List of Famous people born in Penza Oblast, Russia

Yekaterina Viktorovna Lisina, also known as Ekaterina Lisina, is a Russian model and former basketball player. She currently holds a Guinness World Record for the tallest professional model. Throughout her basketball career, she competed for the Russian National Team at the 2008 Summer Olympics, winning the bronze medal.

Klim Sergeyevich Kostin is a Russian professional ice hockey winger who currently plays on loan with Avangard Omsk in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) while under contract as a prospect for the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League (NHL). Considered a top prospect for the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, Kostin was selected 31st overall by the Blues. Kostin previously played for Dynamo Moscow of the KHL, first playing in their junior system, before financial issues led to all the players being released in 2017. Internationally Kostin has played for the Russian national under-18 team at several tournaments.

Pyotr Anatolevich Kochetkov is a Russian professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing on loan to Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) as a prospect under contract to the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was ranked as the top eligible international goaltender for the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, and was drafted in the second round by the Hurricanes.

Irina Vladimirovna Kalinina is a former Soviet diver and olympic champion. She competed at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, where she won the gold medal in Women's 3 metre springboard.

Aleksandr Mikhailovich Samokutyayev is a former Russian cosmonaut. Samokutyayev served as a Flight Engineer for the International Space Station (ISS) long duration Expedition 27/28 missions. He also served as the Soyuz TMA-21 commander. He most recently served on the Soyuz TMA-14M Expedition 41/42 crew aboard the ISS. He was hired as a cosmonaut in the summer of 2003.

Nadezhda Valeryevna Bazhina is a Russian diver. She won the 3 m springboard event at the 2010 European Aquatics Championships and at the 2014 European Aquatics Championship.

Maria Eduardovna Sittel is a Russian television presenter and an anchor on the Vesti program at Russia-1. She won the Russian TEFI award.