List of Famous people born in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia

Oleksandr Vіtaliyovych Shlapak is a Ukrainian politician, bureaucrat, and former Minister of Finance of Ukraine.

Natalia Nikolayevna Ivanova is a Russian taekwondo practitioner and Olympic medalist. She competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney where she received a silver medal in the +67 kg class. She won a silver medal in heavyweight at the 1997 World Taekwondo Championships in Hong Kong, after defeating Chiu Meng-jen in the semifinal, and being defeated by Jung Myoung-sook in the final. She also competed at the 1995, 1999, 2001 and 2003 World Taekwondo Championships. She won gold medals at the 1996, 1998 and 2002 European Taekwondo Championships.

Valéry Inkijinoff was a French actor of Russian-Buryat origin.

Ekaterina Nikolayevna Tyryshkina is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for French Division 1 Féminine club Le Havre and the Russia national team.

Yevgeni Viktorovich Balyaikin is a Russian footballer who plays as central midfielder.

Marina Anatolyevna Pankova née Nikulina was a Russian volleyball player, who was a member of the Soviet team that won the gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Ekaterina Borisovna Bukina is a female wrestler from Russia. She is a silver medalist in wrestling for Women's freestyle in the 75 kilogram range at the 2015 European Games in Baku.

Igor Gennadyevich Mikhalkin is a Russian professional boxer. He held the IBO light-heavyweight title from 2017 to 2018 and challenged once for the WBO light-heavyweight title in 2018. At regional level, he held the European light-heavyweight title between 2014 and 2016.

Leonid Mikhaylovich Razvozzhayev is a member of the political coalition Left Front and an aide to Ilya Ponomarev, a member of the Russian Parliament. Razvozzhayev was kidnapped from Kyiv, Ukraine in October 2012, allegedly by Russian security forces.

Rustam Orujov is an Azerbaijani judoka. He competed in the men's 73 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics; after defeating Gideon van Zyl in the second round, he was eliminated by Mansur Isaev in the third round. He won the silver medal in the men's 73 kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.