List of Famous people born in Russia

Dmitry Nikolayevich Kobylkin is a Russian politician who served as Governor of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug from 4 May 2012 until 29 May 2018. and as Minister of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation since May 2018 until November 2020.

Konstantin "Costa" Ronin is a Russian-born New Zealand actor and cinematographer, best known for appearances in Red Dog, as Gregorovich on the SBS drama East West 101, as Oleg Igorevich Burov in the FX drama The Americans and as Yevgeny Gromov on Homeland.

Vladimir Anatolyevich Maslennikov is a Russian sports shooter. He won the bronze medal in the men's 10 metre air rifle event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Boris Vyacheslavovich Gryzlov, is a Russian politician. He was Interior Minister from 2001 to 2003 and Speaker of the State Duma from 2003 to 2011. He is one of the leaders of the largest Russian political party, United Russia. Boris Gryzlov is a close ally of President Vladimir Putin.

Rinat Fayzrakhmanovich Dasayev is a Soviet-Russian football coach and a former goalkeeper.

Alexander Georgievich Vasilyev is a singer, songwriter, and frontman of the Russian rock group "Splean". Vasilyev also released one solo album, and sometimes assisted other groups and artists.

Valery Nikolayevich Falkov is a Russian jurist and politician who is serving from 21 January 2020 as the Minister of Science and Higher Education of Russia. Prior to that he was the rector of Tyumen State University.

Leonid Igorevich Markelov is a Russian politician and lawyer, who is the former head of the Mari El republic in Russia. He took office on January 14, 2001 and resigned from office on April 6, 2017. Markelov was later arrested under suspicion of accepting bribes.

Andreï Sergueïevitch Makine is a French novelist. He also publishes under the pseudonym Gabriel Osmonde. Makine's novels include Dreams of My Russian Summers (1995) which won two top French awards, the Prix Goncourt and the Prix Médicis. He was elected to seat 5 of the Académie Française on 3 March 2016, succeeding Assia Djebar.

Maria Igorevna Petrova is a Russian pair skater. With partner Alexei Tikhonov, she is the 2000 World champion and a two-time European champion