List of Famous people born in Russia

Vitaly Nikitich Ignatenko is a Russian journalist and politician who had been the head of ITAR-TASS news agency from 1993 until 2012 and had served in the cabinet of Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin from 1995 to 1997 as deputy prime minister. He has also been a member of different journalism organizations and foundations promoting the Russian language and Russian-speaking press.

Maryana Aleksandrovna Naumova is a Russian powerlifter, who specializes in bench press, and was the leading teenage girl in the world in the discipline. She has won multiple world championships, has set over 15 world records in her age category and holds the title of Master of Sport of Russia, International Class.

Denis Valentinovich Manturov is a Russian politician who has served as Minister of Trade and Industry of the Russian Federation since 2012. He was first appointed as acting minister to replace Viktor Khristenko, who resigned from the office.

Petr Rykov is a Russian actor, television host, musical performer and model.

Aleksey Yevgenevich Potekhin is a Russian pop musician. Alongside Sergey Zhukov, Potekhin was a member of the successful pop/techno band Hands Up! until it dissolved in 2006. After the break-up, Potekhin continued with a solo music career and produced acts like Superboys, J Well the former member of Discomafia. Between 2006 and 2008, he released 3 collections of dance music on site potexinstyle.ru, that included young acts Demo, Turbomoda and Planka Etc. Aleksey has also produced Trek / Blues led by Vladimir Luchnikov, the lead singer of Turbomoda and Svoi of Ruslan Achkinadze. Aleksey is the older brother of Andrei Potekhin, ex-member of Turbomoda and Revolvers. Andrey manages Aleksey Potekhin's new project of Trek / Blues.

Garri Yakovlevich Bardin is a Soviet and Russian animation director, screenwriter, producer, film and voice actor best known for his experimental musical and stop motion films. He was awarded the 1988 Short Film Palme d'Or for the Fioritures cartoon and the Order of Honour in 2011.

Dimitri Kostantinovich Simes is the president and CEO of The Center for the National Interest and publisher of its foreign policy bi-monthly magazine, The National Interest. Simes was selected to lead the Center in 1994 by former President Richard Nixon, to whom he served as an informal foreign policy advisor and with whom he traveled regularly to Russia and other former Soviet states as well as Western and Central Europe.

Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia was the second daughter of Tsar Nicholas II, the last monarch of Russia, and of Tsarina Alexandra. She was born at Peterhof, Saint Petersburg.

Leonid Yakovlevich Gozman is a Russian politician and president of the all-Russian public movement Union of Right Forces.

Dmitry Leonidovich Gridin, known as The Lifter, is a Soviet serial killer who killed three girls in 1989.