List of Famous people born in Tver Oblast, Russia
Vladimir Kirsanov
Vladimir Kirsanov was a Russian choreographer and dancer.
Antonina Seredina
Antonina Alexandrovna Seredina was a Russian sprint canoeist. She won the 500 m singles and doubles events at the 1960 Olympics, and placed third in the doubles in 1968 and fourth in 1964. She also won five medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds and three silvers.
Aleksandr Mikhailovich of Tver
Grand Prince Alexander or Aleksandr Mikhailovich was a Prince of Tver as Alexander I and Grand Prince of Vladimir-Suzdal as Alexander II. His rule was marked by the Tver Uprising in 1327. Aleksandr Mikhailovich was executed in the Golden Horde together with his son Fyodor.
Roman Lyubimov
Roman Lyubimov is a Russian professional ice hockey player who is currently playing for Ak Bars Kazan of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).
Mikhail Gromov
Mikhail Mikhailovich Gromov was a Russian and Soviet military aviator, test pilot, researcher, and Hero of the Soviet Union.
Solomon Shereshevsky
Solomon Veniaminovich Shereshevsky, also known simply as 'Ш' ('Sh'), 'S.', or Luria's S was a Russian journalist and mnemonist active in the 1920s. He was the subject of Alexander Luria's case study The Mind of a Mnemonist (1968).
Vladimir Obruchev
Vladimir Afanasyevich Obruchev was a Russian Empire and Soviet geologist who specialized in the study of Siberia and Central Asia. He was also one of the first Russian science fiction authors.
Aleksei Ignatiev
Count Alexei Pavlovich Ignatiev was a Russian political figure. His brother Nicholas Pavlovich Ignatiev was Chairman of the Committee of Ministers between 1872 and 1880.
Dmitry of Tver
Dmitry Mikhaylovich of Tver, nicknamed The Fearsome Eyes, was a Grand Prince of Tver and Grand Prince of Vladimir. He was a son of Mikhail of Tver and Anna of Kashin.
Vladimir Gardin
Vladimir Rostislavovich Gardin was a pioneering Russian film director and actor who strove to raise the artistic level of Russian cinema.