List of Famous people born in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia
Arkady Vainshtein
Arkady Vainshtein is a Russian and American Professor Emeritus of Theoretical physics who was awarded Pomeranchuk Prize (2005) and Sakurai Prize (1999) for theoretical physics.
Pavel Fedyayev
Pavel Fedyaev is a Russian politician and a deputy of the 6th, 7th and 8th State Dumas.
Vadim Bakatin
Vadim Viktorovich Bakatin is a Russian politician who served as the last chairman of the KGB in 1991. He is the last surviving former chairman of this organization. He was appointed to dismantle the KGB, but he was unable to control this organization and to fulfill the task due to political reasons. He was able to fulfill plan of KGB disintegration into separate organizations. He ran for the Russian presidency as an independent candidate in June 1991.
Viktor Sidyak
Viktor Alexandrovich Sidyak is a retired left-handed sabre fencer from Russia, a pupil of Mark Rakita and David Tyshler. He was known for his aggressive style and the "one-and-a-half tempo attack".
Dmitry Erokhin
Ihar Karpienka
Sergey Morozov
Sergey Petrovich Morozov, is a Russian statesman and security official, who is currently an employee of the state security bodies.
Kseniya Bezuglova
DJ Pasha
Pavlo Yurievich Shylko is a Ukrainian radio and television presenter. He co-hosted Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with Maria Efrosinina (Masha) at the Palace of Sports in Kyiv.