This is a list of notable people who were born or have lived in Rostov-on-Don, Russia.

Born in Rostov-on-Don

19th century

1801–1890

• George VI of Armenia (1868–1954), Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church from 1945 to 1954
• Mikhail Bernshtein (1875–1960), Russian and Soviet painter and art educator
• Martiros Saryan (1880–1972), Soviet Armenian painter
• Mikhail Gnessin (1883–1957), Russian composer and teacher
• Raïssa Maritain (1883–1960), Russian-born French poet and philosopher
• Alexander Schapiro (1883–1946), Russian Jewish anarcho-syndicalist militant active in the international anarchist movement
• Sophie Liebknecht (1884–1964), Russian-born German socialist and feminist
• Sabina Spielrein (1885–1942), Russian physician and one of the first female psychoanalysts
• Jerzy Żurawlew (1886–1980), Polish pianist, conductor, teacher
• Savielly Tartakower (1887–1956), Polish and French chess grandmaster
• Efrem Zimbalist (1889–1985), concert violinist, composer, teacher, conductor and director of the Curtis Institute of Music

1891–1900

• Yakov Frenkel (1894–1952), Soviet physicist
• Zinaida Reich (1894–1939), Russian actress
• Nikolay Bestchetvertnoi (1895–1937), Russian revolutionary, bolshevik
• Olga Spessivtseva (1895–1991), Russian ballerina
• Daniel Guilet (1899–1990), French and American classical violinist
• Avet Ter-Gabrielyan (1899–1983), Armenian violinist
• Izabella Yurieva (1899–2000), Russian singer
• Roman Chatov (1900–1987), Russian-born American artist, painter, designer, and illustrator
• Evgeny Henkin (1900-1938), a notable photographer and musician playing the theremin, active in Berlin in the 1930s

20th century

1901–1910

• Marion Gering (1901–1977), Russian-born American stage producer and director
• Boris Shpitalniy (1902–1972), Soviet designer of aircraft guns and cannons
• Yevgeny Brusilovsky (1905–1981), Soviet Russian composer
• Vera Panova (1905–1973), Soviet novelist, playwright and journalist
• Leonid Sedov (1907–1999), leading physicist of the Soviet Union
• Rostislav Plyatt (1908–1989), Russian-born Soviet film and television actor
• John Travlos (1908–1985), Greek architect, architectural historian and archaeologist
• Caesar Kunikov (1909–1943), officer in the Soviet Naval Infantry; Hero of the Soviet Union
• Aleksandr Laktionov (1910–1972), Socialist realism painter in the post-war Soviet Union
• David Lichine (1910–1972), Russian-American ballet dancer and choreographer
• Yakov Henkin (1903-1941), notable Russian street photographer, active in Leningrad in the 1930s

1911–1920

• Emmanuil Evzerikhin (1911–1984), Russian photographer
• Vitali Gubarev (1912–1981), Soviet Russian writer of children's literature
• Ray Lev (1912–1968), American classical pianist
• Nikolai Timkov (1912–1993), Soviet Russian painter
• Igor Bondarevsky (1913–1979), Soviet Russian chess Grandmaster
• Georgy Flyorov (1913–1990), Soviet nuclear physicist
• Gayane Chebotaryan (1918–1998), Soviet Armenian composer and musicologist
• Boris Lavrenko (1920–2001), Russian Soviet realist painter
• Ghazaros (Lazar) Saryan (1920–1998), Armenian composer and educator

1921–1930

• Isabella Bashmakova (1921–2005), Russian historian of mathematics
• Mark Stolberg (1922–1942), Russian chess master
• Daniil Khrabrovitsky (1923–1980), Soviet scriptwriter and film director
• Victor Glushkov (1923–1982), the founding father of information technology in the Soviet Union
• Leonid Shamkovich (1923–2005), Russian chess Grandmaster and chess writer
• Gevork Vartanian (1924–2012), Soviet intelligence agent
• Zinaida Sharko (1929-2016), Soviet and Russian actress of theatre and film
• Mikhail Simonov (1929–2011), Russian aircraft designer famed for creating the Sukhoi Su-27 fighter-bomber
• Ashot Melkonian (1930–2009), Armenian artist

1931–1940

• Yuri Oganessian (born 1933), Russian nuclear physicist of Armenian descent, namesake of oganesson (element 118)
• Mikhail Semyonov (1933–2006), Russian basketball player
• Lev Anninsky (born 1934), Soviet, Russian literary critic and historian, publicist, essayist, author of more than 30 books
• Anatoly Kononenko (born 1935), Soviet sprint canoer
• Sergei Vronsky (1935–2003), Soviet and Russian cinematographer
• Izabella Arazova (born 1936), Armenian composer
• Seiran Khatlamadjian (1937–1994), Armenian painter, graphic artist and public figure
• Gennadi Matveyev (1937–2014), Soviet football player
• Viktor Ponedelnik (born 1937), Soviet football player, regarded as one of the best strikers in Soviet football history
• Lev Sandakchiev (1937–2006), Soviet and Russian scientist, specialist in molecular biology and virology
• Viktor Zubkov (born 1937), Soviet basketball player
• Enver Yulgushov (born 1938), Russian professional football coach and former player

1941–1950

• Stefan Samko (born 1941), Russian mathematician
• Nikolay Yakovenko (1941–2006), Russian wrestler
• Viktor Kravchenko (born 1941), Russian triple jumper
• Vladimir Shumeyko (born 1945), Russian political figure
• Alexander Kaidanovsky (1946–1995), Soviet and Russian actor and film director
• Nikolai Korolkov (born 1946), Soviet equestrian and Olympic champion
• Viktor Asmaev (1947–2002), equestrian and Olympic champion from Russia
• Lyudmila Karachkina (born 1948), Soviet and Ukrainian astronomer
• Georgy Khazagerov (born 1949), Russian scholar
• Aleksandr Ivanov-Sukharevsky (born 1950), far right politician

1951–1960

• Irina Allegrova (born 1952), Russian-Armenian singer
• Yevgeniya Glushenko (born 1952), Russian actress
• Nikolai Sorokin (1952–2013), Russian theatre and film actor
• Yuri Bashmet (born 1953), Russian conductor, violinist and violist
• Pavel Gusev (born 1953), Russian professional football coach and a former player
• Evgeni Barbakov (born 1954), Russian rower
• Vladimir Repyev (1956–2009), Soviet and Russian handball player
• Viktor Kolyadko (born 1957), Russian professional football coach and a former player
• Svetlana Grozdova (born 1959), Soviet Russian gymnast
• Lyubov Orechova (born 1959), Soviet sprint canoer
• Sviatoslav Nikitenko (born 1960), Ukrainian glyptic artist

1961–1970

• Konstantin Lavronenko (born 1961), Russian actor
• Miroslav Nemirov (1961–2016), Russian poet, associated with Russian punk rock
• Natalia Shaposhnikova (born 1961), Soviet gymnast, two-time Olympic Champion
• Avdey Ter-Oganyan (born 1961), Russian-Armenian painter
• Lyubov Zakharchenko (1961–2008), Russian poet and singer-songwriter
• Stanislav Rudenko (born 1962), Russian football coach and a former player
• Aleksandr Vorobyov (born 1962), Soviet and Russian football player and current coach
• Natalya Artyomova (born 1963), Russian middle-distance runner
• Rafael Samurgashev (born 1963), Soviet Armenian former World champion and European champion Greco-Roman wrestler
• Sergey Zhigunov (born 1963), Soviet and Russian actor and producer
• Igor Vishnevetsky (born 1964), Russian poet and novelist
• Gennadiy Prigoda (born 1965), Russian freestyle swimmer
• Natalya Morskova (born 1966), Russian former handball player
• Andrei Timoshenko (1969–2010), Russian professional footballer
• Larisa Kiselyova (born 1970), Russian handball player
• Oleh Matveyev (born 1970), Soviet and Ukrainian football player
• Vladimir Pyshnenko (born 1970), Russian freestyle swimmer

1971–1975

• Yuri Borovskoy (born 1971), Russian professional football referee and a former player
• Andrei Fedkov (born 1971), Russian football player
• Svetlana Goncharenko (born 1971), Russian athlete
• Svetlana Boyko (born 1972), Russian foil fencer
• Sergey Markedonov (born 1972), Director of the Department for Problems of Ethnic Relations at the Institute for Political and Military Analysis in Moscow
• Andrei Redkin (born 1972), Russian football player
• Konstantin Tsuranov (born 1972), Russian sport shooter
• Oleg Vernigorov (born 1972), Russian football player
• Anatoly Morozov (born 1973), Russian professional football player and a coach
• Yekaterina Yusheva (born 1973), Russian fencer
• Vitaly Fokeev (born 1974), Russian sport shooter
• Aleksandr Kostoglod (born 1974), Russian sprint canoeist
• Ekaterina Kovalevskaya (born 1974), Russian chess player
• Serge Polyanichko (born 1974), Russian conductor, horn player and TV presenter
• Nikolay Spinyov (born 1974), Russian rower
• Vitali Tasenko (born 1975), Russian football player

1976–1980

• Eduard Gritsun (born 1976), Russian professional road bicycle racer
• Angelina Nikonova (born 1976), Russian filmmaker, script writer and film producer
• Oksana Romenskaya (born 1976), Russian team handball player
• Maxim Staviski (born 1977), Russian-born naturalized Bulgarian ice dancer
• Yelena Dudnik (born 1978), Russian sport shooter
• Nina Kaptsova (born 1978), Russian prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Ballet
• Sergei Davydov (born 1979), Russian and Belarusian figure skater
• Aleksandr Galkin (born 1979), Russian chess grandmaster
• Andrey Moiseyev (born 1979), Russian pentathlete
• Varteres Samurgashev (born 1979), Armenian-Russian Greco-Roman wrestler
• Basta (born 1980), Russian rapper and RJ
• Ivan Dyagolchenko (born 1980), Russian professional footballer
• Sergey Fedorovtsev (born 1980), Russian rower
• Yulia Mayboroda (born 1980), Russian theater and film actress
• Yelena Produnova (born 1980), Russian competitive gymnast
• Tony Vilgotsky (born 1980), Russian (ethnically German) musician, composer, horror/fantasy writer and musical columnist

1981–1985

• Anton Rogochiy (born 1982), Russian professional footballer
• Andrei Vorobyov (born 1982), Russian professional footballer
• Alexei Eremenko (born 1983), Russian-born Finnish professional footballer
• Pyotr Gitselov (born 1983), Russian-Swedish footballer
• Victoria Lopyreva (born 1983), Russian actress, model, TV Host, blogger and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Russia 2003
• Alexey Makovetskiy (born 1983), Russian rugby union footballer
• Yelena Rigert (born 1983), Russian female hammer thrower
• Igor Salov (born 1983), Russian rower
• Anastasia Sinitsyna (born 1983), Russian female handballer
• Victor Keyru (born 1984), Russian professional basketball player
• Oksana Pochepa (born 1984), Russian pop singer and model
• Marina Belikova (born 1985), Russian sport shooter
• Tatiana Kotova (born 1985), Russian singer, actress, television personality, winner of the title "Miss Russia 2006"
• Pavel Sviridenko (born 1985), Russian professional football player

1986–1990

• Ivan Drannikov (born 1986), Russian professional footballer
• Valery Likhodey (born 1986), Russian professional basketball player
• Sergey Litvinov (born 1986), German and Russian hammer thrower
• Vladislav Ryazantsev (born 1986), Russian left-wing politician
• Aleksandr Abroskin (born 1987), Russian football striker
• Yekaterina Galitskaya (born 1987), Russian hurdler
• Antonina Krivoshapka (born 1987), Russian sprinter
• Andrei Mikheyev (born 1987), Russian professional football player
• Eva Rivas (born 1987), Russian-Armenian singer
• Yekaterina Tudegesheva (born 1987), Russian professional snowboarder
• Katerina Keyru (born 1988), Russian basketball shooting guard
• Maria Kryuchkova (1988–2015), Russian gymnast
• Vladimir Khozin (born 1989), Russian professional footballer
• Andrei Lyakh (born 1990), Russian professional football player
• Ivan Popov (born 1990), Russian chess grandmaster

1991–1995

• Aleksandr Tumasyan (born 1992), Armenian football player
• Aleksey Denisenko (born 1993), Russian taekwondo practitioner
• Vlada Chigireva (born 1994), Russian competitor in synchronized swimming
• Anton Lazutkin (born 1994), Russian football player
• Igor Leontyev (born 1994), Russian football player
• Yulia Belokobylskaya (born 1995), Russian artistic gymnast
• Ivan Bukavshin (1995–2016), Russian chess Grandmaster
• Kasta (formed in 1995), Russian rap group
• Mikhail Puntov (born 1995), Russian singer

1996–2000

• Mikhail Samarsky (born 1996), Russian writer, blogger and public figure
• Konstantin Tolokonnikov (born 1996), Russian middle distance runner
• Leo Goglichidze (born 1997), Russian football player of Georgian origin
• Nikita Nagornyy (born 1997), Russian artistic gymnast
• Maria Kharenkova (born 1998), Russian artistic gymnast
• Georgi Makhatadze (born 1998), Russian football player
• Vladimir Atoev (born 1999), Russian racing driver

21st century

2001–2010

• Alisa Fedichkina (born 2002), Russian competitive figure skater
• Motorama (formed in 2005), Russian post-punk band
• Nikita Evstratov (born 2002), hockey goalie

Lived in Rostov-on-Don

• Georgy Sedov (1877–1914), Russian Arctic explorer
• Evgeny Schwartz (1896–1958), Soviet writer and playwright
• Alexander Pechersky (1909–1990), one of the organizers, and the leader, of the most successful uprising and mass-escape of Jews from a Nazi extermination camp during World War II
• Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918–2008), Russian novelist, historian and short story writer
• Svyatoslav Fyodorov (1927–2000), Russian ophthalmologist, politician, professor
• Natalia Duritskaya (born 1960), Russian painter

See also

• List of Russian people
• List of Russian-language poets