List of Famous people born in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia

Yuri Petrovich Lyubimov was a Soviet and Russian stage actor and director associated with the internationally renowned Taganka Theatre, which he founded in 1964. He was one of the leading names in the Russian theatre world.

Ivan Leonidovich Tkachenko was a Russian professional ice hockey winger who played for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He was selected by the Columbus Blue Jackets in the 4th round of the 2002 NHL Entry Draft.

Anastasiia Valeryevna Galashina is a Russian sport shooter.

Alexander Nikolayevich Yakovlev was a Soviet and Russian politician, diplomat, and historian. A member of the Politburo and Secretariat of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union throughout the 1980s, he was termed the "godfather of glasnost", and was the intellectual force behind Mikhail Gorbachev's reform programme of glasnost and perestroika.

Stanislav Iosifovich Rostotsky was a Soviet film director and screenwriter, the recipient of the two USSR State Prizes and a Lenin Prize. He was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1974.

Yevgeny Robertovich Urlashov was mayor of the city of Yaroslavl, Russia, from April 2012 to July 2013.

Lyubov Igorevna Nikitina is a Russian freestyle skier who competes internationally.

Art, Artem, Artemiy or Artemy Troitsky is a Russian journalist, music critic, concert promoter, radio host, and academic who has lectured on music journalism at Moscow State University. He was born in Yaroslavl, then in the Soviet Union. In 1988 he was described in The New York Times as "the leading Soviet rock critic" as one of the foremost propagandists of rock music in the USSR.

Vladislav Andreyevich Gavrikov is a Russian professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted 159th overall by the Blue Jackets in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft.

Elena Kostyuchenko is a Russian journalist and gay-rights activist. She is an investigative reporter for the newspaper Novaya Gazeta.