List of Famous people born in Russia

Yevgeni Viktorovich Balyaikin is a Russian footballer who plays as central midfielder.

Alexei Eremenko is a Russian-born Finnish former professional footballer. He is a midfielder who is able to operate in many roles, and is also known as a set piece specialist.

Evgenia Valeryevna Smolyaninova (Russian: Евгения Валерьевна Смольянинова, born 29 February 1964 in Novokuznetsk) is a Russian singer, performer of Russian romance and Folk songs and composer.

Valeriy Alexandrovich Pronkin is a Russian hammer thrower. His personal best is 79.32 metres, achieved in July 2017 in Zhukovskiy. He won the silver medal at the 2017 World Championships competing as a neutral athlete.

Jenia Lubich in Leningrad, USSR, now Saint Petersburg, Russia, is a singer-songwriter who performs and writes in English, Russian, French and Spanish. Her work encompasses recording, song-writing, session performance, live performance, and TV performance.

Yuri Alexandrovich Kokov is a Russian politician who was served as Head of Kabardino-Balkaria from 2013 to 2018.

Konstantin Igorevich Rykov, a.k.a. Jason Foris is a Russian politician.

Alexander Viktorovich Masalov (Yelagin) is a Russian sports commentator, presenter and actor.

Maxim Sergeyevich Afinogenov is a Russian professional ice hockey player who is currently an unrestricted free agent. He most recently played for Dynamo Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Known for his skating speed, he was drafted by the National Hockey League (NHL)'s Buffalo Sabres in the third round, 69th overall, in 1997 and played nine seasons with the club. He then played one season with the Atlanta Thrashers before signing with SKA Saint Petersburg in 2010.

Mikhail Vyacheslavovich Anisin is a Russian professional ice hockey forward who is currently playing with SC Csíkszereda in the Erste Liga.