List of Famous people born in Russia

Olga Sergeyevna Akopyan is a retired Russian handball player who last played for Lada Togliatti and the Russian national handball team. She won the world title in 2007 and 2009 and an Olympic gold medal in 2016, placing eighth in 2012.

Anna Sergeyevna Sedoykina is a Russian handball player for CSKA Moscow and the Russian national handball team.

Zemfira Ramazanovna Magomedalieva is a Russian boxer.

Anastasia Yuryevna Grebenkina is a former competitive ice dancer. She is best known for her partnership with Vazgen Azrojan with whom she represented Armenia at the 2006 Winter Olympics and won the bronze medal at the 2005 NHK Trophy.

Roman Rishatovich Safiullin is a Russian tennis player. Safiullin became junior champion at the 2015 Australian Open, defeating South Korean Hong Seong-chan. Safiullin has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 164 achieved on 22 February 2021 and doubles of No. 296 achieved on 19 October 2020.

Nikolai Alexandrovich Morozov is a Russian former competitive ice dancer, figure skating coach and choreographer. He represented Russia, Belarus and Azerbaijan in competition. He coached Shizuka Arakawa to the 2006 Olympic gold medal and Miki Ando to two World titles. He is a former competitive ice dancer who appeared with Tatiana Navka for Belarus at the 1998 Winter Olympics, placing 16th, and at the 1998 World Championships, placing 10th. Earlier in his career, he competed with Olga Pershankova for Azerbaijan and with Ekaterina Gvozdkova for Russia.

Evgeny A. Pokushalov is a Russian electrophysiologist.

Dmitry Dmitriyevich Meskhiev is a Russian film director. His 2004 film Our Own won the Golden George at the 26th Moscow International Film Festival, and his 2015 work Battalion won four out of nine nominations at the 2015 Golden Eagle Awards. He is the son of the Soviet cameraman Dmitry Meskhiev Sr.

Galina Timchenko is a Russian journalist and the executive editor of Meduza.

Elvira Sergeevna Tugusheva, better known by her stage name Elvira T is a Russian singer and songwriter. After the success of Elvira T's YouTube song "Всё решено" when she was 15, she quickly rose to fame with the song hitting the top 20 charts in Russia, and coming into the top 100 of Europe.