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

Born in Chelyabinsk

19th century

1801–1900

• Vladimir Szmurlo (1865–1931), Russian Esperantist and railway engineer

20th century

1901–1940

• 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

1941–1950

• 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

1951–1960

• 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

1961–1970

• 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

1971–1975

• 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

1976–1980

• 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

1981–1985

• 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

1986–1990

• 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

1991–2000

• 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
• Ekaterina Borisova (born 1999), Russian pair skater

Lived in Chelyabinsk

• 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