List of Famous people born in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia

Dimitri Konyshev is a Russian former road bicycle racer. During the 1989 World Championship he can be seen in a rather famous photo of cycling history showing the agony of defeat in 2nd place behind Greg Lemond's display of the intensity of victory. In 1990 Konyshev would become the first ever rider from the Soviet Union to win a stage in the Tour de France. While the Soviet's would not allow their riders to join the professional teams until a short while before the end of the Cold War in the 1991 Tour de France Soviet riders had remarkable success winning 5 stages. One by Viatcheslav Ekimov, two by Djamolidine Abdoujaparov who also won the Green Jersey and two stage wins by Konyshev. His victory in stage 17 also made him the last rider for the Soviet Union to win a Tour de France stage.

Alexander "Sasha" Abramovich Belavin is a Russian physicist, known for his contributions to string theory.

Borys Ivanovych Tarasyuk is a Ukrainian politician who twice served as the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and a former MP who is since December 2019 Ukraine's permanent representative to the Council of Europe.

Alexander Alexeevich Veledinsky is a Russian film director and screenwriter. He directed several films, but is most famous for The Geographer Drank His Globe Away (2013). The film won five Nika Awards, five prizes at Kinotavr festival, and many other awards.

Anastasiia Akchurina is a Russian badminton player. She won the 2009 European Junior Badminton Championships in the girls' doubles event in Milan, Italy.

Vladimir Nikolayevich Gusev is a Russian professional road racing cyclist. Gusev has been a professional since 2004, spending two years each at Team CSC and Discovery Channel before moving to Astana in 2008. On 25 July 2008 team Astana fired Gusev for showing "abnormal" values during an internal doping check, a decision the Court of Arbitration for Sport found to be unjust in a ruling the following June.