List of Famous people born in Tomsk Oblast, Russia

Yekaterina Yuryevna Volkova is a Russian actress of theatre and cinema, singer, songwriter, and model.

Sergei Grigoryevich Milnichenko is a Russian composer, songwriter, guitarist and record producer. His career began in the Soviet era.

Alexander "Sasha" Olegovich Kaun is a Russian former professional basketball player. He played college basketball in the United States for the University of Kansas for four seasons, where he won an NCAA championship in 2008 before being selected with the 56th overall pick by the Seattle SuperSonics in the 2008 NBA draft. He played seven seasons in Russia for CSKA Moscow. In 2015, he returned to the United States and played his only NBA season with the Cleveland Cavaliers, where he won an NBA championship in 2015–16. Kaun became one of the first Russians, along with Timofey Mozgov, in NBA history to win an NBA championship. He also represented Russia in the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Lev Aleksandrovich Ponomaryov is a Russian political and civil activist. He is an executive director of the all-Russian movement "For Human Rights." He is a member of the Federal Political Council of Solidarnost, and was deputy to the State Duma in its first period.

Karl Genrikhovich Vaino is a former Estonian SSR politician. From July 26, 1978 to June 16, 1988 he was the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Estonia.

Yevgeni Aleksandrovich Chernov is a Russian football player. He plays as a left-back for FC Krasnodar.

Evgeny A. Pokushalov is a Russian electrophysiologist.

Vyacheslav Nikolayevich Vishnevskiy is a former Russian football player.

Zvi Heifetz, born December 9, 1956, is a lawyer, businessman, media executive, and an Israeli diplomat. Since January 2017, Heifetz has been serving as the Ambassador of the State of Israel to the People’s Republic of China and Mongolia. Heifetz previously served as Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Ambassador to Austria, UNIDO, UNDOC and OSCE, and Ambassador to Russian Federation.

Ivan Nikolayevich Taranov is a Russian former football defender.