Editing Irkutsk (section)

==Notable people==
{{Main|List of people from Irkutsk}}

* [[Nikolai Polevoy]] (1796–1846), editor, writer, translator and historian
* [[Innocent of Alaska]] (1797-1879), archbishop, linguist, architect, missionary 
* [[Vladimir Alexeyevich Kornilov|Vladimir Kornilov]] (1806–1854), naval officer who took part in the [[Crimean War]]
* [[Alexei Pavlovich Fedchenko]] (1844–1873), naturalist and explorer
* [[Vladimir Shevyakov]] (1859–1930), Russian biologist who died in Irkutsk
* [[Nikolay Vtorov]] (1866–1918), industrialist
* [[Alexander Kolchak]] (1874–1920) Russian Civil War leader, executed at Irkutsk  
* [[Nikolay Okhlopkov]] (1900–1967), Soviet actor and theatre director
* [[Mikhail Romm]] (1901–1971), Soviet film director
* [[Nikolay Kamov]] (1902–1973), leading constructor of the Soviet-Russian Kamov helicopter design bureau
* [[Mikhail Mil]] (1909–1970), Soviet aerospace engineer
* [[Konstantin Vyrupayev]] (1930–2012), Soviet wrestler and Olympic Champion
* [[Boris Volynov]] (born 1934), Soviet cosmonaut
* [[Alexander Vampilov]] (1937–1972), Soviet playwright
* [[Rudolf Nureyev]] (1938–1993), Soviet ballet and contemporary dancer and choreographer
* [[Olga Buyanova]] (born 1954), Honored Master of Sports coach in Rhythmic gymnastics of the USSR and Russia
* [[Oleksandr Shlapak]] (born 1960), Ukrainian politician, bureaucrat, and former Minister of Finance of Ukraine
* [[Anatoli Ivanishin]] (born 1969), cosmonaut
* [[Oxana Kostina]] (1972–1993), Soviet individual rhythmic gymnast
* [[Aleksandr Averbukh]] (born 1974), Israeli Olympic athlete who competed in the pole vault
* [[Denis Matsuev]] (born 1975), classical pianist
* [[Maria Bruntseva]] (born 1980), volleyball player
* [[Nina Kraviz]]  (born 1982), DJ, musician, producer
* [[Olga Zhitova]] (born 1983), volleyball player
* [[Olga Kurban]] (born 1987), heptathlete
* [[Alexey Negodaylo]] (born 1989), bobsledder
* [[Angelina Zhuk-Krasnova]] (born 1991), athlete specializing in the pole vault
* [[Darya Dmitriyeva]] (born 1993), Russian rhythmic gymnast
* [[Nazí Paikidze]] (born 1993), Georgian-American chess player
* [[Ekaterina Vedeneeva]] (born 1994), Russian-Slovenian rhythmic gymnast