List of Famous people born in Russia
Aleksandra Rebenok
Aleksandra Vyacheslavovna Rebenok(Russian: Алекса́ндра Вячесла́вовна Ребено́к; born May 6, 1980, Moscow, RSFSR, USSR) is a Russian actress of theater, cinema and television presenter.
Maxut Shadayev
Maxut Igorevich Shadayev is the Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation since 21 January 2020.
Olena Kostevych
Olena Dmytrivna Kostevych is a Ukrainian pistol shooter. She is the 2004 Olympic champion in the 10 metre air pistol event, 2002 World champion in 10 m air pistol event and 2018 World champion in 25 m pistol event. She is also multiple European Championships champion and medalist as well as Universiade champion.
Lisa Ryzih
Elizaveta Ryzih is a German pole vault athlete. Two times an Olympian, she was 6th in London and 10th in Rio Olympic games. She was described by one athletics commentator as a "tall, fast and athletic" pole vaulter, and she has seen good success in European Championships as well as being a constant presence in the world yearly rankings of pole vaulters, placing among the top 10 vaulters in recent years.
Vyacheslav Karavayev
Vyacheslav Sergeyevich Karavayev is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a right back for Russian Premier League club Zenit St. Petersburg.
Oleg Salyukov
Oleg Leonidovich Salyukov is an Army General and the current Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces. He was appointed to the post in May 2014. He was promoted to the rank of General of the Army in 2019.
Sergey Gavrilov
Sergei Anatolievich Gavrilov is a Russian politician who is a Deputy of the State Duma representing the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. He was born in Tula, during the time period of the Soviet Union; and would go on to receive a Candidate of Science in Economics, considered a PhD equivalent, from Moscow State University in 1989.
Pavel Lychnikoff
Pavel Dmitrievich Lychnikov is a Russian-American television, voice, film and theatre actor, who lives and works in the United States.
Serhii Plokhy
Serhii Plokhy, or Plokhii is the Mykhailo Hrushevsky professor of Ukrainian history at Harvard University, where he also serves as the director of the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute.
Leonid Boguslavsky
Leonid Boguslavsky is an entrepreneur, scientist, and the founder of RTP Global. He was one of the first investors in Yandex, Ozon, Delivery Hero, Epam, DataDog as well as SnapDeal. In 2012 he was the Internet investor of the year (Forbes). Most successful investor of the year. He is in Forbes billionaires list.