List of Famous people born in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia

Alexander Nikolayevich Sokurov, PAR is a Russian filmmaker. His most significant works include a feature film, Russian Ark (2002), filmed in a single unedited shot, and Faust (2011), which was honoured with the Golden Lion, the highest prize for the best film at the Venice Film Festival.

Aleksey Vitalyevich Filimonov is a Russian actor. Winner of the Kinotavr 2014.

Angelina Mikhaylovna Vovk is a former presenter for the Soviet Central Television active from 1980, best known for years on Good Night, Little Ones! and Pesnya goda. She was awarded People's Artist of the Russian Federation (2006).

Rudolf Khametovich Nureyev was a Soviet-born ballet dancer and choreographer. Nureyev is regarded by some as the greatest male ballet dancer of his generation.

Yevgény Aleksándrovich Yevtushénko was a Soviet and Russian poet. He was also a novelist, essayist, dramatist, screenwriter, publisher, actor, editor and director of several films.

Jessica Tatiana Long is an American Paralympic swimmer from Baltimore, Maryland, who competes in the S8, SB7 and SM8 category events. She has held multiple world records and competed at four Paralympic games, winning 23 medals, making her one of the most successful athletes in Paralympic games history. She has also won over 60 world championship medals.

Nazi Paikidze, sometimes also referred to as Paikidze-Barnes, is a Georgian American chess player. She holds the titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM), which FIDE awarded her in 2012 and 2010 respectively. Paikidze was twice world girls' champion and four-time European girls' champion in her age category, and is a twice U.S. women's champion.

Anatoli Alekseyevich Ivanishin is a former Russian cosmonaut. His first visit to space was to the International Space Station on board the Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft as an Expedition 29 / Expedition 30 crew member, launching in November 2011 and returning in April 2012. Ivanishin was the Commander of the International Space Station for Expedition 49.

Ivan Aleksandrovich Vyrypaev is a Russian playwright, screenwriter, film director, actor and art director. He is a leading figure in the Russian New Drama movement.

Denis Leonidovich Matsuev is a Russian classical pianist.