List of Famous people born in Russia

Makar Denisovich Ignatov is a Russian figure skater. He is the 2019 CS Nebelhorn Trophy champion, 2019 Rostelecom Cup bronze medalist, 2016 Cup of Nice bronze medalist, and 2021 Russian national silver medalist.

Olga Mikhaylvna Bogoslovskaya is a retired Russian athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. Today she is a sports journalist.

Pyotr Viktorovich Ilyichev is a Russian diplomat, first deputy of Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations.

Aleksandr Gennadyevich Anyukov is a Russian association football coach and a former player, who played as a right-back. He is an assistant coach with FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.

Natalia Valeryevna Annenko is a Russian former ice dancer who competed for the Soviet Union. She won the 1982 World Junior Figure Skating Championships with partner Vadim Karkachev. She later went on to compete with Genrikh Sretenski. With Sretenski, she is the 1988 European silver medalist and three-time European bronze medalist. They placed fourth at the 1988 Winter Olympics.

Maria Yuryevna Kirilenko-Stepanova is a Russian former professional tennis player. A junior Grand Slam champion at the 2002 US Open at the age of 15, she went on to become a top ten player in both singles and doubles. Kirilenko won six WTA singles titles and 12 doubles titles. She was a three Grand Slam singles quarterfinalist, a semifinalist at the 2012 London Olmypics, and reached a career-high ranking of world No. 10 on 10 June 2013. In women's doubles, she became ranked as high as No. 3 in the world on 24 October 2011, and reached two Grand Slam finals, at the 2011 Australian Open with Azarenka and the 2012 French Open with compatriot Nadia Petrova. Along with Petrova, Kirilenko won the 2012 WTA Tour Championships in doubles and was a bronze medalist at the 2012 London Olympics.

Yevgeniya Konstantinovna Glushenko is a Russian actress, best known for her role as Vera in the Soviet melodrama Love by Request (1983). This role brought her international recognition with the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival in 1983.

Timur Valiev is a Russian mixed martial artist, who competes in the bantamweight division for the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

Sergei Gimayev is a Russian professional ice hockey player who is currently playing for Dinamo Riga in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He was selected by Ottawa Senators in the 5th round of the 2003 NHL Entry Draft.

Ksenia Vitalyevna Perova is a Russian female archer. At the 2012 Summer Olympics she competed for her country in the Women's team event, and went on to compete in the 2016 Summer Olympics as well.