List of Famous people born in Rostov Oblast, Russia

Nikolai Nikolaevich Dobrynin is a Soviet and Russian stage and cinema actor, Meritorious Artist (2002).

Katerina Vladimirovna Gordeeva Russian: Катери́на Влади́мировна Горде́ева is a Russian journalist, documentary writer and author. She is most known for the work involved with Russia's NTV Documentary films from 2003 until 2012. Since 2005 she has directed and released several documentaries. Gordeeva's documentaries cover a list of different topics including health, family and social issues. Her first documentary Ruble's Wives was released in 2005.

Sergey Victorovich Zhigunov is a Soviet and Russian actor and producer. Commander of the Order of Honour and of the Order of Friendship. Honored Artist of Russia (1995).

Maxim Staviski is a Russian-born naturalized Bulgarian ice dancer. With partner and fiancée Albena Denkova, he is a two-time (2006–2007) World champion, a two-time (2003–2004) European silver medalist, and the 2006 Grand Prix Final champion. Denkova and Staviski are the first Bulgarians to medal at the World Figure Skating Championships.

Vladislava Sergeyevna Urazova is a Russian artistic gymnast. She represented the Russian Olympic Committee at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal in the team event. She was a member of the team who won gold at the inaugural Junior World Championships. Individually she is the 2019 Junior World Champion and 2021 European silver medalist on the uneven bars.

Yuri Tsolakovich Oganessian is a Russian-Armenian nuclear physicist who is considered the world's leading researcher in superheavy chemical elements. He led the discovery of these elements in the periodic table. He succeeded Georgy Flyorov as director of the Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in 1989 and is now its scientific leader. The heaviest element on the periodic table, oganesson, is named after him, only the second time that an element was named after a living scientist.

Konstantin Nikolaevich Lavronenko is a Soviet and Russian actor most commonly accredited for his performance as the mysterious father of two boys in 2003 film Vozvrashcheniye. He won the Best Actor prize at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival for The Banishment.

Dmitry Alexandrovich Kudryashov is a Russian professional boxer who has challenged once for the WBA (Regular) cruiserweight title in 2017.

Georgy Khachaturovich Martirosyan is a Soviet and Russian film, stage and voice actor, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (2004).

Yuri Abramovich Bashmet is a Russian conductor, violinist, and violist.