List of Famous people born in Rostov Oblast, Russia

Fyodor Viktorovich Dobronravov is a Soviet and Russian stage and cinema actor, Honored Artist of Russia (2002), People's Artist of Russia (2011). He is an actor, known for Kadetstvo, Playing the Victim (film) (2006) and The end of the Belle Époque (2015).

Vasiliy Mikhaylovich Vakulenko, better known by stage name Basta also known as Noggano is a Russian rapper, producer and radio host.

Irina Aleksandrovna Allegrova is a Russian singer. She is a People's Artist of Russia (2010).

Victoria Petrovna Lopyreva is a Russian television presenter, actress, model, blogger, and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Russia 2003. She is an official ambassador of the FIFA World Cup 2018 in Russia.

Kirill Semyonovich Serebrennikov is a Russian stage and film director, and theatre designer. Since 2012, he has been the artistic director of the Gogol Center in Moscow. He has been described as one of Russia's leading theatre directors.

Julia Aleksandrovna Vysotskaya is a Russian actress and television presenter.

Pavel Yurievich Derevyanko is a Russian theatre and film actor.

Nikita Vladimirovich Nagornyy is a Russian artistic gymnast and the 2019 World All-Around Champion. He is the 2016 Olympics Team silver medalist, the 2018 World All-Around bronze medalist and World Team silver medalist, 2019 European All-Around Champion and parallel bars Champion, 2016 European Champion on floor, 2015 European Champion on vault, the 2014 Youth Olympic All-Around silver medalist and Champion on horse, rings and parallel bars, and the 2014 European Junior vault Champion.

Anna Yuryevna Popova is a Russian physician and public health official. She is serving as head of the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare, practically the Chief State Sanitary Doctor of the Russian Federation since October 23, 2013. Acting State Advisor to the Russian Federation, Class 1 (2013). Epidemiologist, hygienist, MD, professor.

Yuriy Georgiyevich Sedykh is a retired Soviet track and field athlete who represented the Soviet Union, specialising in the hammer throw. He was a World and Olympic Champion and holds the world record with a throw of 86.74 m. Named as a ‘huge steroid abuser’ by Russian doping whistleblower Dr Grigory Rodchenkov in his 2020 book The Rodchenkov Affair he vigorously denies any use of illegal substances.