Notable interments at Donskoye Cemetery

390 notable figures are documented at Donskoye Cemetery in Wikidata's burial records, each with a Wikipedia article and a recorded place of burial. Listed alphabetically.

• Aaron Soltz (1872–1945), journalist, jurist, politician
• Abram Yampolsky (1890–1956), music educator, music teacher, university teacher
• Ada Chumachenko (1887–1954), playwright, poet, writer
• Adolf Warski (1868–1937), opinion journalist, journalist, politician
• Adolf Warski (1868–1937), opinion journalist, journalist, politician
• Adolf Yushkevich (1906–1993), medieval historian, historian of mathematics, university teacher
• Agustín Gómez Pagóla (1922–1975), spy, association football player, association football coach
• Aleksander Danieluk (1897–1937), general secretary
• Aleksandr Granberg (1936–2010), university teacher, economist
• Aleksandr Khinchin (1894–1959), university teacher, mathematician
• Aleksandr Kompaneyets (1914–1974), physicist
• Aleksandr Lokshin (1920–1987), music educator, composer
• Aleksandr Maksimov (1872–1941), ethnographer, anthropologist
• Aleksandr Murałow (1886–1938), politician
• Aleksandr Rochegov (1917–1998), painter, architect
• Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918–2008), short story writer, militant, opinion journalist
• Aleksandr Vasil'evič Kosarev (1903–1939), politician
• Aleksandr Voronsky (1884–1937), art theorist, literary critic, revolutionary
• Aleksei Gutor (1868–1938), military personnel
• Aleksei Gutor (1868–1938), military personnel
• Aleksei Kruchenykh (1886–1968), bibliophile, draftsperson, poet
• Aleksei Vasilievich Shubnikov (1887–1970), mineralogist, crystallographer, mathematician
• Alexander Abramov-Mirov (1895–1937), diplomat, politician
• Alexander Abramov-Mirov (1895–1937), diplomat, politician
• Alexander Feldbaum (1913–1969), electrotechnician, scientist
• Alexander Hotovitzky (1872–1937), Eastern Orthodox priest
• Alexander Ilyich Yegorov (1883–1939), military commander, soldier, military officer
• Alexander Ivanovich Dmitriev-Mamonov (1787–1836), painter
• Alexander Ivanovich Dmitriev-Mamonov (1787–1836), painter
• Alexander Krasnoshchyokov (1879–1937), politician, lawyer
• Alexander Kronrod (1921–1986), mathematician, economist, computer scientist
• Alexander Rodchenko (1891–1956), ceramics designer, draftsperson, collagist
• Alexander Shliapnikov (1885–1937), union member, trade unionist, revolutionary
• Alexander Slepkov (1899–1937), journalist, historian, politician
• Alexander Sumarokov (1717–1777), satirist, literary critic, librettist
• Alexander Voznesensky (1898–1950), economist, politician
• Alexander Wassiljewitsch Schottmann (1880–1937), politician
• Alexandra Smirnova (1809–1882), author, lady-in-waiting, writer
• Alexandru Nicolau (1889–1937), journalist, politician, lawyer
• Alexei Kosterin (1896–1968), journalist, dissident, writer
• Alexey Suetin (1926–2001), non-fiction writer, chess player
• Älihan Bökeihan (1866–1937), politician, writer, scientist
• Allan Chumak (1935–2017), presenter, psychic, journalist
• Ambrose (1708–1771), Eastern Orthodox priest
• Anatoli Golovnya (1900–1982), pedagogue, camera operator, cinematographer
• Anatoly Adoskin (1927–2019), film actor, stage actor, drama teacher
• Anatoly Polyansky (1928–1993), painter, architect
• Anatoly Vlasov (1908–1975), theoretical physicist, university teacher, physicist
• Andrey Korotkov (1954–2012), journalist, politician
• Anton Denikin (1872–1947), military officer, lieutenant general, politician
• Archil II (1647–1713), royalty, poet
• Arkady Pogodin (1901–1975), singer
• Arno Esch (1928–1951), politician, student
• Artur Artuzov (1891–1937), spy, intelligence officer, intelligence agency
• Artur Artuzov (1891–1937), spy, intelligence officer, intelligence agency
• August Kork (1887–1937), revolutionary, military officer, politician
• Avel Enukidze (1877–1937), politician
• Avel Enukidze (1877–1937), politician
• Avel Enukidze (1877–1937), politician
• Avel Enukidze (1877–1937), politician
• B. I. Gorev (1874–1937), opinion journalist, historian, politician
• Bolesław Przybyszewski (1892–1937), musicologist, musician
• Boris Bazarov (1893–1939), spy
• Boris Berman (1901–1939), politician, military personnel
• Boris Bogdanov (1884–1960), revolutionary, politician
• Boris Feldman (1890–1937), military personnel
• Boris Grakov (1899–1970), linguist, archaeologist, anthropologist
• Boris Ilyin (1889–1958), ichthyologist
• Boris Khaykin (1904–1978), music educator, conductor
• Boris Lisunov (1898–1946), aerospace engineer, statesperson, military officer
• Boris Rodos (1905–1956), military officer, colonel
• Boris Sheboldaev (1895–1937), politician
• Boris Stepantsev (1929–1983), animator, screenwriter, director
• Boris Stepantsev (1929–1983), animator, screenwriter, director
• Boris Vladimirovitch Golitsyn (1769–1813), translator
• Boris Vladimirovitch Golitsyn (1769–1813), translator
• Boris Vladimirovitch Golitsyn (1769–1813), translator
• Boris Vladimirovitch Golitsyn (1769–1813), translator
• Daniil Sulimov (1890–1937), politician
• Daniil Sulimov (1890–1937), politician
• Darya Nikolayevna Saltykova (1730–1801), serial killer
• David Frank-Kamenetsky (1910–1970), theoretical physicist, chemist, physicist
• Dimitri Ivanovich Dolgorukov (1797–1867), diplomat, politician
• Dimitri Pojidaev (1913–1989), diplomat
• Djelal ed-Din Korkmasov (1877–1937), politician
• Dmitri Prigov (1940–2007), conceptual artist, visual artist, sculptor
• Dmitriy Lebed' (1893–1937), statesperson
• Dmitry Golitsyn (1771–1844), politician, military personnel, writer
• Dmitry Shmidt (1896–1937), military personnel
• Dmitry Strukov (1828–1899), archaeologist, painter
• Eduard Gushchin (1940–2011), athletics competitor
• Eduard Shpolsky (1892–1975), physicist
• Edward Próchniak (1888–1937), politician
• Edward Próchniak (1888–1937), politician
• Ekaterina Junge (1843–1913), memoirist, painter
• El Lissitzky (1890–1941), draftsperson, visual artist, designer
• Elena Venttsel (1907–2002), university teacher, mathematician, writer
• Elye Falkovitsh (1898–1979), linguist
• Emanuel Kviring (1888–1937), political economist, statesperson, economist
• Emma Treyvas (1918–1982), film actor, actor
• Emma Tsesarskaya (1909–1990), film actor, actor
• Emmanuil Evzerikhin (1911–1984), war photographer, journalist, photographer
• Ernest Drezen (1892–1937), interlinguist, linguist, Esperantist
• Ernst Fabri (1891–1966), journalist, poet, writer
• Evgenii Feinberg (1912–2005), theoretical physicist, university teacher, physicist
• Faina Ranevskaya (1896–1984), film actor, stage actor, actor
• Fatix Säyfi-Qazanlı (1888–1937), writer
• Felix Blumenfeld (1863–1931), classical composer, music teacher, pedagogue
• Felix Gantmacher (1908–1964), mathematician
• Gennadi Yudin (1923–1989), actor
• Gennady Logofet (1942–2011), association football coach, association football player
• Gennady Pechnikov (1926–2018), theatre director, actor
• Georgy Arbatov (1923–2010), geopolitical analyst, journalist, historian
• Georgy Glazkov (1911–1968), ice hockey player, association football player, association football coach
• Georgy Langemak (1898–1938), engineer, military personnel
• Georgy Oppokov (1888–1937), politician
• Georgy Shchedrovitsky (1929–1994), philosopher, psychologist
• Gieorgij Sofronow (1893–1973), politician, military personnel
• Gleb Bokii (1879–1937), politician
• Gleb Lozino-Lozinskiy (1910–2001), military flight engineer
• Gleb Makarevich (1920–1999), urban planner, architect
• Grigori Gamburg (1900–1967), music educator, violist, musician
• Grigori Yevdokimov (1884–1936), politician
• Grigory Frid (1915–2012), film score composer, painter, composer
• Grigory Ginzburg (1904–1961), music educator, musician, pianist
• Grigory Levenfish (1889–1961), chess player, writer
• Grigory Zinoviev (1883–1936), revolutionary, politician, actor
• Harry Eisman (1913–1979), writer
• Hayk Ovsepyan (1891–1937), party organizer, military personnel
• Henryk Stein-Domski (1883–1937), historian
• Herbert Belter (1929–1951), revolutionary, student
• Ilya Anisimov (1862–1928), ethnographer, ethnologist, engineer
• Ilya Bondarenko (1870–1947), restorer, architect
• Inna Sergeevna Sjtsjerbina-Samoylova (1922–2003), editing staff, astrophysicist, translator
• Iona Yakir (1896–1937), revolutionary, military officer, chemist
• Iosif Grigulevich (1913–1988), ethnographer, spy, army scout
• Irina Murzaeva (1906–1988), film actor, actor
• Irina Press (1939–2004), athletics competitor
• Irma Jaunzem (1897–1975), music educator, opera singer, musician
• Irma Jaunzem (1897–1975), music educator, opera singer, musician
• Isaak Babel (1894–1940), prose writer, short story writer, film director
• Ivan Akulov (1888–1937), politician
• Ivan Bakayev (1887–1936), politician
• Ivan Bespalov (1900–1937), literary critic, writer
• Ivan Dmitriev (1760–1837), fabulist, statesperson, translator
• Ivan Kataev (1902–1937), journalist, poet, military personnel
• Ivan Kleymyonov (1899–1938), military engineer, engineer
• Ivan Kosobutsky (1895–1974), military officer
• Ivan Kravchenko (1905–1942), military personnel
• Ivan Moskvin (1890–1937), politician
• Ivan Moskvin (1890–1937), politician
• Ivan Moskvin (1890–1937), politician
• Ivan Moskvin (1890–1937), politician
• Ivan Nikitich Smirnov (1881–1936), economist, politician
• Ivan Shmelyov (1873–1950), opinion journalist, writer
• Ivan Teodorovich (1875–1937), revolutionary, historian, politician
• Ivar Smilga (1892–1937), economist, politician
• Izabella Yurieva (1899–2000), singer
• Izrail Yampolsky (1905–1976), music educator, musicologist, university teacher
• Jan Hempel (1877–1937), philosopher, translator
• Joseph Bové (1784–1834), architect
• Joseph Chaikov (1888–1979), draftsperson, art educator, art critic
• Joseph Chaikov (1888–1979), draftsperson, art educator, art critic
• Joseph Pustylnik (1905–1991), musicologist, music educator, film score composer
• Julian Leszczyński (1889–1937), communist, journalist, politician
• Julian Leszczyński (1889–1937), communist, journalist, politician
• Kazimierz Cichowski (1887–1937), revolutionary, functionary, politician
• Klara Rumyanova (1929–2004), film actor, singer, actor
• Konon Molody (1922–1970), spy
• Konstantin Gey (1896–1939), politician
• Konstantin Pervukhin (1863–1915), painter, illustrator, photographer
• Konstantin Podrevsky (1888–1930), poet
• Kostiantyn Fomin (1903–1964), association football player
• Kronid Lyubarsky (1934–1996), astrophysicist, human rights defender, astronomer
• Kurt Fabri (1923–1990), ethologist, psychologist
• Lavrentiy Beria (1899–1953), politician, military personnel
• Lavrentiy Beria (1899–1953), politician, military personnel
• Lazar Berenzon (1898–1956), military leader
• Leib Kvitko (1890–1952), children's writer, poet, writer
• Leib Kvitko (1890–1952), children's writer, poet, writer
• Leon Chwistek (1884–1944), aesthetician, art theorist, logician
• Leonid Belakhov (1907–1975), military leader
• Leonid Keldysh (1931–2016), university teacher, physicist
• Leonid Serebryakov (1888–1937), politician
• Lev Karakhan (1889–1937), diplomat, statesperson
• Lev Kopelev (1912–1997), literary scholar, literary critic, literary historian
• Lev Sosnovsky (1886–1937), revolutionary, journalist, politician
• Levon Mirzoyan (1897–1939), party organizer, statesperson
• Lew Szwarcman (1907–1955), military officer
• Lyubov Axelrod (1868–1946), man of letters, non-fiction writer, literary scholar
• Lyubov Streicher (1885–1958), music educator, composer
• Maksymilian Horwitz (1877–1937), opinion journalist, journalist, translator
• Margarita Barskaya (1903–1939), film director, actor, screenwriter
• Margarita Rudomino (1900–1990), librarian
• Margarita Zhukova (1929–2010), academic
• Maria Golubnichaya (1924–2015), athletics competitor
• Mark Dvoretsky (1947–2016), chess player, chess coach, coach
• Mark Redkin (1908–1987), journalist, photojournalist, photographer
• Martemyan Ryutin (1890–1937), politician
• Matvei Berman (1898–1939), politician
• Maya Kristalinskaya (1932–1985), translator, singer
• Mazel Ruvim Moiseevich (1890–1967), painter
• Michael A. Reisner (1868–1928), opinion journalist, psychologist, jurist
• Michail Alvuso (1891–1937), military personnel
• Mikhail Amelin (1896–1937), military personnel
• Mikhail Ancharov (1923–1990), singer-songwriter, painter, guitarist
• Mikhail Astangov (1900–1965), actor
• Mikhail Bleiman (1904–1973), screenwriter
• Mikhail Boguslavsky (1886–1937), trade unionist, politician
• Mikhail Chervinsky (1911–1965), journalist, writer, screenwriter
• Mikhail Gerasimov (1889–1937), poet, writer
• Mikhail Kheraskov (1733–1807), linguist, playwright, poet
• Mikhail Koltsov (1898–1940), opinion journalist, journalist, writer
• Mikhail Lidov (1926–1993), astronomer
• Mikhail Roginsky (1931–2004), art educator, visual artist, painter
• Mikhail Tovarovsky (1903–1969), association football coach, association football player
• Mikhail Trilisser (1883–1940), intelligence agent
• Miron Vovsi (1897–1960), internist, military physician, physician
• Mitrofan Dovnar-Zapol'skiy (1867–1934), ethnographer, folklorist, ethnologist
• Mitrofan Dovnar-Zapol'skiy (1867–1934), ethnographer, folklorist, ethnologist
• Moisey Feigin (1904–2008), visual artist, painter
• Nahum Eitingon (1899–1981), spy, military personnel
• Nahum Eitingon (1899–1981), spy, military personnel
• Natan Yavlinsky (1912–1962), nuclear physicist, physicist
• Nathan Schneersohn (1881–1937), museologist
• Naum Olev (1939–2009), lyricist, poet
• Nelly Korniyenko (1938–2019), drama teacher, actor
• Nikolai Erdman (1900–1970), playwright, poet, screenwriter
• Nikolai Kischner (1867–1935), university teacher, chemist
• Nikolai Mikhailovich Strakhov (1900–1978), academic, geologist
• Nikolai Rakov (1908–1990), music educator, music teacher, violinist
• Nikolai Stepanovich Rybko (1911–1977), test pilot
• Nikolai Uglanov (1886–1937), trade unionist, politician
• Nikolai Vissarionovich Nekrasov (1879–1940), governor, politician, engineer
• Nikolai Vissarionovich Nekrasov (1879–1940), governor, politician, engineer
• Nikolai Vissarionovich Nekrasov (1879–1940), governor, politician, engineer
• Nikolai Vlasik (1896–1967), lieutenant general, military personnel
• Nikolai Yezhov (1895–1940), politician, military personnel
• Nikolai Yezhov (1895–1940), politician, military personnel
• Nikolay Dosekin (1863–1935), painter
• Nikolay Komarov (1886–1937), politician
• Nikolay Muralov (1877–1937), politician, military personnel
• Nikolay Nuzhdin (1904–1972), geneticist, biologist
• Nikolay Strunnikov (1886–1940), skating coach, speed skater
• Nikolay Zhukovsky (1847–1921), aerospace engineer, military flight engineer, inventor
• Nora Gal (1912–1991), literary scholar, prose writer, linguist
• Nygmet Nurmakovich Nurmakov (1895–1937), politician, teacher
• Oleg Penkovsky (1919–1963), spy, military personnel
• Osip Beskin (1892–1969), theatre critic, art critic, literary critic
• Paul Försterling (1899–1949), communist
• Pavel Alexandrovich Alexandrov (1866–1940), criminologist, lawyer
• Pavel Khalkiopov (1899–1968), association football player, association football coach
• Pavel Ponedelin (1893–1950), military personnel
• Pavel Postyshev (1887–1939), communist, statesperson, politician
• Pavel Sudoplatov (1907–1996), spy, author, military officer
• Paweł Malyantovich (1869–1940), jurist, politician, lawyer
• Peljidiin Genden (1892–1937), head of government, politician
• Peretz Markish (1895–1952), playwright, poet, writer
• Princess Darejan of Imereti (1670–1740), royalty, diplomat
• Prokofi Akinfiyevich Demidov (1710–1786), botanist
• Pyotr Baranovsky (1892–1984), architectural historian, restorer, architect
• Pyotr Chaadayev (1794–1856), philosopher, politician
• Pyotr Isakov (1900–1957), association football player, association football coach
• Pyotr Nikolayevich Kropotkin (1910–1996), tectonician, geophysicist, geologist
• Pyotr Otsup (1883–1963), photojournalist
• Pyotr Tayozhny (1887–1952), sculptor
• Q26776739 (1931–2001), scientist
• R. Galʹperina (1894–1974), translator
• Roberts Eidemanis (1895–1937), military officer
• Roman Personov (1932–2002), physicist
• Rudolf Abel (1903–1971), radio technician, spy, intelligence agent
• Sasha Krasny (1894–1995), prose writer, lyricist, songwriter
• Saul Amsterdam (1898–1937), politician
• Semyon Volfkovich (1896–1980), chemical technologist, university teacher, chemist
• Sergei Bunyachenko (1902–1946), military personnel
• Sergei Khudyakov (1901–1950), military personnel
• Sergei Komarov (1891–1957), film director, director, screenwriter
• Sergei Kovalev (1930–2021), biophysicist, human rights defender, biologist
• Sergei Nikolaevich Trubetskoy (1862–1905), philosopher of religion, philosopher, university teacher
• Sergei Rytov (1908–1996), physicist
• Sergei Syrtsov (1881–1937), politician
• Sergei Syrtsov (1881–1937), politician
• Sergei Tretyakov (1892–1937), technologist, opinion journalist, journalist
• Sergey Kartsevski (1884–1955), linguist, philologist
• Sergey Muromtsev (1850–1910), opinion journalist, sociologist, journalist
• Sergey Ostrovoy (1911–2005), lyricist, poet, reporter
• Sergey Starostin (1953–2005), linguist, philologist
• Sergo Goglidze (1901–1953), soldier, politician, military personnel
• Sofia Davidovna Miliband (1922–2017), historian of science, bibliographer, iranologist
• Solomon Khromchenko (1907–2002), opera singer, pedagogue
• Solomon Mikhoels (1890–1948), director, drama teacher, theatre director
• Solomon Telingater (1903–1969), designer, typographer, graphic artist
• Stanislav Kosior (1889–1939), politician
• Stanislav Redens (1892–1940), statesperson, politician
• Stanislav Shatsky (1878–1934), pedagogue
• Stanisław Bobiński (1882–1937), journalist, translator, politician
• Stanisław Pestkowski (1882–1937), diplomat, politician, writer
• Stanisław Świętochowski (1899–1940), athletics competitor
• Stefan Krivtsov (1885–1943), university teacher, historian
• Stefan Żbikowski (1891–1937)
• Stepan Kuznetsov (1879–1932), actor
• Tamara Lobova (1911–2007), filmmaker, camera operator
• Tatyana Golitsyna (1783–1841)
• Tatyana Lioznova (1924–2011), drama teacher, film director, theatre director
• Thea Schnittke (1889–1970), editing staff, translator
• Thea Schnittke (1889–1970), editing staff, translator
• Theodore Rothstein (1871–1953), revolutionary, journalist, diplomat
• Tikhon of Moscow (1865–1925), patriarch
• Timofei Dokshizer (1921–2005), music educator, trumpeter, editor
• Tomasz Dąbal (1890–1937), communist, economist, politician
• Vadim Rogovin (1937–1998), non-fiction writer, philosopher, sociologist
• Vadim Sinyavsky (1906–1972), voice actor, journalist, pundit
• Vakhushti of Kartli (1696–1757), royalty, cartographer, geographer
• Valentin Nikulin (1932–2005), actor
• Valentina Rastvorova (1933–2018), fencer
• Valentina Tokarskaya (1906–1996), film actor, actor
• Valeri Frid (1922–1998), playwright, screenwriter
• Valeriya Novodvorskaya (1950–2014), political activist, opinion journalist, journalist
• Varvara Stepanova (1894–1958), performance artist, scenographer, textile artist
• Vasili Blokhin (1895–1955), executioner, military personnel
• Vasily Askalepov (1900–1948), military leader
• Vasily Barabanov (1900–1964), military officer
• Vasily Fedotov (1915–1997), military personnel
• Vasily Gordov (1896–1950), politician, military personnel
• Vasily Klyuchevsky (1841–1911), university teacher, historian
• Vasily Kozhanov (1904–1988), military leader, military personnel, teacher
• Vasily Maykov (1728–1778), playwright, poet, writer
• Vasily Maykov (1728–1778), playwright, poet, writer
• Vasily Perov (1834–1882), painter
• Vasily Pushkin (1766–1830), military officer, poet, writer
• Vera Orlova (1918–1993), film actor, radio personality, actor
• Viktor Bely (1904–1983), music educator, professor, composer
• Viktoria Yartseva (1906–1999), linguist, sociolinguist, professor
• Vilen Komissarov (1924–2005), linguist, philologist, translator
• Vitaly Primakov (1896–1937), soldier, military personnel
• Vitaly Primakov (1896–1937), soldier, military personnel
• Vitovt Putna (1893–1937), military advisor, military officer, military personnel
• Vladimir Adoratsky (1878–1945), philosopher, politician
• Vladimir Barsky (1866–1936), theatre director, director, film director
• Vladimir Borisovich Golitsyn (1731–1799), politician
• Vladimir E. Flint (1924–2004), environmentalist, botanist, ornithologist
• Vladimir Fogel (1902–1929), film actor, actor
• Vladimir Kappel (1883–1920), military personnel
• Vladimir Kappel (1883–1920), military personnel
• Vladimir Kirillov (1890–1937), poet
• Vladimir Kobrin (1930–1990), university teacher, historian
• Vladimir Mikhailovich Yurovsky (1915–1972), pianist, composer
• Vladimir Milyutin (1884–1937), statesperson, economist, politician
• Vladimir Odoevsky (1803–1869), science fiction writer, musicologist, philosopher
• Vladimir Osipovich Sherwood (1832–1897), painter, sculptor, architect
• Vladimir Pavlovich Efroimson (1908–1989), geneticist, biologist
• Vladimir Pereturin (1938–2017), sports commentator, association football player
• Vladimir Pikalov (1924–2003), inventor
• Vladimir Polonsky (1893–1937), union member, trade unionist, politician
• Vladimir Pushkarev (1921–1994), coach
• Vladimir Smirnov (1887–1937), communist, economist, politician
• Vladimir Sollogub (1813–1882), prose writer, librettist, translator
• Vladimir Uralsky (1887–1955), film actor, voice actor, stage actor
• Vladimir Uralsky (1887–1955), film actor, voice actor, stage actor
• Vladimir Vlasov (1903–1986), music educator, ethnomusicologist, music arranger
• Vsevolod Balitsky (1892–1937), statesperson, politician
• Vsevolod Gantmakher (1935–2015), physicist
• Vsevolod Merkulov (1895–1953), torturer, playwright, politician
• Vsevolod Meyerhold (1874–1940), theatre director, theatrologist, director
• Vyacheslav Zof (1889–1937), naval officer, functionary, politician
• Willy Leow (1887–1937), artisan, politician
• Wolf Gorelik (1933–2013), music educator, conductor
• Xenia Denikina (1892–1973), writer
• Yacov Boyarsky (1890–1940), trade unionist, theatre manager, writer
• Yakov Belopolsky (1916–1993), architect
• Yakov Drobnis (1890–1937), politician
• Yakov Estrin (1923–1987), correspondence chess player, chess player, jurist
• Yakov Ganetsky (1879–1937), banker, politician
• Yakov Serebryansky (1891–1956), spy, revolutionary, military officer
• Yakov Serebryansky (1891–1956), spy, revolutionary, military officer
• Yakov Yurovsky (1878–1938), revolutionary, politician
• Yefim Gamburg (1925–2000), film director, animator, screenwriter
• Yelena Bekman-Shcherbina (1882–1951), pianist, musician
• Yevgeni Ivanov-Barkov (1892–1965), film director, screenwriter
• Yevgeni Preobrazhensky (1886–1937), sociologist, economist, politician
• Yevgenia Ezhova (1904–1938), salonnière
• Yevgeniy Dolmatovsky (1915–1994), journalist, lyricist, poet
• Yuli Dunsky (1922–1982), screenwriter
• Yuri Chesnokov (1933–2010), volleyball player, association football coach
• Yuri Petrovich Figatner (1889–1937), politician
• Yuri Yankelevich (1909–1973), violin teacher, violinist
• Yuri Yankelevich (1909–1973), violin teacher, violinist
• Yury Lyubimov (1917–2014), opera director, film actor, director
• Yury Struchkov (1926–1995), chemist
• Yury Vasilyev (1939–1999), film actor, actor