List of Famous people born in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia

Izmail Ivanovich Sreznevsky was a Russian Imperial and Ukrainian philologist, Slavist, historian, paleographer, folklorist and writer.

Artem Alekseevich Anisimov is a Russian professional ice hockey centre currently playing for the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL). Anisimov has previously played in the NHL for the New York Rangers, Columbus Blue Jackets and Chicago Blackhawks. The Rangers originally selected him in the second round, 54th overall, of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft.

Sergey Veremeenko is a Russian businessman who, according to Forbes magazine, has a net worth of 1.4 billion US Dollars. He has investments in steel, mining, banking and microchips. He has 25% of shares in Estar, a steel and metals group, and also owns luxury housing developments in Moscow’s suburbs and vast agricultural land in Tver, Kaluga and Penza. He also holds publishing interests in the newspapers Pravda.ru and Pravda International.

Archbishop Alexander was an Azerbaijani prelate, who served as the archbishop of Russian Orthodox diocese of Baku and Azerbaijan from 1999 until his death in 2021.

Nina Alexeevna Zhuk is a retired pair skater who represented the Soviet Union in competition. With her husband Stanislav Zhuk, she is the 1958-1960 European silver medalist. They placed 6th at the 1960 Winter Olympics.

Karolina Karlovna Pavlova was a 19th-century Russian poet and novelist.

Sergey Konstantinovich Shlyapnikov is a Russian volleyball coach who coached the Russia men's national volleyball team at the 2015 European Games in Baku where the team won a bronze medal.

Aleksandr Mikhailovich Lyapunov was a Russian mathematician, mechanician and physicist. His surname is variously romanized as Ljapunov, Liapunov, Liapounoff or Ljapunow. He was the son of astronomer Mikhail Lyapunov and the brother of pianist and composer Sergei Lyapunov.

Sergei Mikhailovich Lyapunov was a Russian composer and pianist.