List of Famous people born in Russia
Dmitriy Ovsyannikov
Dmitry Vladimirovich Ovsyannikov is a Russian politician who served as Governor of Sevastopol from 18 September 2017 to 11 July 2019. He is considered a protege of Sergey Chemezov.
Olga Zabelinskaya
Olga Sergeyevna Zabelinskaya is a Russian-born Uzbekistani professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team Cogeas–Mettler–Look. While competing for Russia, she won three Olympic medals, before changing allegiances to Uzbekistan in 2018.
Konstantin Nikolsky
Konstantin Nikolaevich Nikolsky is a Russian rock musician, singer, guitarist and songwriter. He has played with a lot of Russian bands, including Voskreseniye and Tsvety.
Natalia O'Shea
Natalia Andreyevna O'Shea is a Russian harpist, singer-songwriter, linguist and band leader of Melnitsa (folk-rock), Clann Lir and Romanesque (folk). Earlier she took part in the Till Eulenspiegel project (folk), for which she was a vocalist, author and co-author of many songs.
Viktoria Komova
Viktoria Aleksandrovna Komova is a former Russian artistic gymnast. She is a two-time Olympic medalist, having won silver medals in the all-around and team events at the 2012 Olympics. She is also the 2011 world uneven bars champion and all-around silver medalist, and the 2015 co-world champion on uneven bars. At the junior level, she was the 2010 Youth Olympics all-around champion, uneven bars champion, vault champion, and floor exercise bronze medalist. Komova is known for her fluidity, form and old school Soviet style.
Viktor Vasin
Viktor Vladimirovich Vasin is a Russian association footballer currently playing as a centre-back for CSKA Moscow and the Russia national football team.
Svetlana Baskova
Svetlana Yurievna Baskova is a Russian movie director, screenwriter and painter.
Erik Bulatov
Erik Bulatov is a Russian artist, who was raised in Moscow. His father was a communist party official who died in World War II at Pskov, and his mother fled Poland at age 15 in support of the Russian Revolution. Bulatov's works are in the major public and private collections in Europe, Russia and United States. In 2008 Bulatov became an honorary member of the Russian Academy of Arts.
Boris Eifman
Boris Eifman is a Russian choreographer and artistic director. He has done more than fifty ballet productions.
Maksim Pokrovsky
Maksim Sergeyevich Pokrovsky is a Russian musician, best known as the frontman of the Moscow-based rock band Nogu Svelo!. He has also released some solo songs in Russia and the UK. Now he is working in the United States.