List of Famous people born in Russia

Lidiya Pavlovna Skoblikova is a retired Russian speed skater and coach. She represented the USSR Olympic team during the Olympic Winter Games in 1960, 1964 and 1968, and won a total of six gold medals, which is still a record for a speed skater. She also won 25 gold medals at the world championships and 15 gold medals at the USSR National Championships in several distances. She was also the first athlete to earn six gold medals in the Winter Olympics and the first to earn four gold medals at a single Olympic Winter Games. She was the most successful athlete at the 1960 and 1964 Winter Olympics, sharing the honour for 1960 Games with her compatriot Yevgeny Grishin.

Ilya Aleksandrovich Pomazun is a Russian football player who plays as a goalkeeper for Ural Yekaterinburg on loan from PFC CSKA Moscow.

Dmitry Fyodorovich Mezentsev is a Russian politician and diplomat serving since 2021 as the State Secretary of the Union State of Russia and Belarus. Previously he was Ambassador of Russia to Belarus (2019–2021), Senator from Sakhalin Oblast (2015–2019), Secretary-General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (2013–2015) and Governor of Irkutsk Oblast (2009–2012).

Boris Vladimirovich Stomakhin is a Russian radical political activist, and editor of "Radical politics" periodical. He was convicted three times for hate speech, advocating a dismemberment of Russian Federation and genocide against Russian people. The convictions have been questioned by human rights organizations ARTICLE 19, Committee to Protect Journalists, and Union of Councils for Soviet Jews.

Andrey Viktorovoich Zamkovoy is a Russian Olympic-class boxer best known for winning silver at the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships and bronze at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Anna Vladimirovna Sidorova is a Russian curler. She currently skips her own team on the World Curling Tour. Sidorova was the skip of the Russian team that won bronze medals at the World Women's Curling Championships from 2014–2016 and the silver medal at the 2017 World Women's Curling Championship.

Viktor Petrovich Yeliseyev is a Russian general, orchestra conductor and music teacher. He is the director of the Rosgvardia Academic Song and Dance Ensemble, one of the two Russian Red Army Choirs.

Kira Aleksandrovna Yarmysh is a Russian public figure and writer. Press secretary and assistant of a Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny; author of the novel “Incredible Incidents in Women's Cell No. 3”, published in 2020.

Jacques-Anthony, sometimes known by the stage name DXN BNLVDN, is a Russian rapper and songwriter from St. Petersburg. He has done collaborations with many popular artists including Oxxxymiron and Smokey Mo, and some of his works have been featured in movies, such as his release of "Our District", which was featured in the movie "Attraction". He has currently released six albums and over seventy-six songs.

Nikolai Viktorovich Starikov is a Russian writer, opinion journalist and social activist. Founder and former leader of Great Fatherland Party and its subsidiary social NGO, Union of Russian Citizens.