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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 47 of 328 notable people

0022 FOOTBALL

Ruslan Nigmatullin

Born 1974

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0047 FOOTBALL

Elmir Nabiullin

Born 1995

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0050 FOOTBALL

Marat Khairullin

Born 1984

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0071 FOOTBALL

Yevgeni Varlamov

Born 1975

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0096 FOOTBALL

Ruslan Mukhametshin

Born 1981

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0106 FOOTBALL

Nail Zamaliyev

Born 1989

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0128 FOOTBALL

Rustem Mukhametshin

Born 1984

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0145 FOOTBALL

Maksim Zhestokov

Born 1991

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0160 FOOTBALL

Aleksandr Pantsyrev

Born 1993

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0169 FOOTBALL

Rustem Khuzin

Born 1972

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0170 FOOTBALL

Lenar Gilmullin

1985 - 2007

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0180 FOOTBALL

Ruslan Galiakberov

Born 1989

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0186 FOOTBALL

Tatiana Repeikina

1973 - 2017

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0196 FOOTBALL

German Zonin

Born 1926

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0218 FOOTBALL

Aleksei Berezin

Born 1993

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0227 FOOTBALL

Ramil Kharisov

Born 1977

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0231 FOOTBALL

Yuri Utkulbayev

Born 1969

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0233 FOOTBALL

Yevgeni Borisovich Yefremov

Born 1970

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0234 FOOTBALL

Rustem Bulatov

1974 - 2008

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0237 FOOTBALL

Vyacheslav Bulavin

Born 1946

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0243 FOOTBALL

Andrei Mironov (footballer, born 1997)

Born 1997

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0247 FOOTBALL

Marat Sitdikov

Born 1991

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0248 FOOTBALL

Dmitri Kirilov

Born 1980

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0250 FOOTBALL

Aleksandr Tatarkin

Born 1966

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0252 FOOTBALL

Sergei Nikolayevich Zhukov

Born 1967

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0254 FOOTBALL

Yevgeni Kranatov

Born 1962

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0255 FOOTBALL

Sergei Kharlamov

Born 1973

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0260 FOOTBALL

Marsel Tukhvatullin

Born 1974

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0265 FOOTBALL

Marat Sagirov

Born 1986

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0267 FOOTBALL

Pavel Prygunov

Born 1976

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0277 FOOTBALL

Rustem Kanipov

Born 1982

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0287 FOOTBALL

Aydar Lisinkov

Born 1994

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0290 FOOTBALL

Ramil Valeyev

Born 1973

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0291 FOOTBALL

Aydar Khabibullin

Born 1995

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0294 FOOTBALL

Anatoli Malashenko

Born 1994

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0299 FOOTBALL

Irek Ganiyev

Born 1986

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0301 FOOTBALL

Artyom Kuklev

Born 1991

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0303 FOOTBALL

Sergei Doronin

Born 1997

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0307 FOOTBALL

Vitali Tikhonov

Born 1984

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0309 FOOTBALL

Almaz Nasybullin

Born 1994

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0310 FOOTBALL

Vladimir Chernov (footballer)

Born 1991

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0313 FOOTBALL

Artur Gilyazetdinov

Born 1995

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0315 FOOTBALL

Vladislav Nurgaleyev

Born 1997

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0323 FOOTBALL

Rustem Akhmetzyanov

Born 1978

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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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