were born or have lived in Yaroslavl, Russia.

Born in Yaroslavl

17th century

1601–1700

  • Joseph Vladimirov (active 1642–1666), Russian painter and art theorist of the 17th century

18th century

1701–1800

  • Vasily Maykov (1728–1778), Russian poet, fabulist, playwright and translator
  • Ivan Dmitrevsky (1734–1821), the most influential actor of Russian Neoclassicism and "Russia's first great tragedian"
  • Mikhail Popov (1742–1790), Russian writer, poet, dramatist and opera librettist
  • Gerasim Lebedev (1749–1817), Russian adventurer, linguist, pioneer of Bengali theatre, translator, musician and writer
  • Semyon Bobrov (1763/1765–1810), Russian poet and civil servant
  • Andrei Ukhtomsky (1771–1852), Russian copper engraver
  • Nikolay Mylnikov (1797–1842), Russian portrait painter

19th century

1801–1900

20th century

1901–1920

  • Boris Shavyrin (1902–1965), Russian artillery and rocket engineer
  • Bonifaty Kedrov (1903–1985), Soviet researcher, philosopher, logician, chemist and psychologist
  • Maria Prilezhayeva (1903–1989), Russian and Soviet children's author, literary critic and the Soviet Union of Writers official
  • Tikhon Rabotnov (1904–2000), Russian plant ecologist
  • Maria Petrovykh (1908–1979), Russian poet and translator
  • Victor Rozov (1913–2004), Russian Soviet dramatist
  • Yuri Lyubimov (1917–2014), Soviet and Russian stage actor and director associated with the internationally renowned Taganka Theatre, which he founded in 1964
  • Yury Smyslov (1920–1991), Soviet equestrian

1921–1950

1951–1960

1961–1970

1971–1980

1981–1990

1991–2000

21st century

2001–2100

Lived in Yaroslavl

See also