List of Famous people born in Tula Oblast, Russia
Sergey Gavrilov
Sergei Anatolievich Gavrilov is a Russian politician who is a Deputy of the State Duma representing the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. He was born in Tula, during the time period of the Soviet Union; and would go on to receive a Candidate of Science in Economics, considered a PhD equivalent, from Moscow State University in 1989.
Nikolay Obolskiy
Nikolay Nikolayevich Obolsky is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a forward in Spain for Cultural Leonesa.
Ksenia Semenova
Ksenia Andreyevna Ablyazina is a retired Russian artistic gymnast. She is the 2007 world champion on the uneven bars, the 2008 European champion on the uneven bars and the balance beam, and the 2009 European all-around champion. She also won a gold medal with the Russian team at the 2010 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. She represented Russia at the 2008 Summer Olympics where she finished fourth in the team competition, fourth in the all-around, and sixth in the uneven bars final.
Sergey Semenov
Sergey Viktorovich Semenov is a Russian Greco-Roman wrestler who competed at the 2016 Olympic Games in the 130 kg weight category. In the semifinals he lost to Mijaín López of Cuba (0–3). In the bronze medal match he beat Heiki Nabi of Estonia (6–0). Semenov won the 2018 World Wrestling Championships defeating American Adam Coon in the final, 9–0.
Dmitri Otstavnov
Dmitri Vladimirovich Otstavnov is a Russian football player. He plays for FC Volga Ulyanovsk.
Andrey Kuznetsov
Andrey Alexandrovich Kuznetsov is a professional Russian tennis player.
Sergei Krylov
Sergei Lvovich Krylov is a Russian singer, showman and actor.
Ksenia Afanasyeva
Ksenia Dmitrievna Afanasyeva is a retired Russian artistic gymnast who competed at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. She is the 2011 world champion on floor exercise, the 2013 and 2015 European floor champion, and the 2013 Universiade vault and floor champion. Widely regarded as one of the most original and artistic gymnasts of all time, she retired from elite gymnastics in July 2016 due to kidney disease, a month away from the 2016 Summer Olympics, for which she was the Russian team's first alternate.
Sofya Yesenina-Tolstaya
Kyrylo Shevchenko
Kyrylo Yevhenovych Shevchenko is a Ukrainian banker and the Chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine. He is the former Chairman of the Board of the state-owned Ukrgasbank (2014—2020).