List of Famous people born in Russia

Arseny Grigoryevich Golovko was a Soviet admiral, whose naval service extended from the 1920s through the early Cold War.

Andrey Vladimirovich Bogdanov is a Russian politician. He is the chairman of the Communist Party of Social Justice and a prominent Freemason, serving as Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Russia since 2007. As a candidate for the 2008 presidential election, he received 968,344 votes or 1.30% of the Russian electorate.

Artur Akavov is a Russian professional boxer who has challenged twice for the WBO middleweight title in 2016 and 2019.

Emil Garipov is a Russian professional ice hockey goaltender of Tatar descent. He currently plays with Dynamo Moscow in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

Anna Yuryevna Kikina is a Russian engineer and test cosmonaut, selected in 2012. In June 2020, fellow cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko said that Kikina is expected to fly on his fall 2022 mission to the International Space Station and perform a spacewalk during the mission.

Eugene Roshal is a Russian software engineer.

Dmitry Shparo is a Russian Arctic explorer and endurance skier. He is internationally known for twice reaching the North Pole on snow skis.

Valentina Fedjuschina is a retired Austrian shot putter.

Viktor Ivanovich Ilyin is a Soviet Army deserter who, at the rank of second lieutenant, attempted to assassinate the Soviet leader, Leonid Brezhnev on 22 January 1969 in Moscow.

Polina Igorevna Tsurskaya is a Russian former competitive figure skater. She is the 2017 NHK Trophy bronze medallist.