Editing Cherepovets (section)

==Notable residents==
*[[Vasily Vereshchagin]] (1842–1904), a famous battle painter, was born in Cherepovets.
*[[Anna Demidova]] (1878–1918), House of Romanovs maid, [[Execution of the Romanov family|murdered]] with Nicholas II and his family, was born and raised in Cherepovets.
*[[Alexander Kutepov]] (1882–1930), [[White movement|White Army]] general, was born in Cherepovets.
*[[Igor Severyanin]] (1887–1941), poet, one of the main figures of the [[Russian Futurism|Russian Futurist]] movement, grew up in Cherepovets.
*[[Valery Chkalov]] (1904–1938), aviator, studied at Cherepovets technical school.
*[[Mykola Amosov|Nikolay Amosov]] (1913–2002), heart surgeon, was born near Cherepovets and got his education in the city.
*[[Joseph Brodsky]] (1940–1996), a Nobel Prize-winning poet and essayist, lived with his family in Cherepovets during the evacuation from Leningrad.
*[[Nikolai Noskov]] (born 1956), musician, former singer of [[Gorky Park (band)|Gorky Park]], grew up and started his career in Cherepovets.
*[[Alexander Bashlachev]] (1960–1988), singer-songwriter and poet, was born and grew up in Cherepovets.
*[[Leonid Parfyonov]] (born 1960), journalist and television host, was born and grew up in Cherepovets.
*[[Dmitri Yushkevich]] (born 1970), [[NHL]] and [[KHL]] ice hockey player, was born in Cherepovets and started playing in the [[Severstal Cherepovets|Metallurg Cherepovets]] hockey school.
*[[Pavel Buchnevich]] (born 1995 in Cherepovets), is a former [[KHL]] and current [[NHL]] ice hockey player for the [[St. Louis Blues]].
*[[Vadim Shipachyov]] (born 1987 in Cherepovets), is a former [[NHL]] ice hockey player with the [[Vegas Golden Knights]] and now in the [[KHL]] with [[SKA St. Petersburg]].