List of Famous people born in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
Ksenia Perova
Ksenia Vitalyevna Perova is a Russian female archer. At the 2012 Summer Olympics she competed for her country in the Women's team event, and went on to compete in the 2016 Summer Olympics as well.
Victor Starffin
Victor Starffin, nicknamed "the blue-eyed Japanese" , was an ethnic Russian baseball player in Japan and the first professional pitcher in Japan to win 300 games. With 83 career shutouts, he ranks number one all-time in Japanese professional baseball.
Yuta
Yuta ; born Anna Vladimirovna Syomina is a Russian singer, composer, songwriter and actress. She is the leader and founder of the professional singing group "Yuta". In June 2012 she announced that she would be starting a solo career.
Ekaterina Filippovna Lachova
Ekaterina Filippovna Lakhova is a Russian politician and statesman, former deputy of the State Duma of VI convocation from United Russia, deputy chairman of committee of the State Duma for public associations and religious organizations. Member of the General Council of the party United Russia. She was a people's deputy of the RSFSR, a deputy of the State Duma of the I-V convocations. Chairman of the Union of Women of Russia. Currently a member of the Federation Council, a representative of the legislative (representative) body of state power of the Bryansk Oblast, a member of the Committee of the Federation Council on federal structure, regional policy, local self-government and affairs of the North.
Alina Bronsky
Alina Bronsky, is a Russian-born German writer. The rights of Bronsky's novels were counted in more than 15 countries; they appear among others in the US and Italy in both print and audio format. Her debut novel Scherbenpark (2008), or Broken Glass Park (2010), has received wide critical acclaim.
Alexei Yashin
Alexei Valeryevich Yashin is a Russian former professional ice hockey centre who played 12 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Ottawa Senators and New York Islanders, serving as captain of both teams. He also played nine seasons in the Russian Superleague (RSL) and Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) for Dynamo Moscow, CSKA Moscow, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl and SKA Saint Petersburg. He will be inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2020.
Maxim Kovtun
Maxim Pavlovich Kovtun is a retired Russian figure skater. He is a three-time European medalist and four-time Russian national champion. On the junior level, he is the 2012 JGP Final champion. Kovtun has successfully landed two quad jumps in a short program, and three quads in a free program.
Aleksandr Galliamov
Aleksandr Romanovich Galliamov is a Russian pair skater. With his skating partner, Anastasia Mishina, he is the 2021 World champion, 2019–20 Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, and 2019 Internationaux de France champion. On a junior level he is the 2019 World Junior champion, the 2018 World Junior bronze medalist, 2018–19 Junior Grand Prix Final champion, and 2019 Russian national junior champion.
Stanislav Morozov
Stanislav Oleksandrovych Morozov is a former pair skater who competed for Ukraine and now works as a coach in Russia. With partner Tatiana Volosozhar, he was a four-time Ukrainian national champion. They placed 12th at the 2006 Winter Olympics and 8th at the 2010 Winter Olympics, and as high as 4th place at Worlds and Europeans.
Erik Bulatov
Erik Bulatov is a Russian artist, who was raised in Moscow. His father was a communist party official who died in World War II at Pskov, and his mother fled Poland at age 15 in support of the Russian Revolution. Bulatov's works are in the major public and private collections in Europe, Russia and United States. In 2008 Bulatov became an honorary member of the Russian Academy of Arts.