List of Famous people born in Republic of Tatarstan, Russia

Talgat Safich Tadzhuddin is a Russian Shaykh al-Islām. He was Chief Mufti of Russia and head of the Central Muslim Spiritual Directorate of Russia, from 1992 until the end of 2015.

Aleksandr Yevgenyevich Bukharov is a Russian former footballer who played as a striker.

Tamara Mikhailovna Tansykkuzhina is a Russian international draughts player. She has won the Women's World Championship seven times, two times won Women's Draughts European Championship and is among the 20 best players in Russia regardless of gender. She was an honored guest at a festival held in her native Bashkortostan. In 2013 World Draughts Championship she took 8 place in group B.

Artyom Alekseyevich Zdunov, is a Russian statesman and politician, who is currently the acting Head of the Republic of Mordovia since 18 November 2020.

Ilsur Metshin is a Russian politician of Tatar descent. He was born in Nizhnekamsk. Since 1993 he worked in Kazan as a politician. Since 1998 he was Mayor of Nizhnekamsk and Nizhnekamsky District and chairman of the Nizhnekamsk Council. Since 2005 November 17 he is the Mayor of Kazan, replacing Kamil Iskhakov. On September 4, 2015 he was selected as the new president of FC Rubin Kazan.

Oleg Viktorovich Rylkov, known as The Tolyatti Ripper, is a Russian serial killer, rapist and pedophile. Between 1992 and 1997, he raped 37 underage girls and killed 6 people in the city of Tolyatti, in the Samara Oblast.

Andrey Vitalyevich Larkov is a Russian cross country skier.

Era Garafovna Ziganshina is a Soviet and Russian film and stage actress, People's Artist of Russia (2005).

Eugenia Volodina is a Russian model.

Sergei Ogorodnikov is a Russian professional bodybuilder.