List of Famous people born in Tula Oblast, Russia

Vladimir Lvovich Mashkov is a Soviet and Russian theatre actor and director of cinema, known to Western audiences for his work in the 2001 film Behind Enemy Lines and 2011 film Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol. Mashkov has also worked as a film director, producer and writer for the 2004 Russian film Papa.

Ekaterina Schulmann née Zaslavskaya is a Russian political scientist specializing on the studies of lawmaking.

Alexey Vladimirovich Vorobyov is a Russian singer and actor who performs both in Russian and English. For international purposes Vorobyov is also credited as Alex Sparrow, a translation of his Russian name. He is best known for appearing on the Russian version of The X Factor at the age of 17 in 2005. In 2006 Vorobyov was contracted by Universal Music Russia, and in December 2007 was appointed as a goodwill ambassador for Y-PEER, a youth-based initiative of the United Nations Population Fund. Vorobyov represented Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Germany.

Ivan Ivanovich Okhlobystin is a Russian Orthodox priest, actor, director and screenwriter. By his own choice, he is temporarily suspended as priest from the ministry of the Russian Orthodox Church. He is the creative director of the company Baon.

Yuliya Viktorovna Snigir, née Siriskina is a Russian actress and model.

Vyacheslav Petrovich Vedenin is a retired Soviet cross-country skier. His silver medal over 50 km was the only medal won by a Soviet male skier at the 1968 Olympics, as his 4×10 km team placed fourth. At the next Olympics he was the Olympic flag bearer for the Soviet Union and won three medals, with golds in the 30 km and 4×10 km and a bronze in the 50 km. In the 4×10 km event Vedenin ran the last leg and won by 10 seconds, despite starting with a one-minute lag from Norway. His gold in the 30 km was the first individual win for a Soviet male skier at the Winter Olympics.

Irina Ivanovna Saltykova is a Russian pop singer and a former member of the music group Mirazh, which was popular in Russia in the 1990s. She released six albums and two singles. Saltykova also did some acting, particularly in the film Brother 2. In June 2000, Saltykova was featured in Russian Playboy.

Irina Konstantinovna Skobtseva was a Soviet and Russian actress and second wife of Sergei Bondarchuk.

Nikolai Olegovich Rasskazov is a Russian football player. He plays for FC Arsenal Tula on loan from FC Spartak Moscow.

Valeri Vladimirovich Polyakov is a Russian former cosmonaut. He is the holder of the record for the longest single stay in space in human history, staying aboard the Mir space station for more than 14 months during one trip. His combined space experience is more than 22 months.