List of Famous people born in Russia

Alexander Potkin

First Name Alexander

Last Name Potkin

Born on April 29, 1976 (age 50)

Born in Russia

Alexander Anatolyevich Potkin, also known as Alexander Belov, is a Russian nationalist politician.

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Sergey Parkhomenko

First Name Sergey

Born on March 13, 1964 (age 62)

Born in Russia

Sergey Borisovich Parkhomenko is a Russian publisher, journalist and political commentator.

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Lev Leviev

First Name Lev

Last Name Leviev

Born on June 22, 1984 (age 42)

Born in Russia, Volgograd Oblast

Lev Binzumovich Leviev is an Israeli-Russian entrepreneur and investor, co-founder of Russia's largest social network VK.com and the Selectel data center network.

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Evgenyi Romanov

First Name Evgenyi

Born on July 20, 1985 (age 41)

Born in Russia, Volgograd Oblast

Boxer

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Evgenyi Romanov is a Russian professional boxer. As an amateur, Romanov won gold at the Junior World Championship in 2004 and the Russian Championships 2009 in the heavyweight division.

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Sergey Gerasimovich Mitin

First Name Sergey

Born on June 14, 1951 (age 75)

Born in Russia, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast

Sergey Gerasimovich Mitin is a Russian politician. Mitin served as Governor of Novgorod Oblast, Russia from August 7, 2007 to February 13, 2017.

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Valeri Nichushkin

First Name Valeri

Last Name Nichushkin

Born on March 4, 1995 (age 31)

Born in Russia, Chelyabinsk Oblast

Height 193 cm | 6'4

Ice Hockey Player

Sportsperson

Valeri Ivanovich Nichushkin is a Russian professional ice hockey right winger who currently plays for the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected by the Dallas Stars in the first round, 10th overall, of the 2013 NHL Entry Draft.

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Ilyas Kurkaev

First Name Ilyas

Last Name Kurkaev

Born on January 18, 1994 (age 32)

Born in Russia, Altai Krai

Height 208 cm | 6'10

Ilyas Magomedovich Kurkaev is a Russian volleyball player, member of the Russia men's national volleyball team and Russian club Lokomotiv Novosibirsk. He participated at the 2017 European Championship.

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Mavlet Batirov

First Name Mavlet

Born on December 12, 1983 (age 42)

Born in Russia, Republic of Dagestan

Height 160 cm | 5'3

Mavlet Alavdinovich Batirov is a Russian freestyle wrestler, world and 2-time Olympic champion, who competed in the men's freestyle 55 kg category at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal.

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Natalia Linichuk

First Name Natalia

Last Name Linichuk

Born on February 6, 1956 (age 70)

Born in Russia

Height 165 cm | 5'5

Natalya Vladimirovna Linichuk is a Russian ice dancing coach and former competitive ice dancer for the Soviet Union. With partner and husband Gennadi Karponosov, she is the 1980 Olympic champion and a two-time World champion.

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Jose Biriukov

José Alexandrovich Biriukov Aguirregabiria

First Name Jose

Last Name Biriukov

Born on February 3, 1963 (age 63)

Born in Russia

Height 194 cm | 6'4

Basketball Player

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José "Chechu" Biriukov Aguirregaviria is a retired Spanish and Soviet professional basketball player. Born in Moscow, with a Russian father and a mother of Basque origin. Began playing basketball for Dynamo Moscow basketball team, before moving to Spain at the age of 20 to play for Real Madrid. He played a total of 11 seasons in Real Madrid, 22 games in the USSR national team and 67 for the Spain men's national basketball team.

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