People from Kashira

Leonid Illarionovich Ivanov (Russian: Леонид Илларионович Иванов; 8 August 1909 – 27 June 1941) was a Soviet Air Force senior lieutenant and posthumous Hero of the Soviet Union. Ivanov was posthumously awarded the title for reportedly shooting down two German aircraft in the first days after Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union in World War II, and being killed in a ramming attack (taran) while defending his airfield from a raid.

Modest Ivanovich Pisarev (Russian: Модест Иванович Писарев, 14 February 1844 — 13 October 1905) was a Kashira-born Russian stage actor, reader in drama and theatre critic.

Archbishop Joseph (Russian: Иосиф, secular name Igor Anatolievich Balabanov , Russian: Игорь Анатольевич Балабанов; born January 31, 1954, Kashira) is a Russian Orthodox bishop, metropolitan bishop of Kurgan and Belozerskoye. His Name Day is on the Monday of Holy Week.

Mikhail Vladimirovich Kuleshov (Russian: Михаил Владимирович Кулешов; born 24 January 1990) is a Russian professional football player. He plays for FC Vityaz Podolsk.

Valery Viktorovich Plotnikov (Russian: Валерий Викторович Плотников; born 12 June 1962) is a retired Russian professional footballer.

Mariya Mikhailovna Koroteyeva (Russian: Мария Михайловна Коротеева; born 10 November 1981) is a Russian athlete who specializes in the 100 metres hurdles.