43.2501° N, 76.8998° E
ALMATY
Most Famous People Born in Almaty, Kazakhstan
- Notable people
- 392
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1976
- Most distinctive
- Polo 43.6×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Almaty during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Almaty Is Known For
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Football is Almaty's biggest profession — 11% of all notables (45).
Almaty over-indexes on polo — 43.6× the global rate.
Almaty under-produces actor — only 0.6× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Almaty's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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Vladimir Zhirinovsky
Born 1946
Alexander Merkel
Born 1992
Dinmukhamed Kunaev
1912 - 1993
Alexandra Elbakyan
Born 1988
Denis Ten
1993 - 2018
Rakhat Aliyev
1962 - 2015
Elena Likhovtseva
Born 1975
Zarina Diyas
Born 1993
Ruslana Korshunova
1987 - 2008
Sofya Velikaya
Born 1985
Ruslan Baltiev
Born 1978
Zulfiya Chinshanlo
Born 1993
Olga Shishigina
Born 1968
Assan Bazayev
Born 1981
Zhambyl Kukeyev
Born 1988
Savvas Kofidis
Born 1961
Anatoly Vaisser
Born 1949
Sergei Ostapenko
Born 1986
Dmitry Fofonov
Born 1976
Mark Gorman
Born 1989
Alexander Brener
Born 1957
Eugen Bauder
Born 1986
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Born 1953
Susanna Simon
Born 1968
Kairat Nurdauletov
Born 1982
Marat Bisengaliev
Born 1962
Rashid Nugmanov
Born 1954
Abzal Beisebekov
Born 1992
Fuat Mansurov
1928 - 2010
Alena Baeva
Born 1985
Sagadat Nurmagambetov
1924 - 2013
Gulshat Omarova
Born 1968
Abilkhan Kasteev
1904 - 1973
Francheska Yarbusova
Born 1942
Zhansaya Abdumalik
Born 2000
Olzhas Suleimenov
Born 1936
Natalya Timakova
Born 1975
Regina Kulikova
Born 1989
Murat Nasyrov
1969 - 2007
Zinaida Botschantzeva
1907 - 1973
Shamil Serikov
1956 - 1989
Ruslan Tleubayev
Born 1987
Viktoriya Zyabkina
Born 1992
Mukhamedzhan Tynyshpaev
1879 - 1937
Alexey Zhukanenko
Born 1986
Dmitriy Balandin
Born 1995
Alexander Parygin
Born 1973
Moukan Toulebaev
1913 - 1960
Irina Selyutina
Born 1979
Nikolay Kolesnikov (sprinter)
Born 1953
Marat Shakhmetov
Born 1989
Ali Aliyev (footballer)
Born 1980
Alexandr Shefer
Born 1971
Igor Potapovich
Born 1967
Viktor Demyanenko
Born 1958
Nikolay Karpenko
Born 1981
Sergo Kutivadze
1944 - 2017
Andrey Teteryuk
Born 1967
Maria Perepelkina
Born 1984
Bauyrzhan Turysbek
Born 1991
Igor Avdeyev
Born 1973
Altynai Asylmuratova
Born 1961
Alexey Korolev
Born 1987
Anton Ponomarev
Born 1988
Akmaral Arystanbekova
Born 1948
Katarina Kat
Born 1984
Yevgeniy Vladimirov
Born 1957
Olga Turchak
Born 1967
Ilyas Zhansugurov
1894 - 1938
Sergey Lim
Born 1987
Dmitriy Alexanin
Born 1991
Dmitry Strelnikov
Born 1969
Eva Dedova
Born 1992
Kairat Kelimbetov
Born 1969
Quddus Khojamyarov
1918 - 1994
Oxana Rakhmatulina
Born 1976
Piraliy Aliev
Born 1984
Dmitriy Chvykov
Born 1974
Wladimir Resnitschenko
Born 1965
Igor Yurin
Born 1982
Vadim Sayutin
Born 1970
Alexander Petrenko
1976 - 2006
Turar Ryskulov
1894 - 1938
Yekaterina Yevseyeva
Born 1988
Yevgeniy Levkin
Born 1992
Alan Buribayev
Born 1979
Daniil Fominykh
Born 1991
Ilya Vorotnikov
Born 1986
Yermek Shinarbayev
Born 1953
Nagima Eskalieva
Born 1954
Maxim Gourov
Born 1979
Elena Keldibekova
Born 1974
Abzal Rakimgaliev
Born 1992
Timur Kulibayev
Born 1966
Sabyrkhan Ibraev
Born 1988
Nikita Filippov
Born 1991
Vladimir Tolokonnikov
1943 - 2017
Amangeldy Imanow
1873 - 1919
Elvira Berend
Born 1965
Aleksei Zozulin
Born 1983
Vladimir Novikov (gymnast)
Born 1970
Kamila Kerimbayeva
Born 1995
Anatoliy Kolesnikov
Born 1988
Olga Kardopoltseva
Born 1966
Martin Khuber
Born 1992
Elmir Alimzhanov
Born 1986
Rafael Urazbakhtin
Born 1978
Nour Kirabaïev
Born 1951
Anatoly Nazarenko
Born 1948
Maria Pankratz
Born 1965
Ilya Davidenok
Born 1992
Sergey Kotenko
Born 1956
Alexey Kedryuk
Born 1980
Janusz Kondratiuk
1943 - 2019
Dilnaz Akhmadieva
Born 1980
Mix-Roman
Born 1997
Viktor Shasherin
Born 1962
Timur Rudosselski
Born 1994
Assan Takhtakhunov
Born 1986
Guram Makayev
Born 1970
Sergey Fedorchenko
Born 1974
Makhmud Umarov
1924 - 1961
Mikhail Ledovskikh
Born 1986
Victor Botchantsev
1910 - 1990
Vladyslav Nekhtiy
Born 1991
Valeriy Dmitriyev
Born 1984
Alexey Pchelintsev
Born 1991
Igor Sysoev
Born 1970
Julia Pogrebińska
Born 1984
Madina Saduakasova
Born 1979
Oleg Chen
Born 1988
Kulyash Baiseitova
1912 - 1957
Alexandra Vafina
Born 1990
Viktor Chirkov
Born 1959
Yerzhan Kazykhanov
Born 1964
Konstantin Rachkov
Born 1978
Marina Kroschina
1953 - 2000
Nikita Kolyayev
Born 1989
Ivan Strebkov
Born 1991
Džamila Stehlíková
Born 1962
Bauyrschan Baibek
Born 1974
Svetlana Zalevskaya
Born 1973
Salavat Rakhmetov
Born 1967
Irina Saratovtseva
Born 1989
Andrei Werweikin
Born 1966
Oleg Voskoboynikov
Born 1971
Bakhyt Sultanov
Born 1971
Maksim Shevchenko (footballer, born 1980)
Born 1980
Berik Imashev
Born 1960
Galym Akhmetov
Born 1995
Anastasiya Pilipenko
Born 1986
Yelena Masyuk
Born 1966
Sholpan Kaliyeva
Born 1980
Vasily Anisimov
Born 1951
Vadim Kravchenko
Born 1969
Gulnara Sarsenova
Born 1961
Yeldos Ikhsangaliyev
Born 1978
Igor Kuznetsov (ice hockey)
Born 1955
Bolat Zhamishev
Born 1957
Stanislav Filimonov
Born 1979
Leonid Drachevsky
Born 1942
Natalia Ilienko
Born 1967
Dmitriy Koshkin
Born 1986
Lev Prygunov
Born 1939
Alyona Subbotina
Born 1990
Fyodor Mezentsev
Born 1989
Zhassulan Kydyrbayev
Born 1992
Ilya Fomitchev
Born 1982
Askhat Dilmukhamedov
Born 1986
Valeriy Rachkov
Born 1956
Ksenija Tichonenko
Born 1993
Yekaterina Rudenko
Born 1994
Vadim Alekseyev
Born 1970
Magomed Paragulgov
Born 1994
Tatyana Amanzhol
Born 1985
Nurlan Mendygaliyev
Born 1961
Lyudmila Guryeva
Born 1977
Dilka Bear
Born 1977
Aleksandr Goncharov
1959 - 1990
Kirill Pavlov (weightlifter)
Born 1986
Olessya Kulakova
Born 1977
Galym Orazbakov
Born 1964
Lyudmila Fedotova
Born 1986
Yuriy Pertsukh
Born 1996
Sabina Azimbayeva
Born 2000
Yevgeny Zhovtis
Born 1955
Bakhtyuras Besikbayev
1920 - 1941
Qairat Bijekenow
Born 1972
Amir Karakulov
Born 1965
Natalia Cukseeva
Born 1990
Yuliya Zhivitsa
Born 1990
Sergei Larin
Born 1986
Aiza Imambek
Born 1999
Alexandra Svetlitskaya
1971 - 2019
Victor Fyodorov
1885 - 1922
Dina Aspandiyarova
Born 1976
Galina Dolgushina
Born 1981
Moukhtar Dzhakishev
Born 1963
Jah Khalib
Born 1993
Erbolat Dossaev
Born 1970
Aliya Nazarbayeva
Born 1980
Gulnar Sachs
Born 1963
Sergueï Navolokine
Born 1963
Nikolaï Makarov (cyclisme)
Born 1958
Kuanyshbek Yessekeev
Born 1975
Natalia Joukova (volley-ball)
Born 1980
Igor Gratchev
Born 1971
Dionis Vodnev
Born 1971
Magaza Masanchi
1885 - 1938
Svetlana Tolstaya
Born 1971
Alexander Kolmakow (Skispringer)
Born 1966
Kenges Rakishev
Born 1979
Sergei Volgin
Born 1960
Farhat Abdraimov
Born 1966
Grigori Marchenko
Born 1959
Begaim Kirgizbaeva
Born 1987
Naken Kyrykbaev
1975 - 2015
Liza Umarova
Born 1965
Gulzhan Karagusova
Born 1950
Varvara Massyagina
Born 1977
Robert Lehmann (Chemiker)
Born 1982
Kanat Bozumbayev
Born 1969
Ljudmila Iwanowna Schwezowa
1949 - 2014
Konstantin Petrov
Born 1964
Artur Dilman
Born 1990
Maxim Polunin
Born 1975
Tatiana Chtchoukina
Born 1991
Svetlana Lukasheva
Born 1977
Katharina Schmidt (Schauspielerin)
Born 1988
Sergey Grigoryev (athlete)
Born 1992
Arkadi Kozlov
Born 1981
Youri Sourkov
Born 1970
Baken Kydykeyeva
1923 - 1993
Yelena Dubok
Born 1976
Marius Stravinsky
Born 1979
Dmitriy Gavrilov
Born 1986
Dmitriy Yakovlev
Born 1988
Waleri Iwanowitsch Jurlow
Born 1932
Aigerim Zhexembinova
Born 1993
Alfina Nassyrova
Born 1988
Arsen Naydyonov
1941 - 2010
Friederika Richter
Born 1931
Viktoriya Beloslyudtseva
Born 1972
Almagul Menlibayeva
Born 1969
Gulschan Talapowna Moldaschanowa
Born 1966
Amina Rakhim
Born 1989
Karina Abdullina
Born 1976
Sergius Buckmeier
Born 1985
Valery Khrichtchatyi
1951 - 1993
Erlan Abdyldayev
Born 1966
Anjelika Reznik
Born 1995
Pawel Gaiduk
Born 1976
Thomas Schertwitis
Born 1972
Sergey Drozdov
Born 1969
Dennis Pohl
Born 1986
Vyacheslav Tokarev
Born 1986
Mikhail Ruday
Born 1988
Anuar Dyusembaev
Born 1953
Zhomart Satubaldin
Born 1975
Nurali Aliyev
Born 1985
Boris Kuznetsov (athlete)
Born 1948
Alexei Sklyarenko
1870 - 1916
Natalya Gurova
Born 1976
Tetiana Tarasova
Born 1957
Edige Niyazov
1940 - 2009
Yevgeniya Yermakova
Born 1976
Aiday Isaeva
Born 1989
Marina Mulyayeva
Born 1981
Walentina Sderschikowa
Born 2001
Anton Rudoy
Born 1983
Vitaly Arkhangelsky
Born 1975
Talgat Ermegiyaev
Born 1969
Wassili Piwzow
Born 1975
Alexander Korobow
Born 1978
Sabyrschan Muminow
Born 1994
Vitaliy Khan
Born 1985
Rustam Ukumanov
Born 1986
Maria Tselaridou
Born 1981
Alexandr Dyadchuk
Born 1983
Vladimir Kniller
Born 1964
Said Belmokhtar
Born 1984
Inna Simonova
Born 1990
Grigory Medvedev (canoeist)
Born 1964
Elena Zoubareva
Born 1972
Oleg Novachuk
Born 1971
Kamilla Asylova
Born 1998
Ravil Manafov
Born 1985
Saule Karibayeva
Born 1987
Oras Schandossow
Born 1961
Eldar Sattarov
Born 1973
Ruslan Myrsatayev
Born 1985
Vladimir Bozhko
Born 1949
Murat Shakenov
Born 1990
Danijar Aqyschew
Born 1976
Nikita Kokorin
Born 1989
Nurlan Qapparow
1970 - 2015
Kairat Rakhmetov
Born 1963
Anna Kulkina
Born 1986
Sergei Chekmezov
Born 1964
Aygerim Kozhakanova
Born 1995