55.7908° N, 49.1149° E

KAZAN

Most Famous People Born in Kazan, Russia

Notable people
328
Peak decade
1980s
Median birth year
1957
Most distinctive
Chess 15.0×
Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Kazan during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1980s with 53 notable births.

What Kazan Is Known For

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Football is Kazan's biggest profession — 14% of all notables (47).

Kazan over-indexes on chess — 15.0× the global rate.

Kazan under-produces politician — only 0.3× the global rate.

  1. Football47
  2. Hockey30
  3. Politician12
  4. Sport11
  5. Mathematician10
  6. Writer10
  7. Chess10
  8. Player9
  1. Chess1015.0×
  2. Fencer69.5×
  3. Hockey307.7×
  4. Pianist66.8×
  5. Mathematician106.1×
  6. Composer92.1×
  7. Sport112.0×
  8. Poet61.8×
  1. Politician120.3×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Kazan's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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Showing 53 of 328 notable people

0009 SINGER

MakSim

Born 1983

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0011 OPERA

Aida Garifullina

Born 1987

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0025 MODEL

Eugenia Volodina

Born 1984

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0041 HOCKEY

Dinar Khafizullin

Born 1989

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0050 FOOTBALL

Marat Khairullin

Born 1984

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0054 OPERA

Venera Gimadieva

Born 1984

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0058 MATHEMATICIAN

Jacob Tsimerman

Born 1988

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0060 HOCKEY

Dmitri Obukhov

Born 1983

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0068 POLITICIAN

Nikolay Nikiforov

Born 1982

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0072 FENCER

Kamilla Gafurzianova

Born 1988

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0079 SPRINT

Yelena Migunova

Born 1984

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0082 CHESS

Artyom Timofeev (chess player)

Born 1985

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0092 HOCKEY

Evgeny Konstantinov

Born 1981

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0096 FOOTBALL

Ruslan Mukhametshin

Born 1981

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0103 SWIMMER

Yana Martynova

Born 1988

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0105 JOURNALIST

Xenia Fedorova

Born 1980

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0106 FOOTBALL

Nail Zamaliyev

Born 1989

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0111 HOCKEY

Ruslan Zainullin

Born 1982

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0117 SINGER

Valery Tscheplanowa

Born 1980

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0120 GO PLAYER

Alexandre Dinerchtein

Born 1980

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0128 FOOTBALL

Rustem Mukhametshin

Born 1984

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0130 GYMNAST

Anastasiya Kolesnikova

Born 1984

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0133 HOCKEY

Alexander Rybakov (ice hockey)

Born 1985

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0137 ROWER

Artyom Kosov

Born 1986

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0147 ATHLETIC

Alsu Murtazina

Born 1987

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0155 SKIER

Niyaz Nabeev

Born 1989

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0157 MODEL

Tatiana Kovylina

Born 1981

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0159 JOURNALIST

Maxim Sharafutdinov

Born 1980

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0163 SCHOLAR

Rais Rawkatowitsch Suleimanow

Born 1984

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0170 FOOTBALL

Lenar Gilmullin

1985 - 2007

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0178 CHESS

Karina Ambartsumova

Born 1989

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0179 GO PLAYER

Svetlana Shikshina

Born 1980

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0180 FOOTBALL

Ruslan Galiakberov

Born 1989

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0182 FENCER

Ilya Mokretsov

Born 1984

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0191 PLAYER

Vladislav Babitchev

Born 1981

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0229 DRIVER

Ildar Rakhmatullin (racing driver)

Born 1986

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0238 PLAYER

Anastasia Luppova

Born 1985

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0248 FOOTBALL

Dmitri Kirilov

Born 1980

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0262 CONDUCTOR

Ayrat Kashaev

Born 1984

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0265 FOOTBALL

Marat Sagirov

Born 1986

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0271 HOCKEY

Daniel Radikowitsch Nasybullin

Born 1986

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0273 SPORT

Renata Lusin

Born 1987

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0277 FOOTBALL

Rustem Kanipov

Born 1982

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0281 HOCKEY

Denis Loginov

Born 1985

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0283 PLAYER

Makar Bestoujev

Born 1987

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0284 PLAYER

Aleksandr Motchalov

Born 1982

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0295 OPERA

Julija Mazurova

Born 1989

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0299 FOOTBALL

Irek Ganiyev

Born 1986

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0307 FOOTBALL

Vitali Tikhonov

Born 1984

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0311 SPORT

Tatiana Zhuravleva

Born 1989

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0324 FOOTBALL

Marat Akhmetzyanov

Born 1983

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0326 FOOTBALL

Artyom Lavrov

Born 1989

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0327 FOOTBALL

Ruslan Nagayev

Born 1989

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