List of Chuvashs

A Chuvash is a member of the subset of Turkic peoples living in Russia. Chuvashs traditionally come from Volga Bulgaria and Mari tribes. In Russia, this includes Chuvashia, Tatarstan, and Nizhny Novgorod Oblast.

* Alexander Artemiev, poet, writer, translator, critic.
* Vladimir Lenin, revolutionary, founder, and first leader of the Soviet Union (Chuvash background)
* Boris Çindikov, author
* Nikolai Fyodorov, politician and former sportsman
* Konstantin Ivanov, poet
* Andrian Nikolayev, the third man in space
* Arkady Malov, writer, translator
* Anatoly Serep, writer
* Ilia Toktash, writer, translator, poet, folklorist.
* Gerasym Peelesh, writer, grafic artist, playwright, sculptor.
* Nikita Larionov, writer, poet
* Boris Markov, famous artist, director
* Ivan Yakovlev, teacher
* Çêçpel Mishshi, poet
* Vera Sokolova, race walker
* Yelena Nikolayeva, race walker
* Olimpiada Ivanova, race walker
* Vladimir Andreyev, race walker
* Vyacheslav Krasnov, politician and former race walker