List of Famous people born in Udmurt Republic, Russia

Ivan Yuryevich Tcherezov is a former Russian biathlete. He announced his retirement from biathlon at the end of the 2015–16 season.

Vyacheslav Vladimirovich Nagovitsyn ; born March 2, 1956 in Glazov, Udmurt ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a Russian politician, Senator from Buryatia since 2017, previously he was the Head of the Republic of Buryatia, a federal subject of Russia. He held the office from July 10, 2007 to February 7, 2017. Nagovitsyn is a member of the United Russia party and resigned from office after he decided against running for a third term.

Maxim Gennadyevich Maksimov is a retired Russian biathlete and biathlon coach. He took two individual medals in the Biathlon World Championships, a bronze in 2008 and a silver in 2011: these were also his only podiums in the Biathlon World Cup. In 2019 he was appointed as an assistant coach to the Russian national biathlon team, having previously been a regional coach in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug.

Vladimir Shkurikhin was a Russian volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Oleg Petrovich Zhakov was a Russian actor. He performed in more than sixty films between 1927 up to 1988. People's Artist of USSR (1969). Winner of USSR State Prize (1971) and the Stalin Prize of the second degree (1946).

Andrei Georgievich Vedernikov was a Soviet cyclist. In 1981 he became the first Soviet cyclist to win the individual amateur road race at world championships, and was named the road racer of the year by the Union Cycliste Internationale.

Galina Alexeyevna Kulakova is a Soviet former cross-country skier, arguably the best skier on distances shorter than 10 km in the early 1970s. She won four Olympic golds, two individual in 1972 and two relay golds in 1972 and 1976. She was the most successful athlete at the 1972 Winter Olympics, along with Ard Schenk of the Netherlands. Competing in the World Championships, she won three individual golds, two in 1974 and one in 1970, and also two relay golds in those years. Kulakova also won the 10 km event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1970 and 1979. Galina Kulakova was also 39 times Champion of the USSR between 1969 and 1981.