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Notable People

Famous citizens of Ufa include:

  • Sergey Aksakov (1791–1859), writer and literary critic, born and raised in Ufa
  • Vera Timanova (1855–1942), pianist, born and grew up in Ufa
  • Mikhail Nesterov (1862–1942), painter, one of the main figure of the Symbolist artist movement, born and raised in Ufa
  • Feodor Chaliapin (1873-1938), opera singer, spent early years of his career in Ufa
  • Valerian Albanov (1882–1919), Arctic explorer, born in Ufa
  • Jaroslav Hašek (1883–1923), Czech writer and journalist, lived in Ufa during the Civil War, worked in local newspapers
  • Natalya Kovshova (1920–1942), World War II sniper, born in Ufa
  • Gabdulkhay Akhatov (1927–1986), linguist, turkologist, Bashkir University professor
  • Rudolf Nureyev (1938–1993), ballet dancer, grew up in Ufa
  • Boris Kolker (born 1939), linguist, esperantologist, lived in Ufa
  • Sergei Dovlatov (1941–1990), writer and journalist, born in Ufa
  • Vladimir Spivakov (born 1944), conductor and violinist, born in Ufa
  • Ernst Muldashev (born 1948), ophthalmologist, director of the Ufa Plastic Surgery Center
  • Vladimir Vinogradov (1955–2008), banker, one of the first Russian billionaires of the post-Soviet era, born in Ufa
  • Yuriy Shevchuk (born 1957), rock musician, DDT frontman, grew up and started his career in Ufa
  • Elvira Nabiullina (born 1963), former Minister of Economic Development of Russia, born and grew up in Ufa
  • Igor Kravchuk (born 1966), Alexander Semak (born 1966), Andrei Zyuzin (born 1978), Andrei Zubarev (born 1987), ice hockey players
  • Andrey Gubin (born 1974), pop singer, born in Ufa
  • Zemfira (born 1976), rock musician, born, grew up and made her career in Ufa
  • Ildar Abdrazakov (born 1976), Grammy Award-winning bass opera singer, born in Ufa, Ufa Academy of Arts graduate
  • Maxim Tchoudov (born 1982), biathlete, grew up in Ufa
  • Sophie Milman (born 1983), jazz singer, born in Ufa
  • Daniil Kvyat (born 1994), racing driver, born in Ufa

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