List of Famous people born in Russia

Aleksandr Georgievich Gorshkov is a former ice dancer who competed internationally for the Soviet Union. With his wife Lyudmila Pakhomova, he is the 1976 Olympic champion. Since 2010, Gorshkov is the president of the Figure Skating Federation of Russia (FFKKR).

Alyona Leonidovna Minkovski is a Russian American television host and commentator. In 2011, she was named on the Forbes 30 under 30 media list.

Taymuraz Dzambekovich Mamsurov is the former head of the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania, Russia. He succeeded Alexander Dzasokhov, who voluntarily quit his post on May 31, 2005.

Captain Nikolai Frantsevich Gastello was a Russian aviator and a Hero of the Soviet Union. He is one of the best known Soviet war heroes, being the best known Soviet pilot to conduct a "fire taran" – a suicide action by the pilot of an aircraft on fire, flying into a target with the intention of setting it alight.

Maksim Yurevich Sokolov is a Russian economist and politician who was the Minister for Transportation, from 21 May 2012 to 7 May 2018.

Aleksandr Artyomovich Adabashyan is Soviet and Russian film writer, artist, director and actor. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1983). Honored Artist of Russia (2016).

Yevgeny Alexeyevich Fedorov or Fyodorov is a Russian politician, deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of Russia four convocations, chairman of the Committee on Economic Policy and Entrepreneurship of the State Duma, member of the Central Political Council of United Russia party, PhD. State Councilor of the Russian Federation, coordinator of the organization "National Liberation Movement".

Karl Genrikhovich Vaino is a former Estonian SSR politician. From July 26, 1978 to June 16, 1988 he was the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Estonia.

Yuri Vladimirovich Lodygin is a Russian-Greek professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for PAS Giannina.

Vsevolod Vladimirovich Ovchinnikov is a Soviet and Russian journalist and writer-publicist, one of the leading Soviet postwar international journalists; orientalist and expert on Japan and China.