List of Famous people born in Voronezh Oblast, Russia

Angelina Romanovna Melnikova is a Russian artistic gymnast. She represented Russia at the 2016 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal in the team competition. She was also a member of the gold medal-winning Russian teams at the 2016 and 2018 European Championships, and the silver medal-winning Russian teams at the 2018 and 2019 World Championships.

Aleksey Aleksandrovich Zhuravlyov is a Russian politician, deputy of the State Duma. Since 29 September 2016 he is chairman of the party Rodina.

Maxim Valerievich Shcheogolev is a popular Russian theatre and film actor, best known for roles in criminal and romantic movies and serials like Karpov (2012), The Second Breath (2008), which earned him a Russian Army "Fighters' Brotherhood" Medal, and The Lone Wolf, 2012. In 2011 he received the Golden Rhino Award for the Best male supporting role in the film Marriage at Will (2011).

Ivan Ivanovich Saenko is a Russian former footballer who played as a winger.

Arkady Davidowitz (born Adolf Filippovich Freudberg, Russian: Аркадий Давидо́вич, Адольф Филиппович Фрейдберг was a Russian writer and aphorist, author of over 50,000 published aphorisms.

Viktoria Aleksandrovna Komova is a former Russian artistic gymnast. She is a two-time Olympic medalist, having won silver medals in the all-around and team events at the 2012 Olympics. She is also the 2011 world uneven bars champion and all-around silver medalist, and the 2015 co-world champion on uneven bars. At the junior level, she was the 2010 Youth Olympics all-around champion, uneven bars champion, vault champion, and floor exercise bronze medalist. Komova is known for her fluidity, form and old school Soviet style.

Dmitri Ivanovich Sautin is a Russian diver who has won more medals than any other Olympic diver. He was born in Voronezh.

Dmitri Nikolayevich Grachyov is a former Russian footballer. He played centre back.

Dmitri Vladimirovich Skopintsev is a Russian football player who plays for FC Dynamo Moscow. He plays as a left back or left midfielder.

Mitrofan Ivanovich Nedelin was a Soviet military commander who served as Chief Marshal of the Artillery in the Soviet Armed Forces. A long-time member of the Red Army, Nedelin was a veteran of numerous wars and was honored as a Hero of the Soviet Union for his service during the Second World War. On 8 May 1959, Nedelin was promoted to Chief Marshal of the Artillery, and became an important figure in the development of ICBMs and the Space Race. On 24 October 1960, Nedelin was killed in an explosion at Baikonur Cosmodrome during the eponymous Nedelin catastrophe.