List of Famous people born in Astrakhan Oblast, Russia
Oleg Pakholkov
Valeri Tokarev
Valeri Ivanovich Tokarev is a Russian Air Force Colonel and test cosmonaut at the Yuri A. Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. Tokarev traveled to space twice, and has performed two career spacewalks, before retiring in June 2008.
Vladimir Chayka
Renat Davletyarov
Renat Favarisovich Davletyarov is a Russian film director, film producer and screenwriter. President of the Guild of Producers of Russia.
Vyacheslav Makarov
Sergey Lagodinsky
Sergey Lagodinsky is a German lawyer and politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2019.
Luara Hayrapetyan
Luara Gurgenovna Hayrapetyan is an Armenian-Russian singer. She represented Armenia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Kiev, Ukraine with her self-composed pop song "Barcelona", finishing in joint second place.
Dmitry Grishin
Dmitry Grishin is a Russian businessman, investor and Internet entrepreneur. He is best known as the co-founder, Chairman and CEO of Mail.ru Group. Grishin also made significant contributions to Russia’s internet presence, Runet, in its early days.