This is a list of people who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of Astana, Kazakhstan and its surrounding metropolitan statistical area.

• Alexander Achziger (born 1953), ice hockey coach.
• Konstantin Airich (born 1978), heavyweight boxer.
• Damir Akhmetbekov (born 1975), diver.
• Merey Akshalov (born 1988), amateur boxer.
• Anna Alyabyeva (born 1993), rhythmic gymnast.
• Maksim Azovsky (born 1986), football player.
• Yegor Azovsky (born 1985), football player and defender.
• Aida Bauyrzhanova (born 1997), artistic gymnast.
• Nursultan Belgibayev (born 1991), ice hockey forward.
• Larisa Bergen (1949–2023), Olympic volleyball medalist.
• Anton Chichulin (born 1984), football midfielder.
• Ruslan Dälenov (born 1975), politician.
• Samat Daniyar (born 1999), ice hockey player.
• Sayan Daniyar (born 1999), ice hockey player.
• Mukharbek Didigov (born 1952), politician.
• Alexander Galaisha (born 1991), ice hockey goaltender.
• Anzhelika Gavrilova (born 1978), speed skater.
• Dmitriy Gruzdev (born 1986), road bicycle racer.
• Mikhail Gutseriev (born 1958), billionaire businessperson of Ingush descent.
• Maxim Iglinsky (born 1981), road racing cyclist.
• Valentin Iglinsky (born 1984), road racing cyclist.
• Artyom Ignatenko (born 1990), ice hockey player.
• Natalya Ivoninskaya (born 1985), hurdler.
• Arman Kamyshev (born 1991), road racing cyclist.
• Ramazan Karimov (born 1999), football player.
• Alexander Kazantsev (1906–2002), science fiction writer.
• Mels Kenetaev (1945–2021), football player and midfielder.
• Roman Khassanov (born 1996), tennis player.
• Aleksandr Kibalko (born 1973), speed skater.
• Aleksandr Kirov (born 1984), football player.
• Yury Kokhanets (born 1972), speed skater.
• Islambek Kuat (born 1993), football player.
• Anastassiya Lavrova (born 1995), table tennis player.
• Anna Levkovets (born 2007), figure skater.
• David Loriya (born 1981), football goalkeeper.
• Asqar Mamin (born 1965), politician and economist.
• Karim Massimov (born 1965), politician.
• Sultanmurat Miraliyev (born 1990), road and track cyclist.
• Nurbergen Nurlykhassym (born 2000), cyclist.
• Aibek Oralbay (born 2000), amateur boxer.
• Nurbek Oralbay (born 2000), amateur boxer.
• Valeri Orekhov (born 1999), ice hockey defenceman.
• Kirill Panyukov (born 1997), ice hockey winger.
• Dmitry Popko (born 1996), tennis player.
• Angelina Portnova (born 2001), football player.
• Dmitry Pozdnyakov (born 1972), biathlete.
• Vladislav Prokopenko (born 2000), football player.
• Vadim Pronskiy (born 1998), cyclist.
• Rakhimzhan Qoshqarbaev (1924–1988), the first soldier to raise the Soviet Flag at the Reichstag building in Berlin.
• Arutik Rubenian (born 1966), wrestler.
• Yekaterina Rudenko (born 1994), swimmer.
• Dinara Saduakassova (born 1996), chess player.
• Arkady Sarkisyan (born 1959), politician.
• Sergey Shakimov (born 1972), judoka.
• Grigoriy Shtein (born 1996), cyclist.
• Yaroslava Shvedova (born 1987), tennis player.
• Lev Skvortsov (born 2000), football player.
• Nikita Stalnov (born 1991), cyclist.
• Mark Starostin (born 1990), cross-country skier.
• Darya Starostina (born 1982), cross-country skier.
• Tetiana Tarasova (born 1957), speed skater.
• Sanzhar Tashkenbay (born 2003), amateur boxer.
• Sergej Tcherepanov (born 1959), organ and harpsichord teacher and church musician working in Germany.
• Andrey Teteryuk (born 1967), road bicycle racer.
• Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (born 1953), politician and diplomat.
• Daneliya Tuleshova (born 2006), singer.
• Gulzat Uralbayeva (born 1989), judoka.
• Galina Voskoboeva (born 1984), tennis player.
• Sergey Yakshin (born 1968), sport shooter.
• Maksim Zhalmagambetov (born 1983), football defender.
• Alisher Zhumakan (born 1997), track and road cyclist.
• Alexander Zozulya (born 1993), ice hockey player.
• Igor Zubrilin (born 1976), cross-country skier.