List of Famous people born in Russia

Nadezhda Vasilyevna Pavlova is a Soviet and Russian ballet dancer. People's Artist of the USSR (1984).

Kliment Andreyevich Kolesnikov is a Russian swimmer. He holds world junior records in nine events: 50/100/200 back in long course, as well as 100/200 free, 50/100/200 back and 100 IM in short course.

Alexander Gennadiyevich Zaitsev is a retired pair skater who represented the Soviet Union. With partner Irina Rodnina, he is a two-time Olympic champion, six-time World champion and seven-time European champion. From 1973 to 1980 they won every event they entered. They were coached by Stanislav Zhuk and later Tatiana Tarasova in Moscow.

Lev Aleksandrovich Ponomaryov is a Russian political and civil activist. He is an executive director of the all-Russian movement "For Human Rights." He is a member of the Federal Political Council of Solidarnost, and was deputy to the State Duma in its first period.

Maria Konnikova is a Russian-American writer and psychologist. She has a B.A. in psychology and creative writing from Harvard University and a Ph.D. in psychology from Columbia University. She has worked as a television producer, written for several magazines and online publications, and authored two New York Times best-selling books. She primarily writes about psychology and its application to real life situations.

Anton Igorevich Komolov is a Russian radio and TV presenter of entertainment programs, a DJ, an actor of dubbing, a showman.

Dmitriy Borisovich Volkov is an entrepreneur, investor, philosopher, member of the contemporary art scene. He co-founded Social Discovery Ventures (SDVentures), an international internet holding with headquarters in Malta, and co-owns Dating Group.

Irina Igorevna Nusinova, better known by her stage name Irson Kudikova, is a Russian pop singer, model, saxophonist, music producer, and actress. She was a contestant in the Russian television music competition, Star Factory-5.

Kseniya Simonova is a Ukrainian sand animation performance artist who also works in the mediums of graphic design, illustration, as well as cinema and literature. She holds the title of Merited Artist of Ukraine and in 2009 rose to international prominence when after winning the Ukraine’s Got Talent television contest. Her act is the only act who received two Golden Buzzers on two different “The Champions” series of the Got Talent franchise.

Alexander Felixovich Sklyar is a Russian rock musician, radio presenter, actor and author. Sklyar, who in the 1980s and early 1990s fronted the popular punk metal band Va-bank, later moved into the traditional Russian singer-songwriter territory covering the vast stylistic spectrum.