List of people from Tambov

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

Vasily Agapkin
(1884–1964)
Andrey Kolmogorov
(1903–1987)
Victor Merzhanov
(1919–2012)
Yuri Zhirkov
(born 1983)
Bella Igla
(born 1985)
Arina Rodionova
(born 1989)
Coat of Arms of Tambov

Born in Tambov

18th century

1701–1800

  • Alexander Bezobrazov (1783–1871), Russian statesman
  • Nikolay Gamalei (1795–1859), Russian statesman, Vitebsk governor, served in the Ministry of Internal Affairs

19th century

1801–1900

  • Boris Chicherin (1828–1904), Russian jurist and political philosopher
  • Nikolai Fyodorov (1829–1903), Russian Orthodox Christian philosopher, who was part of the Russian cosmism movement and a precursor of transhumanism
  • Ivan Minayev (1840–1890), the first Russian Indologist
  • Constantin Fahlberg (1850–1910), Russian chemist
  • Nikita Galakhov (1864–1912), inventor of the elliptical springs for the railroad carriages
  • Vladimir Shchuko (1878–1939), Russian architect
  • Nikolai Cholodny (1882–1953), Soviet influential microbiologist
  • Vasily Agapkin (1884–1964), Russian and Soviet military orchestra conductor, composer, and author of the well-known march "Farewell of Slavianka" (written 1912)
  • Maria Spiridonova (1884–1941), Russian socialist revolutionary
  • Alexey Selezniev (1888–1967), Russian chess master and chess composer
  • Vasili Vanin (1898–1951), Russian stage and film actor of the Soviet era
  • Lev Kuleshov (1899–1970), Russian and Soviet filmmaker and film theorist

20th century

1901–1920

1921–1950

1951–1980

1981–2000

Born in Tambov Governorate

Afanasy Grigoriev
(1782–1868)
Paisi Kaysarov
(1783–1844)
Yevgeny Baratynsky
(1800–1844)
Natalia Goncharova
(1812–1863)
Alexander Lodygin
(1847–1923)

18th century

1701–1800

19th century

1801–1850

  • Natalia Goncharova (1812–1863), A. S. Pushkin's wife. She was born in the village Karian-Zagryazhskoye of the Tambov province.
  • Andrei Karelin (1837–1906), Russian artist, photographer of the Academy of Arts
  • Alexander Lodygin (1847–1923), one of the founders of the electrothermy, author of almost 400 inventions including a tungsten filament lamp. He was born in the village of Stenshino of the Tambov province.
  • Flavian Flavitsky (1848–1917), Russian chemist
  • Yevgeny Lanceray (1848–1886), well-known Russian sculptor

1851–1900

20th century

1901–1937

Born in Tambov Oblast

1938–2000

  • Igor Uporov (born 1965), Russian advocate
  • Alexandr Potapov (born 1985), most popular designer and producer

Lived in Tambov

  • Matvei Bashkin (16th century), Russian boyar's son, the first martyr of the Russian Molokan faith
  • Roman Boborykin (17th century), Russian statesman
  • Feofil (Rayev) (1738–1811), Bishop of Tambov
  • Gavrila Derzhavin (1743–1816), Russian poet
  • Michael Lunin (1787–1845), Russian political philosopher, revolutionary, Mason, Decembrist
  • Mikhail Lermontov (1814–1841), well-known Russian poet
  • Theophan the Recluse (Georgy Govorov; 1815–1894), Bishop of Tambov; saint in the Russian Orthodox Church
  • Aleksey Zhemchuzhnikov (1821–1908), Russian poet, dramatist, essayist and literary critic
  • Maxim Gorky (Alexei Peshkov) (1868–1936), Russian and Soviet writer and public figure, a founder of socialist realism literature
  • Luka (Voyno-Yasenetsky) (1877–1961), Doctor of Medicine and surgeon
  • David Burliuk (1882–1967), Russian poet and painter
  • Alexander Antonov (1888–1922), leader of the Tambov peasant revolt (1920–1921)
  • Konstantin Fedin (1892–1977), Russian writer
  • Leonid Dyomin (1897–1973), Doctor of Geographical Sciences, professor
  • Alexander Levshin (1899–1982), producer
  • Fiodor Dubovitsky (1907–1999), Doctor of Chemical Sciences, professor
  • Lev Dyomin (1926–1998), Russian cosmonaut
  • Yury Artyukhin (1930–1998), Soviet Russian cosmonaut and engineer
  • Nikolay Bochkov (1931–2011), Russian scientist

See also

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