List of Famous people born in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia

Oleg Vladimirovich Deripaska is a Russian oligarch and industrialist. He is the founder of Basic Element, one of Russia's largest industrial groups, and Volnoe Delo, Russia's largest charitable foundation. Until 2018, he was the president of En+ Group, a Russian energy company, and until 2018 headed United Company Rusal, the second-largest aluminium company in the world.

Yevgeniy Ivanovich Chazov is a prominent physician of the Soviet Union and Russia, specializing in cardiology, Chief of the Fourth Directorate of the Ministry of Health of the USSR, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, a recipient of numerous awards and decorations, Soviet, Russian, and foreign. He is a graduate of Kiev Medical Institute.

Denis Dmitriyevich Cheryshev is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Spanish club Valencia CF and the Russian national team.

Artem Lobov is a Russian professional mixed martial artist and boxer based in Ireland, who previously competed in the Featherweight division for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and who has most recently competed in the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship. A professional since 2010, Lobov was also a cast member of The Ultimate Fighter: Team McGregor vs. Team Faber, he has competed for the ACB, Ultimate Fighting Championship as well as the British promotions Cage Warriors and Cage Contender. Fighting out of Dublin, he is a member of SBG Ireland.

Olga Borisovna Kormukhina is a Russian singer. Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (2016).

Natalia Mikhailovna Vodianova, nicknamed Supernova, is a Russian model, philanthropist, entrepreneur, and public speaker.

Valery Pavlovich Chkalov was a test pilot awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union (1936).

Igor Fyodorovich Maslennikov is a Soviet and Russian film director.

Andrey Andreyevich Vlasov was a Russian Red Army general. During World War II, he fought in the Battle of Moscow and later was captured attempting to lift the siege of Leningrad. After being captured, he defected to Nazi Germany and headed the Russian Liberation Army. At the war's end, he changed sides again and ordered the ROA to aid the Prague uprising against the Germans. He and the ROA then tried to escape to the Western Front, but were captured by Soviet forces. Vlasov was tried for treason and hanged.

Oleg Nikolaevich Taktarov is a Russian actor and retired mixed martial artist. He was a practitioner of sambo and judo and competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship and Pride Fighting Championships. He won the UFC 6 tournament. He holds notable wins over Marco Ruas, Tank Abbott, Mark Kerr, and Anthony Macias.