This is a list of notable people who were born or have lived in Perm (1940–1957: Molotov), Russia.

Born in Perm

18th century

1701–1800

• Feodor Pryanishnikov (1793–1867), Russian actual privy councillor and postal administrator

19th century

1801–1900

• Dmitry Smyshlyayev (1828–1893), Russian historian, ethnographer and politician
• Ivan Larionov (1830–1889), Russian composer, writer and folklorist
• Dmitry Maksutov (1832–1889), Imperial Russian Navy rear-admiral
• Pyotr Vereshchagin (1834–1886), Russian landscape and cityscape painter
• Vasily Vereshchagin (1835–1909), Russian portraitist, history painter and illustrator
• Peter Struve (1870–1944), Russian political economist, philosopher and editor
• Olga Lepeshinskaya (1871–1963), Soviet biologist
• Mikhail Osorgin (1878–1942), Russian writer, journalist, and essayist
• Vasily Kamensky (1884–1961), Russian Futurist poet, playwright and artist
• Ariy Pazovsky (1887–1953), Russian Jewish conductor

20th century

1901–1950

• Nikolay Moiseyev (1902–1955), Soviet astronomer and expert in celestial mechanics
• Victor Oreshnikov (1904–1987), Soviet Russian painter
• Vladimir Yemelyanov (1911–1975), Soviet actor and producer
• Vladislav Zanadvorov (1914–1942), Soviet writer
• Mikhail Schweitzer (1920–2000), Soviet film director
• Lev Voronin (1928–2006), Soviet Russian official
• Lora Yakovleva (born 1932), Russian woman International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster, the second ICCF Women's World Champion in correspondence chess between 1972 and 1977
• Alexander Bolonkin (born 1933), Russian-American scientist and academic
• Georgi Burkov (1933–1990), Soviet film actor
• Tamara Erofeyeva (born 1937), Soviet and Russian linguist
• Aleksandr Nossov (born 1942), Soviet Nordic combined skier
• Pavel Sadyrin (1942–2001), Soviet and Russian footballer and manager
• Igor Volgin (born 1942), Soviet and Russian writer and historian, poet, specialist in literature

1951–1960

• Alexander Bortnikov (born 1951), Russian official; Director of the FSB since 2008
• Valentin Stepankov (born 1951), first prosecutor general of the Russian Federation
• Vassily Solomin (1953–1997), Soviet boxer
• Venera Chernyshova (born 1954), Soviet biathlete
• Boris Kondakov (born 1954), Russian specialist in literary criticism, philologist
• Yury Trutnev (born 1956), Russian politician; Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment from 2004 to 2012
• Ludmila Kalinina (born 1957), Russian pair skating coach
• Valentin Yumashev (born 1957), Russian journalist, politician and businessman-developer

1961–1970

• Andrey Vavilov (born 1961), Russian politician and businessman
• Dmitry Fedoseyev (born 1965), Russian football player (1993–1999), coach (1993–1998) and sports functionary (1993–1999)
• Vladimir Filimonov (born 1965), Russian professional football player
• Igor Gindis (born 1965), Russian journalist, rock musician and actor
• Dmitry Rybolovlev (born 1966), Russian businessman, investor and philanthropist
• Vladislav Kormtshikov (born 1967), Russian ski-orienteering competitor and world champion
• Sergey Nagovitsyn (1968–1999), Russian singer, composer and author of Russian chanson style songs
• Dmitri Sergeyev (born 1968), Russian judoka
• Mikhail Zubkov (born 1968), Russian swimmer
• Dmitri Piskunov (born 1969), Russian professional football coach and a former player
• Andrei Smetanin (born 1969), Russian professional footballer
• Sergey Burdin (born 1970), Russian football player
• Vladimir Chagin (born 1970), Russian rally raid driver
• Yuliana Malkhasyants, Russian choreographer
• Tatiana Borodina, Russian opera soprano

1971–1980

• Anna Vodovatova (born 1971), Russian journalist
• Andrei Bryukhanov (born 1972), Russian football player
• Aleksandr Tretyakov (born 1972), Russian wrestler who won bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics
• Alexander Gulyavtsev (born 1973), Russian professional ice hockey winger
• Konstantin Paramonov (born 1973), Russian football coach and a former player
• Yevgeni Yarkov (born 1973), Russian football player
• Nikita Belykh (born 1975), Russian politician; Governor of Kirov Oblast since 2009
• Rinat Farkhoutdinov (born 1975), Russian ice dancer
• Tatyana Tomashova (born 1975), Russian middle distance runner
• Sergey Armishev (born 1976), Russian football player
• Nikolai Bardin (born 1976), Russian professional ice hockey winger
• Michael Beilin (born 1976), Israeli Olympic Greco-Roman wrestler
• Natalia Tomilova (born 1977), Russian ski-orienteering competitor
• Andrei Tsaplin (born 1977), Russian professional footballer
• Konstantin Zyryanov (born 1977), Russian footballer
• Konstantin Chaschukhin (born 1978), Russian professional ice hockey goaltender
• Aleksei Popov (born 1978), Russian-born Kazakhstani footballer
• Grigori Petrovski (born 1979), Russian pair skater
• Aleksandr Pitchkounov (born 1979), Russian super heavyweight kickboxer and kyokushin karateka competing in K-1
• Yekaterina Shipulina (born 1979), Russian prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Ballet
• Vitali Koval (born 1980), Belarusian professional ice hockey goaltender
• Dmitri Polyanin (born 1980), Russian professional football player
• Alexander Zevakhin (born 1980), Russian professional ice hockey right winger

1981–1985

• Alexander Chagodayev (born 1981), Russian professional ice hockey forward
• Natalya Korostelyova (born 1981), Russian cross country skier
• Mikhail Kuleshov (born 1981), Russian ice hockey player
• Viktor Polyakov (born 1981), Ukrainian boxer of Russian ethnicity
• Viktoria Shliakhova (born 1981), Russian pair skater
• Tatiana Totmianina (born 1981), Russian pair skater
• Tatyana Veshkurova (born 1981), Russian sprint athlete
• DJ Smash (born 1982), Russian DJ in house music and electronic music
• Ilya Solaryov (born 1982), Kazakhstani professional ice hockey winger of Russian ethnicity
• Vyacheslav Belov (born 1983), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
• Maxim Trankov (born 1983), Russian pair skater
• Pavel Alikin (born 1984), Russian professional footballer
• Alexandra Kosteniuk (born 1984), Russian chess Grandmaster and a former Women's World Chess Champion
• Alexei Menshikov (born 1984), Russian former pair skater
• Evgeniy Pechenin (born 1984), Russian cross-country mountain biker
• Alexander Popov (born 1984), Russian former pair skater
• Andrei Griazev (born 1985), Russian figure skater
• Dmitri Megalinsky (born 1985), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
• Alexander Nikulin (born 1985), Russian professional ice hockey player
• Natasha Poly (born 1985), Russian model
• Yevgeni Shipitsin (born 1985), Russian professional football player
• Katerina Shpitsa (born 1985), Russian actress of theater and cinema

1986–1990

• Kristina Alikina (born 1986), Russian basketball power forward
• Alexander Berkutov (born 1986), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
• Olga Golovkina (born 1986), Russian athlete
• Nikolay Morilov (born 1986), Russian cross country skier
• Igor Polygalov (born 1986), Russian professional ice hockey forward
• Katya Shchekina (born 1986), Russian model
• Ilia Tkachenko (born 1986), Russian ice dancer
• Vitali Butikov (born 1987), Russian ice dancer
• Maksim Dyldin (born 1987), Russian sprint athlete
• Denis Kazionov (born 1987), Russian professional ice hockey winger
• Mariya Panfilova (born 1987), Russian (2007–2012), Ukrainian (2013–2014) and Belarusian (since 2015) biathlete
• Konstantin Bezmaternikh (born 1988), Russian pair skater
• Marina Mokhnatkina (born 1988), Russian mixed martial artist and sambo competitor
• Natalia Shestakova (born 1988), Russian pair skater
• Artem Borodulin (born 1989), Russian figure skater
• Marina Melnikova (born 1989), Russian tennis player
• Andrei Novoselov (born 1989), Russian pair skater
• Ekaterina Rybolovleva (born 1989), Russian businesswoman, equestrian and socialite
• Andrei Sekretov (born 1989), Russian professional football player
• Arina Ushakova (born 1989), Russian retired pair skater
• Ildar Khairullin (born 1990), Russian chess Grandmaster

1991–2000

• Liana Churilova (born 1991), Russian-American professional ballroom dancer
• Elena Komendrovskaja (born 1991), Russian female badminton player
• Aleksandr Subbotin (born 1991), Russian professional football player
• Maksim Batov (born 1992), Russian football defender
• Oleg Ponomarev (born 1992), Russian Paralympic Nordic skier
• Yevgeni Tyukalov (born 1992), Russian professional football player
• Sergei Abramov (born 1993), Russian ice hockey player
• Lubov Bakirova (born 1993), Russian pair skater
• Sabina Imaikina (born 1993), Russian pair skater
• Tanya Mityushina (born 1993), Russian fashion model
• Evgeni Klimov (born 1994), Russian Nordic combined skier
• Vasili Aleynikov (born 1995), Russian football player
• Anatoly Golyshev (born 1995), Russian ice hockey forward
• Anastasia Martiusheva (born 1995), Russian pair skater
• Tatiana Tudvaseva (born 1997), Russian pair skater
• Ivan Ivanchenko (born 1998), Russian football player
• Maria Vigalova (born 1999), Russian pair skater

Lived in Perm

• Vasily Tatishchev (1686–1750), Russian statesman and ethnographer; founded the cities of Perm and Yekaterinburg
• Andrey Voronikhin (1759–1814), Russian architect and painter
• Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859), Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer
• Mikhail Speransky (1772–1839), Russian reformist during the reign of Alexander I of Russia
• Alexander Herzen (1812–1870), Russian writer and thinker
• Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak (1852–1912), Russian author
• Vladimir Korolenko (1853–1921), Russian short story writer, journalist, human rights activist and humanitarian
• Nikolay Slavyanov (1854–1897), Russian inventor
• Alexander Popov (1859–1906), Russian physicist who is acclaimed in his homeland and eastern European countries as the inventor of radio
• Andronik (Nikolsky) (1870–1918), bishop in the Russian Orthodox Church and a saint
• Sergei Diaghilev (1872–1929), Russian art critic, patron, ballet impresario and founder of the Ballets Russes
• Mikhail Shuisky (1883–1953), Russian (people) opera and concert singer
• Boris Pasternak (1890–1960), Soviet and Russian poet, novelist and literary translator; lived in Perm for a time, and it figures in his novel Doctor Zhivago under the fictional name "Yuriatin" where Yuri sees Lara again in the public library
• Arkadiy Shvetsov (1892–1953), Soviet aircraft engine designer
• Margarita Kozhina (1925–2012), Soviet and Russian linguist
• Sergei Toropov (1928–1990), Russian historian and regional ethnographer
• Sergei Belov (1944–2013), Soviet professional basketball player
• Gennady Troshev (1947–2008), Russian Colonel General in the Russian military
• Pyotr Latyshev (1948–2008), Russian politician
• Nikolai Zarubin (1948–1998), Russian artist
• Alexei Ivanov (born 1969), Russian writer