Editing Samara (section)

==Notable people==
{{Main|List of people from Samara}}
[[File:Dmitri Shostakovich credit Deutsche Fotothek adjusted.jpg|thumb|140px|[[Dmitri Shostakovich]], 1950]]

* [[Violetta Khrapina|Violetta Khrapina Bida]] (born 1994), Olympic épée fencer
*[[Mark Feygin]] (born 1971), lawyer and human rights activist
*[[Mimi Kagan]] (1918–1999), Russian-born American modern dancer, choreographer; born in Samara.
*[[Ilya Kan]] (1909–1978), chess player
*[[Boris Kuftin]] (1892–1953), archaeologist and ethnographer 
*[[Maria Kuncewiczowa]] (1895–1989), Polish writer and novelist
*[[Dmitry Muratov]] (born 1961), journalist, [[2021 Nobel Peace Prize]] winner
*[[Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova]] (born 1991), professional tennis player and multiple junior Grand Slam champion
*[[Enrico Rastelli]] (1896–1931), Italian performer and actor
*[[Gregory Ratoff]] (1893–1960), Russian-born American film director, actor and producer
*[[Pavel Romanov]] (1964–2014), sociologist and ethnographer
*[[David Rudman (wrestler)|David Rudman]] (1943– 2022), Russian-American wrestler, Sambo world champion, and judo European champion
*[[Sergei Alexander Schelkunoff]] (1897–1992), a mathematician and electromagnetism theorist, contributed to  [[antenna theory]]
*[[Olga Sharkova-Sidorova]] (born 1968), foil fencer
*[[Dmitry Shostakovich]] (1906–1975), composer and pianist, lived in Samara during WWII where he finished his [[Symphony No. 7 (Shostakovich)|Symphony No. 7]]
*[[Pavel Sukhov]] (born 1988), epee fencer
*[[Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy]] (1882–1945), writer of science fiction and historical novels.
*[[Dmitry Ustinov]] (1908–1984), Soviet Defence Minister, [[Marshal of the Soviet Union]]
*[[Svetlana Vanyo]] (born 1977), Russian-American swimmer and coach