List of Famous people born in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia

Olga Aleksandrovna Fatkulina is a Russian long-track speed skater. She competed for Russia at the 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics in the women's 500 m and 1000 m.

Svetlana Irekovna Ishmouratova is a Russian biathlete. She lives in Chelyabinsk and is a soldier by profession.

Ivan Sergeyevich Ukhov is a Russian high jumper. He won a gold medal at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships and is a two-time European Indoor champion. He was also the silver medallist at the 2010 European Athletics Championships and the winner of the high jump at the inaugural 2010 IAAF Diamond League. In the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, he won the gold medal, but it was announced on 1 February 2019 that all his results from 16 July 2012 to 31 December 2015 were being disqualified for doping.

Aleksey Leonidovich Teksler, is a Russian statesman and politician who is currently the 5th Governor of Chelyabinsk Oblast since 20 September 2019. He is also the secretary of the Chelyabinsk regional branch of the United Russia party since 2 October 2020.

Vladimir Ivanovich Markin was a Russian journalist and politician. He served as Chairman of the Department for Interaction with Mass Media of the Investigative Committee of Russia from 2007 to 2016, the first person to hold the position following the Committee's founding. He also served as First Deputy Chairman of RusHydro from 2016 to 2019.

Vadim Belousov is a Russian political figure and a deputy of the 6th, 7th, and 8th State Dumas.