List of Famous people born in Ivanovo Oblast, Russia

Sergey Gennadiyevich Nechayev was a Russian communist revolutionary and prominent figure of the Russian nihilist movement, known for his single-minded pursuit of revolution by any means necessary, including revolutionary terror. He was the author of the radical Catechism of a Revolutionary.

Sergey Petrovich Klyugin is a Russian high jumper. He won the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics with 2.35m, one centimetre behind his personal best jump from 1998. A bronze medal at 1998's European championships was his only other international medal.

Margarita Nikolaeva was a Soviet gymnast. She competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome where she received a gold medal on vault, and also a gold medal with the Soviet team.

Georgi Evgen'evich Shilov was a Soviet mathematician and expert in the field of functional analysis, who contributed to the theory of normed rings and generalized functions.

Lyudmila Ivanovna Chernykh was a Russian-born Soviet astronomer, wife and colleague of Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh, and a prolific discoverer of minor planets.