List of Famous people born in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia

Maria Yuryevna Sharapova is a Russian former professional tennis player. Although she played under the banner of Russia with the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), she has lived in and been a United States permanent resident since 1994. Sharapova competed on the WTA tour from 2001 to 2020 and had been ranked world No. 1 in singles by the WTA on five separate occasions, for a total of 21 weeks. She is one of ten women, and the only Russian, to hold the career Grand Slam. She is also an Olympic medalist, having won a silver medal in women's singles at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Sharapova achieved a rare level of longevity in tennis, with several tennis pundits and former players calling Sharapova one of tennis' best competitors.

Isolda Dychauk is a German actress of Russian descent.

Svetlana Yuryevna Sleptsova is a retired Russian biathlete. She is a member of the club CSKA. She is a three-time Junior World Champion and won the bronze medal in the mixed relay at the 2008 World Championships in Östersund. In 2009, she was part of the gold medal winning Russian women's relay team at the World Championships in Pyeongchang. Sleptsova is an Olympic champion in relay at Vancouver.

Artem Aleksandrovich Volvich is a Russian volleyball player, a member of Russia men's national volleyball team and Russian club VC Zenit-Kazan.

Yelena Vladimirovna Terleyeva is a Russian singer, best known for her hit Sun. She was born in the family of a serviceman. Soon her family moved to Urengoy, where she spent her childhood. Because of that, she has a very strong and purposeful character. Her mother was a teacher of music, so Terleyeva followed her mother's example. At first she played piano, but a few years later she began to sing.

Maksim Sergeyevich Khramtsov, sometimes spelled as Khramtcov, is a male Russian Taekwondo practitioner who won gold medals at the 2020 Summer Olympics and the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships.

Alexey Anatolyevich Volkov is a Russian former biathlete.

Artur Edikovich Naifonov. is a Russian freestyle wrestler of Ossetian descent. He is a three-time European Champion, having won in 2018, in 2020 and in 2021.

Dmitry Yuryevich Grigorenko is a Russian politician, who was elected as deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation and Chief of the Government Staff assumed office in January 2020.

Ksenia Vladimirovna Sukhinova is a Russian model, television host and beauty queen who was crowned Miss World 2008. She was the second Russian woman to be crowned Miss World, and had previously been crowned Miss Russia 2007.