List of Famous people born in Saint Petersburg, Russia
Eugene Botkin
Yevgeny Sergeyevich Botkin, commonly known as Eugene Botkin, was the court physician for Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra. While in exile with the family after the February Revolution in 1917, he sometimes treated the Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich of Russia for haemophilia-related complications.
Princess Irina Felixovna Yusupova, 9th Princess Yusupov
Princess Irina Felixovna Yusupova, nicknamed "Bébé", was born in Petrograd, Russian Empire, the only child of Prince Felix Yusupov and Princess Irina of Russia.
Vladimir Kappel
Vladimir Oskarovich Kappel was a White Russian military leader.
Catherine Pavlovna of Russia
Grand Duchess Catherine Pavlovna of Russia later Queen Catharina Pavlovna of Württemberg, was the fourth daughter of Tsar Paul I of Russia and Duchess Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg. She became the Queen of Württemberg upon her marriage to her first cousin Crown Prince William who eventually became King William I of Württemberg in 1816.
Novella Matveyeva
Novella Nikolayevna Matveyeva was a Russian bard, poet, writer, screenwriter, dramatist, and literary scientist.
Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia
Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia was the only daughter and eldest child of Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia and Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia. She was also the only niece of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, and the wife of the wealthiest man in Imperial Russia, Prince Felix Felixovich Yusupov, one of the men who murdered Grigori Rasputin, "holy healer" to her cousin, the hemophiliac Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich of Russia, in 1916.
Vladimir Kazachyonok
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Kazachyonok was a Soviet football player and Russian coach. He was the academy director with FC Zenit Saint Petersburg until his death in 2017.
Svetlana Sorokina
Svetlana Innokentyevna Sorokina is a Russian journalist, member of the Russian Television Academy, a former member of the Human Rights Council under the President of the Russian Federation (2009-2011), teacher National Research University – Higher School of Economics.
Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia
Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia was the third daughter of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna. Her murder following the Russian Revolution of 1917 resulted in her canonization as a passion bearer by the Russian Orthodox Church.
Grand Duke George Alexandrovich of Russia
Grand Duke George Alexandrovich of Russia was the third son of Emperor Alexander III and Empress Maria of Russia. At times he was referred to by his relatives as "weeping willow" and was a much beloved member of the imperial family.