List of Famous people born in Orenburg Oblast, Russia

Denis Olegovich Istomin is an Uzbek professional tennis player born in Russia. He has won two singles titles and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 33 in August 2012. In January 2017, he defeated defending champion Novak Djokovic in the second round of the Australian Open.

Olga Mikhailovna Ostroumova is a Soviet and Russian theater and film actress. Best known for her roles in films We'll Live Till Monday, The Dawns Here Are Quiet, Vasily and Vasilisa (1981).

Yury Pavlovich Syomin is a Russian football coach. He has managed FC Lokomotiv Moscow for 4 different stints, for a total of over 23 years. The recent history of the Russian club has been associated with him, as he was also president for a short period.

Alexander Schmorell was a Russian-German student at Munich University who, with five others, formed a resistance group known as White Rose which was active against the Nazi German regime from June 1942 to February 1943. In 2012, he was glorified as a saint and passion bearer by the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia.

Veniamin Anatolyevich Mandrykin is a retired Russian professional football goalkeeper.

Garri Yakovlevich Bardin is a Soviet and Russian animation director, screenwriter, producer, film and voice actor best known for his experimental musical and stop motion films. He was awarded the 1988 Short Film Palme d'Or for the Fioritures cartoon and the Order of Honour in 2011.

Sergey Anatolyevich Petrov is a Deputy of the State Duma, member of Spravedlivaya Rossiya political party, member of the Budget and Taxes State Duma Committee. Founder and beneficiary of the ROLF Group, President of the ROLF Group of Companies until 2004.

Yevgeni Olegovich Lutsenko is a Russian professional footballer. He plays as a striker for FC Arsenal Tula.

Natalia G. Berloff is a professor of applied mathematics at the University of Cambridge. Her research includes the use of polaritons to simulate structures such as the classical XY model.

Natalya Fyodorovna Merkulova is a Russian filmmaker. She is most famous for Intimate Parts that was a part of Kinotavr film festival and won an award for the best debut, and The Man Who Surprised Everyone that was a members for the Horizons (Orizzonti) section of 75th Venice International Film Festival.