List of Famous people born in Russia

Natalya Venediktovna Lisovskaya is a Soviet former athlete who competed mainly in shot put. Lisovskaya trained at Spartak in Moscow.

Nikolay Viktorovich Lyubimov is a Member of the State Duma of the Russian Federation VII convocation, Deputy Governor of the Kaluga Oblast (2011-2015), mayor of Kaluga in 2007–2010, and Acting Governor of Ryazan Oblast from February 14, 2017.

Vladimir Ivanovich Khotinenko is a Russian actor, film director and designer.

Yury Ivanovich Borisov is a Russian politician who has served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Russia since 2018.

Kamil Agabekovich Agalarov is a Russian professional footballer. He plays for FC Dynamo Makhachkala.

Mikhail Vasilyevich Zhigalov is a Soviet and Russian actor of the Moscow Sovremennik Theatre and cinema. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1991).

Arkady Davidowitz (born Adolf Filippovich Freudberg, Russian: Аркадий Давидо́вич, Адольф Филиппович Фрейдберг was a Russian writer and aphorist, author of over 50,000 published aphorisms.

Artyom Alekseyevich Zdunov, is a Russian statesman and politician, who is currently the acting Head of the Republic of Mordovia since 18 November 2020.

Evgeny Igorevich Kissin is a Russian concert pianist and composer. He became a British citizen in 2002 and an Israeli citizen in 2013. He first came to international fame as a child prodigy. He has a wide repertoire and is especially known for his interpretations of the works of the Romantic era, particularly those of Franz Schubert, Frédéric Chopin, Robert Schumann, Franz Liszt, Johannes Brahms, Sergei Rachmaninoff, and Ludwig van Beethoven. He is commonly viewed as a great successor of the Russian piano school because of the depth, lyricism and poetic quality of his interpretations.

Alexander Victorovich Donskoy is a former mayor of the Northern Russian city of Arkhangelsk. He was the first Russian politician of national recognition who proclaimed intentions to run for the presidency in 2008. After announcing his intentions in 2006, he was arrested in July 2007 following charges of economic crimes and abuse of office. He was released in March 2008 after receiving a sentence of 3 years on probation.