List of Famous people born in Saint Petersburg, Russia

Nadezhda Stasova (1822–1895) was a Russian philanthropist and feminist. She worked to give Russian women greater access to education. A notable philanthropist, she was also, alongside Anna Filosofova (1837–1912) and Maria Trubnikova (1835–1897), one of the pioneer founders and leaders of the first organised Russian women's movement.

Nina Pavlovna Petrova was a Soviet sniper during the Winter War and World War II credited with 122 kills, making her one of the most successful female snipers in history. She was posthumously awarded the Order of Glory 1st class on 29 June 1945, making her one of only four women to be awarded all three classes of the award.

Mikhail Moiseyevich Botvinnik was a Soviet chess player, who was the sixth World Chess Champion. Besides playing top-class competitive chess, he worked as an electrical engineer and computer scientist, and he was also a pioneer of computer chess.

Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia was the third son and sixth child of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia and Alexandra Feodorovna. He may also be referred to as Nicholas Nikolaevich the Elder to tell him apart from his son, Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (1856–1929). Trained for the military, as a Field Marshal he commanded the Russian army of the Danube in the Russo-Turkish War, 1877–1878.

Prince Gabriel Constantinovich of Russia was the second son of Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia and his wife, Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mavrikievna of Russia. A great-grandson of Tsar Nicholas I, he was born in Imperial Russia and served in the army during World War I. He lost much of his family during the war and the Russian Revolution. He narrowly escaped execution by the Bolsheviks and spent the rest of his life living in exile in France.

Mikhail Dmitriyevich Skobelev was a Russian general famous for his conquest of Central Asia and heroism during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878. Dressed in white uniform and mounted on a white horse, and always in the thickest of the fray, he was known and adored by his soldiers as the "White General". During a campaign in Khiva, his Turkmen opponents called him goz ganly or "Bloody Eyes". British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery wrote that Skobelev was the world's "ablest single commander" between 1870 and 1914 and called him a "skilful and inspiring" leader.

Boris Andreyevich Vilkitsky was a Russian hydrographer and surveyor. He was the son of Andrey Ippolitovich Vilkitsky.

Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia, sometimes known as Helen, Helena, Helene, Ellen, Yelena, Hélène, or Eleni, was the only daughter and youngest child of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia and Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Her husband was Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark and they were both first cousins of Emperor Nicholas II of Russia. She was also first cousin of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands and Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Queen consort of Denmark.

Lidiya Petrovna Sukharevskaya was a Soviet stage actress and playwright renowned for her work with Nikolay Akimov and Andrey Goncharov. Her frequent stage partner was Boris Tenin, her husband. She also appeared in 14 films between 1939 and 1981. Sukharevskaya was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1990.

Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia was the third daughter of Paul I of Russia and Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg. She was the Grand Duchess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach by her marriage to Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.