List of Famous people born in Tver Oblast, Russia

Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov was a Soviet cosmonaut.

Ihar Viktaravich Makarau, also commonly known by the Russian spelling Igor Viktorovich Makarov, is a Belarusian judoka. He won the gold medal in the half-heavyweight (100 kg) division at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Filipp Sergeyevich Oktyabrsky was a Soviet naval commander. He began service in the Baltic Fleet in 1918. From 1925–27 he studied at the Naval Academy in Leningrad. As vice-admiral he was given command of the Black Sea Fleet in March 1939 and headed its actions during the Sieges of Sevastopol (1941-1942) and Odessa (1941). After the war he became a Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, commander of all naval test centres and from 1957 to 1960 head of the Black Sea Higher Naval Institute "Admiral Pavel Nakhimov" in Sevastopol.

Chief marshal of the armored troops Pavel Alexeyevich Rotmistrov was a Soviet military commander of armoured troops in the Red Army during and following World War II, known for leading the 5th Guards Tank Army at the Battle of Prokhorovka.