List of Famous people born in Republic of Tatarstan, Russia
Kamila Valieva
Kamila Valeryevna Valieva is a Russian figure skater. She is the 2020 World Junior champion, the 2019 Junior Grand Prix Final champion, and the 2021 Russian senior national silver medalist. She currently holds the junior world records for the highest total and free skate scores. She maintains the title of Junior Grand Prix champion due to the cancellation of all Junior Grand Prix events for the 2020–21 season.
MakSim
Marina Sergeyevna Abrosimova, better known under her stage name MakSim is a Russian singer, songwriter and a music producer.
Chulpan Khamatova
Chulpan Nailevna Khamatova PAR is a Russian film, theater and TV actress of Volga Tatar origin. Her name, Chulpan, means "morning star" in Tatar.
Alsou
Alsou Ralifovna Abramova, better known as just Alsou, is a Russian singer and actress. She represented Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 in which she received the 2nd place with the song Solo right after Denmark, giving her recognition across Europe. Alsou hosted the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 held in Moscow.
Aida Garifullina
Aida Emilevna Garifullina is a Russian operatic lyric soprano. She was the winner of the 2013 Operalia competition and has featured in a number of productions staged at the Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg and the Wiener Staatsoper. She has a recording contract with Decca Records.
Valery Gerasimov
Valery Vasilyevich Gerasimov is a Russian General of the Army, the current Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia, and first Deputy Defence Minister, replacing Nikolay Makarov. He was appointed by President Vladimir Putin on 9 November 2012.
Dina Garipova
Dina Fagimovna Garipova is a Russian singer. In 2012, Garipova won the Russian version of singing competition The Voice, Golos. Garipova was selected by the Russian broadcaster Channel One to represent Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö, Sweden, with the song "What If". At the competition, she qualified from the first semi-final and placed fifth in the final, scoring 174 points. In 2015, Garipova was one of five jurors for Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015.
Daler Kuzyayev
Daler Adyamovich Kuzyayev is a Russian football player of Tatar descent. He plays as a midfielder for FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.
Tatarka
Irina Aleksandrovna Smelaya, better known by her stage name Tatarka is a female hip-hop artist from Tatarstan in Russia. Her songs are written in Tatar and English.
Sofia Gubaidulina
Sofia Asgatovna Gubaidulina is a Tatar-Russian composer.