List of people from Penza

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

Aleksey Khovansky
(1814–1899)
Nikolay Ilminsky
(1822–1891)
Vsevolod Pudovkin
(1893–1953)
Pyotr Dolgov
(1920–1962)
Boris Sokolovsky
(born 1953)
Alexander Melentyev
(1954–2015)
Denis Ablyazin
(born 1992)

Born in Penza

19th century

1801–1900

  • Aleksey Khovansky (1814–1899), publisher of the first Russian scientific linguistic journal Filologicheskie Zapiski
  • Nikolay Ilminsky (1822–1891), Russian turkologist
  • Pavel Maksutov (1825–1882), Imperial Russian Navy rear-admiral, prince, hero of Crimean War
  • Ilya Salov (1834–1902), Russian writer, playwright and translator
  • Vsevolod Meyerhold (1874–1940), Russian and Soviet theatre director, actor and theatrical producer
  • Nikolai Avksentiev (1878–1943), leading member of the Russian Socialist-Revolutionary Party
  • Peter Arshinov (1886–1939), acclaimed Russian Anarcho-Communist
  • Ivan Mosjoukine (1889–1963), Russian silent film actor
  • Vsevolod Pudovkin (1893–1953), Russian and Soviet film director, screenwriter and actor
  • Aleksandr Medvedkin (1900–1989), Soviet Russian film director
  • Vladimir Stavsky (1900–1943), Soviet Russian writer, editor and literary administrator

20th century

1901–1950

1951–1970

1971–1980

1981–1990

1991–2000

Lived in Penza

  • Alexandr Aksakov (1832–1903), Russian writer, translator, journalist, editor, state official and psychic researcher
  • Nikolai Ishutin (1840–1879), Russian utopian socialist; was raised in Penza
  • Aristarkh Lentulov (1882–1943), Russian avant-garde artist of Cubist orientation; studied art in the Penza art school
  • Alexandr and Mariya Dmitriev, the couple who owns a pet cougar named Messi

See also

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