List of Famous people born in Karelia, Russia

Sergei Alexandrovich Solovyov is a Russian director, producer, writer and actor. He was awarded by the Russian SFSR People's Artist title.

Yury Alexeyevich Dmitriev is a civil rights activist and local historian in Karelia. Since the early 1990s, he has worked to locate the execution sites of Stalin's Great Terror and identify as many as possible of the buried victims they contain. As a result of his commitment, Karelia's past is better documented in this respect than almost any other part of the Russian Federation.

Oksana Viktorovna Pushkina is a Russian television host and politician. She was a member of the State Duma of the Russian Federation between 2016 and 2021. She was previously a children's rights activist from Moscow Oblast, and author, host and presenter of the show The Female View between 1999 and 2013.

Timur Magomedovich Dibirov is a Russian handball player who plays for RK Vardar 1961 and the Russian national team.

Artur Olegovich Parfenchikov is a Russian politician who since February 2017, has been serving as the Head of the Republic of Karelia, a federal subject of Russia. Parfenchikov was appointed to the post of acting governor after Aleksandr Hudilainen resigned in 2017. He was later confirmed in the position in a general election, where he was a candidate representing the ruling United Russia party. Prior to his appointment as governor, Parfenchikov was the head of the Federal Court Bailiff Service.

Anastasia Ivanovna Maksimova is a Russian group rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2016 Olympics Group champion, the 2015 Worlds Group All-around champion, two-time World Group All-around bronze medalist and two-time European Group All-around champion.

Denis Ivanovich Zubko is an association football coach and a former player who played striker.

Irina Antonovna Sidorkova is a female racing driver from Russia. She currently competes in the W Series and the F3 Asian Championship.

Aulis Sallinen is a Finnish contemporary classical music composer. His music has been variously described as "remorselessly harsh", a "beautifully crafted amalgam of several 20th-century styles", and "neo-romantic". Sallinen studied at the Sibelius Academy, where his teachers included Joonas Kokkonen. He has had works commissioned by the Kronos Quartet, and has also written seven operas, eight symphonies, concertos for violin, cello, flute, horn, and English horn, as well as several chamber works. He won the Nordic Council Music Prize in 1978 for his opera Ratsumies.