List of Famous people born in Krasnodar Krai, Russia

Sir Andre K. Geim is a Russian-born Dutch-British physicist working in England in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Manchester.

Emir-Usein Kuku is a Crimean Tatar human rights defender and member of the Crimean Human Rights Contact Group. In February 2016, he was arrested and charged by Russian authorities on the accusation that he was a member of the Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir, although Kuku denies any involvement in this organization.

Viacheslav Borisovich Krasilnikov is a Russian beach volleyball player.

Anna Sergeyevna Sen is a Russian handball player for Rostov-Don and the Russian national team.

Vladimir Pyotrovich Tkachenko is a Ukrainian-Russian retired professional basketball player. Tkachenko won two Summer Olympic Games medals and three FIBA World Cup medals with the senior men's Soviet Union national basketball team. He was also named both the Euroscar and the Mr. Europa in 1979. His club career lasted 16 years. He became a FIBA Hall of Fame player in 2015.

Irina Yuryevna Bliznova is a Russian handball player, who plays for Lada Togliatti. She won the gold medal at the 2005 and 2007 world championships and 2016 Rio Olympics, placing second in 2008 and eighth in 2012. She announced her retirement shortly after the 2016 Olympics.

Vladlena Eduardovna Bobrovnikova is a Russian handball player for Rostov-Don and the Russian national team.

Igor Anatolyevich Lediakhov is a Russian football coach and a former player who played as an attacking midfielder.

Dmitry Fyodorovich Lavrinenko was a Soviet tank commander and Hero of the Soviet Union. He was the highest scoring tank ace of the Allies during World War II.

Sergey Nikolaevich Shishkarev is a Russian businessman and political figure. Founder (1993) and President of Delo Group, a transport and logistics holding company. President of the Russian Handball Federation. He served in the State Duma of the Russian Federation for three terms, from 1999 to 2011.