List of Famous people born in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia

Yan Yurevich Tsapnik is a Soviet and Russian theatre and film actor. Yan appeared in more than 200 films.

Alexander Bocharov, is a Russian professional road bicycle racer most recently riding for UCI ProTeam Team Katusha.

Nadezhda Vladimirovna Chizhova is a retired Russian shot putter who won three Olympic medals and four European titles, and set seven new world records. She became the first woman to break both the 20 m (66 ft) and 21 m (69 ft) barriers. She retired after the 1976 Olympics and later worked as athletics coach in Saint Petersburg.

Dmitri Yuryevich Kondratyev is a retired Russian cosmonaut. He served as a crew member on the International Space Station long duration mission Expedition 27 as Commander, having also served as a Flight Engineer on Expedition 26 during the same stay in space. Kondratyev traveled to space for the first time aboard the Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft in December 2010.

Aleksandr Fyodorovich Poleshchuk is a Russian cosmonaut.