This is a list of notable people who were born or have lived in Krasnoyarsk, Russia.

• Vasily Surikov (1848–1916), Russian painter
• Vladimir Rebikov (1866–1920), Russian composer and pianist
• Pyotr Krasikov (1870–1939), functionary of the All-Union Communist Party (bolsheviks) and the Soviet Union; the first Procurator General of the Soviet Union, serving from 1924 to 1933
• Abram Markson (1888–1938), Russian and Soviet violinist and conductor

• Vitaly Abalakov (1906–1986), Soviet mountaineer and inventor
• Yevgeniy Abalakov (1907–1948), Soviet alpinist and sculptor
• Tatiana Kopnina (1921–2009), Soviet Russian painter and art teacher
• Bob Martin (1922–1998), Austrian singer
• Elena Abramovna Davidovich (1922–2013), Russian numismatist
• Viktor Astafyev (1924–2001), Soviet and Russian writer
• Yuz Aleshkovsky (born 1929), Russian writer, poet, playwright and performer of his own songs

• Eduard Shafransky (1937–2005), Russian classical guitarist and composer
• Eduard Malofeyev (born 1942), Soviet and Belarusian football coach and player
• Vladimir Krainev (1944–2011), Russian pianist and professor of piano
• Yevgeni Popov (born 1946), Russian writer
• Valery Shmukler (born 1946), Soviet Ukrainian engineer
• Viktor Tretiakov (born 1946), Russian violinist and conductor
• Vladimir Kvint (born 1949), Russian-American economist and strategist
• Yevgeniy Yevsyukov (born 1950), Russian race walker

• Jurgis Kairys (born 1952), Lithuanian aerobatic pilot and aeronautical engineer
• Oleg Romantsev (born 1954), Soviet and Russian international footballer and coach
• Sergey Lomanov, Sr. (born 1957), Russian bandy manager and former player (forward)
• Andreï Makine (born 1957), Russian-born French author
• Galina Yenyukhina (born 1959), Russian cyclist^[1]
• Edkham Akbulatov (born 1960), Russian politician

• Dmitri Hvorostovsky (1962–2017), Russian operatic baritone
• Zosima Davydov (1963–2010), Russian Orthodox bishop of Yakutsk and Lensk
• Alexej Jaškin (born 1965), Russian-born Czech professional ice hockey defenceman
• Sergei Kruglov (born 1966), Russian poet and priest
• Oleg Kuzhlev (born 1966), Russian professional football coach and a former player
• Vyacheslav Atavin (born 1967), Soviet and Russian handball player
• Svetlana Fedotkina (born 1967), Russian speed skater
• Sergei Klischin (born 1967), Austrian judoka
• Orit Zuaretz (born 1967), Israeli politician
• Vladimir Baksheyev (born 1970), Russian professional footballer
• Andrey Vorobyov (born 1970), Russian politician, governor of Moscow Oblast since 2013
• Victor Remsha (born 1970), Russian businessman
• Mikhail Terentiev (born 1970), Russian Paralympian

• Svetlana Tchernousova (born 1972), Russian former biathlete
• Igor Bakhtin (born 1973), Russian professional football coach and a former player
• Larissa Loukianenko (born 1973), Belarusian individual rhythmic gymnast
• Maxim Galanov (born 1974), Russian professional ice hockey player
• Yevgeni Popov (born 1976), Russian bobsledder
• Konstantin Aladashvili (born 1977), Russian bobsledder and skeleton racer
• Andrei Drygin (born 1977), Tajik alpine skier of Russian ethnicity
• Yekaterina Mironova (born 1977), Russian skeleton racer
• Yuliya Pechonkina (born 1978), Russian athlete
• Olga Rocheva (born 1978), Russian cross country skier
• Natalya Safronova (born 1979), Russian female volleyball player
• Alyona Sidko (born 1979), Russian cross-country skier
• Elena Khrustaleva (born 1980), Russian, Belarusian and Kazakh biathlete
• Sergey Lomanov, Jr. (born 1980), Russian bandy player (forward)
• Pavel Shestakov (born 1980), Russian former alpine skier

• Dmitry Abramovitch (born 1982), Russian bobsledder
• Anastasia Tambovtseva (born 1982), Russian luger
• Jury Veselov (born 1982), Russian luger
• Aleksandr Kharitonov (born 1983), Russian footballer
• Maksim Semakin (born 1983), Russian professional football player
• Viktoria Tereshkina (born 1983), Russian ballet dancer
• Andrey Yurkov (born 1983), Russian bobsledder
• Anna Astapenko (born 1984), Russian football defender
• Helene Fischer (born 1984), German singer and entertainer
• Evgeny Isakov (born 1984), Russian professional ice hockey forward
• Mikhail Komkov (born 1984), Russian professional footballer
• Alexander Semin (born 1984), Russian professional ice hockey winger
• Elena Suslova (born 1984), Russian football defender
• Yuliya Tarasenko (born 1984), Russian ski orienteering competitor
• Mikhail Kuzmich (born 1985), Russian luger
• Dmitry Rigin (born 1985), Russian foil fencer
• Aleksandr Tretyakov (born 1985), Russian skeleton racer
• Sergei Chepchugov (born 1985), Russian professional footballer
• Evgeny Ustyugov (born 1985), Russian biathlete

• Polina Malchikova (born 1986), Russian ski-orienteering competitor
• Iya Gavrilova (born 1987), Russian ice hockey player
• Natalia Myasoyedova (born 1987), Russian basketball center
• Timofey Lapshin (born 1988), Russian biathlete
• Olga Korobkina (born 1989), Russian skeleton racer
• Yevgeni Pesegov (born 1989), Russian professional footballer
• Olga Potylitsina (born 1989), Russian skeleton racer
• Igor Polyanski (born 1990), Russian professional triathlete

• Vladislav Antonov (born 1991), Russian luger
• Alexander Denisyev (born 1991), Russian luger
• Ksenia Krasilnikova (born 1991), Russian pair skater
• Nikolay Olyunin (born 1991), Russian snowboarder
• Ekaterina Baturina (born 1992), Russian luger
• Nikolay Martsenko (born 1993), Russian racing car driver
• Elizaveta Axenova (born 1995), Russian-born Kazakhstani luger
• Nikita Tregubov (born 1995), Russian skeleton racer
• Anton Mitryushkin (born 1996), Russian professional football player
• Alexey Bugaev (born 1997), Russian para-alpine skier

2000-2010

• Erika Andreeva (born 2004), Russian tennis player
• Mirra Andreeva (born 2007), Russian tennis player

• Nikolai Rezanov (1764–1807), Russian nobleman and statesman who promoted the project of Russian colonization of Alaska and California; died in Krasnoyarsk
• Christian Friedrich Lessing (1809–1862), German botanist; died in Krasnoyarsk
• Luka (Voyno-Yasenetsky) (1877–1961), bishop of Russian Orthodox Church and an archbishop of Simferopol and of the Crimea
• Pyotr Slovtsov (1886–1934), Russian tenor
• Vladimir Dolgikh (born 1924), Russian politician
• Innokenty Smoktunovsky (1925–1994), Soviet actor
• Valentin Danilov (born 1948), Russian physicist
• Vladimir Shalaev (born 1957), American physicist of Russian descent
• Aleksandr Bushkov (born 1956), a best-selling Russian author
• Vyacheslav Butusov (born 1961), Russian singer and songwriter

• List of Russian people
• List of Russian-language poets