List of Famous people born in Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, Russia

Vitaly Konstantinovich Kaloyev is a Russian former architect and convicted murderer, who was found guilty of the premeditated killing of an air traffic controller after his family died aboard Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937, which collided with DHL Flight 611 over Überlingen, Germany, on 1 July 2002.

Aslan Kazbekovich Karatsev is a Russian tennis player.

Alan Kazbekovich Badoev is a Ukrainian movie director, music video director, screenwriter, TV producer, TV presenter and music producer of Ossetian origin. He first gained international recognition in 2006 with his awarded full-length movie debut "OrAngeLove" (Russian: Оранжевая любовь). Today Badoev is most notable for his prize-winning work as music video director. He has directed more than 500 music videos.

Oleg Vladimirovich Penkovsky, codenamed HERO, was a Soviet military intelligence (GRU) colonel during the late 1950s and early 1960s. Penkovsky is known for informing the United Kingdom about the Soviet emplacement of missiles in Cuba, thus providing both the UK and the United States with the precise knowledge necessary to address rapidly developing military tensions with the Soviet Union.

Alan Yelizbarovich Dzagoev is a Russian international footballer who plays as a central midfielder for PFC CSKA Moscow and the Russia national football team.

Sergey Maratovich Guriyev is a Russian economist, a professor of economics at the Instituts d'études politiques in Paris. In 2016-19, he was the chief economist at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. He was a Morgan Stanley Professor of Economics and a Rector at the New Economic School (NES) in Moscow until he resigned on 30 April 2013 and fled to France. He joined NES in 1998 focusing on research and teaching and became a full-time permanent faculty member in 1999. He became the school's Rector in 2004. He was also teaching graduate courses in economics of development, microeconomic theory and contract theory.

Spartak Arturovich Gogniyev is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. He is the manager of FC Alania Vladikavkaz.

Zaurbek Kazbekovhich Sidakov is a Russian freestyle wrestler of Ossetian descent. Senior World Champion 2018 & 2019. In 2016, Sidakov won his first senior-level title at the Golden Grand Prix of Ivan Yarygin; later that year, he also earned his first national title at 70 kg.

Yury Khadzhimuratavich Karayeu is a Russian-born Belarusian General of Militsiya. He was the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus from June 11, 2019 to October 29, 2020. He is also a Major General of the Police.

Valery Georgiyevich Gazzaev is a Russian politician, football manager and former footballer of Ossetian descent. As a Soviet footballer he played the position of a striker enjoying successes with his team FC Dynamo Moscow as well as the USSR national football team in the Olympics.