List of Famous people born in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia

Aleksandr Vladimirovich Pal is a Russian actor. He appeared in more than fifteen films since 2013.

Yekaterina Aleksandrovna Gamova is a retired Russian volleyball player. She was a member of the national team that won the gold medals at the 2006 and 2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championships, and the silver medal in both the Athens 2004 and Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. She is 2.06 m tall with EU size 49 feet, making her one of the tallest female athletes in the world Her role was outside hitter/opposite.

Yevgeny Yevgenyevich Kuznetsov is a Russian professional ice hockey forward currently playing for the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL). He previously played for Traktor Chelyabinsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He has represented Russia in junior and senior level competitions on numerous occasions, winning gold medals at the 2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, as well as at the 2012 IIHF World Championship and 2014 IIHF World Championship.

Mikhail Viktorovich Koklyaev is a Russian weightlifter, strongman competitor, powerlifter and boxer. He is married and has two children.

Vyacheslav "Slava" Leonidovich Voynov is a Russian professional ice hockey defenceman who is currently an unrestricted free agent. He most recently played for Avangard Omsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), while also being suspended by the National Hockey League (NHL). The Los Angeles Kings terminated Voynov's six-year, $25 million contract in 2015 but retained his rights. Voynov was selected by the Kings in the second round, 32nd overall, of the 2008 NHL Entry Draft.

Andrei Viktorovich Nazarov is a Russian former professional ice hockey player and former head coach of HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He has formerly managed the Kazakh team Barys Astana, the Ukrainian national team and been joint coach of the Russian National Hockey Team. In 2021, without any proof Nazarov falsified an accusation against NHL star Artemi Panarin. Nazarov, a known supporter of Russian leader Vladimir Putin, has repeatedly and publicly criticized Panarin for his outspoken beliefs regarding Putin’s regime. He has been nicknamed the "Russian Bear", and in his coaching career, the "Russian Keenan".

Oleg Grigorievich Mityaev is a Russian bard, musician and actor.

Ekaterina Evgenyevna Alexandrova is a Russian professional tennis player.

Danis Zinnurovich Zaripov is a Russian professional ice hockey left winger currently playing for Ak Bars Kazan of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Zaripov was also a member of the Russia men's national ice hockey team for the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Gleb Anatolyevich Panfilov is an internationally acclaimed Russian film director noted for a string of mostly historical films starring his wife, Inna Churikova.