List of Famous people born in Russia

Sergei Sergeyevich Shirokov is a Russian professional ice hockey winger currently with Spartak Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Prior to signing with Vancouver in 2009, Shirokov played with CSKA Moscow for four seasons in the Russian Superleague and Kontinental Hockey League. He returned to CSKA Moscow in 2011 after two years with the Vancouver Canucks and Manitoba Moose.

Margarita Ivanovna Filanovich is a Soviet historian, archaeologist, and leader of a Tashkent archaeological expedition.

Ilya Williamovich Azar is a Russian journalist, special correspondent for Novaya Gazeta since 2017, former special correspondent for the online publication Lenta.ru, and a former special correspondent for the Meduza project. He was a Member of the Council of Deputies of the Khamovniki District in Moscow.

Alexander Dmitriyevich Zhukov is a Russian economist and politician. Zhukov was a member of the State Duma from 1994 to 2004. He is the First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly. Previously he was also the President of the Russian Olympic Committee.

Andrey Fridrikhovich Borodin is a Russian financial expert, economist and businessman who until 2011 was President of Bank of Moscow. He and his first deputy Dmitri Akulinin were dismissed from office by the court for the period of the investigation due to the Premier Estate criminal case, charged with abuse of authority. In April 2011, the meeting of the bank's shareholders dismissed them.

Dmitri Olegovich Bulykin is a retired Russian footballer. Between 2003 and 2005, he played regularly for the Russian national team.

Igor Anatolyevich Komarov is a Russian industrialist, financier and manager. Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Volga Federal District from September 18, 2018 .In March 2014, the government appointed the head of the United Rocket and Space Corporation (ORKK). Director General of the State Corporation for Space Activities "Roskosmos".

Sergei Vladimirovich Zheleznyak is a Russian member of parliament. In 2007 he was elected as a member of State Duma and then became its Deputy Chairman as of June 2012. Member of the Committee on International Affairs of the State Duma. Prior to the political career he was an advertising, media, and public relations executive. Following his nomination he co-authored a law which allowed the government to block websites that it sees harmful for children. He also co-authored a law which would force internationally funded non-profit organizations to register as "foreign agents". In 2013 he spoke to RIA Novosti about prohibition of pedophilia in theatres after seeing a Golden Mask winner play called A Midsummer Night's Dream. In May of the same year Zheleznyak suggest the Duma to pass a bill that would make criticism of the World War II coalition member states' illegal and will be punished by imprisonment for up to 3 years. In June 2013 he told Economics and Life online journal that

The US, which presents itself as a bastion of democracy, has in fact been carrying out minute-by-minute surveillance of tens of millions of citizens of Russia and other countries.

Alexei Alekseyevich Morozov is the president of the Kontinental Hockey League and a Russian retired professional ice hockey player.

Lev Markovich Shlosberg is a Russian politician, human rights activist, journalist, chairman of the Pskov Oblast branch of Yabloko, and a member of its federal political committee.