List of Famous people born in Russia

Andrey Sergeyevich Nikitin is a Russian economist and government official. He serves as the Governor of Novgorod Oblast.

Vadim Valentinovich Evseev is a Russian football coach and a former player who is a former Russian international.

Ekaterina Zhuravskaya is Professor of Economics at the Paris School of Economics and EHESS and a Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research in the Public Policy and Development Economics programs. She was formerly the academic director of the Center for Economic and Financial Research at the New Economic School in Moscow. She was the 2018 recipient of the Birgit Grodal Award, a biennial award to "a European-based female economist who has made a significant contribution to the Economics profession."

Leonid Borisovich Nevzlin is a Russian-born Israeli businessman, investor, and philanthropist.

Vladimir Petrovich Skulachev is a Russian biochemist, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Distinguished Professor at the Lomonosov Moscow State University, where currently he is also Dean of the Faculty of Bioengineering and Bioinformatics and Director of the A.N. Belozersky Institute Of Physico-Chemical Biology. Member of Academia Europaea. Laureate of the 1975 USSR State Prize and of the 2017 Demidov Prize. President of the Biochemical Society (Russia).

Leonid Vasilevich Nikolaev (1904–1934) was the assassin of Sergei Kirov, the first secretary of the Leningrad branch of the Communist Party.

Timur Abdurashitovich Zhamaletdinov is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a striker for FC Ufa.

Artur Olegovich Parfenchikov is a Russian politician who since February 2017, has been serving as the Head of the Republic of Karelia, a federal subject of Russia. Parfenchikov was appointed to the post of acting governor after Aleksandr Hudilainen resigned in 2017. He was later confirmed in the position in a general election, where he was a candidate representing the ruling United Russia party. Prior to his appointment as governor, Parfenchikov was the head of the Federal Court Bailiff Service.

Vladimir Lvovich Ashurkov is a Russian political figure and the Executive Director of the Anti-Corruption Foundation. A former banker, Ashurkov was the Director of Group Portfolio Management and Control at Alfa Group Consortium from 2006 to 2012, when he was asked to step down due to his political involvement with Alexei Navalny. He was also on the board of the X5 Retail Group during this time.

Igor Rotenberg is a Russian billionaire businessman, and the oldest son and heir to Arkady Rotenberg, Russian billionaire businessman and co-owner with brother Boris Rotenberg, of the SGM (Stroygazmontazh) group. The Rotenbergs are closely associated with Vladimir Putin. In October 2018, Igor Rotenberg's wealth was estimated to be $1.1 billion. Igor Rotenberg has been under United States sanctions since 6 April 2018.