List of Famous people born in Russia

General of the Army Anatoly Vasiliyevich Kvashnin was the Chief of the Russian General Staff from 1997 to 2004, when he was dismissed by President Vladimir Putin.

Igor Vladimirovich Korneev is a Russian professional football official and a former player who played as a midfielder, notably in La Liga for RCD Espanyol and FC Barcelona.

Andrei Vladimirovich Tropillo is a Soviet and Russian record producer, music publisher, sound engineer, founder of the label AnTrop ("АнТроп"), and rock musician.

Andriy Mykolayovych Nesmachnyi is a retired Russian-born Ukrainian footballer. He has spent his entire career at Dynamo Kyiv in the Ukrainian Premier League. He was a skillful, attacking left-back who could also play as central defender and left midfielder. Nesmachniy also played for the Ukrainian national football team and is the most capped foreign-born player for Ukraine with 67 matches.

Aleksandr Nikolaevich Vasiliev – is a Russian politician and public figure. He is the leader of "Bad Roads", an interregional social movement for the improvement of the Russian transport system. Since 4 December 2011 Vasiliev has been a Deputy in the Russian State Duma for the city of Pskov.

Elmir Ramilevich Nabiullin is a Russian professional footballer of Tatar descent. He plays as a left-back in the Russian Premier League for PFC Sochi.

Viktor Petrovich Ivanov is a Russian politician and businessman, former KGB officer, who served in the KGB Directorate of Leningrad and its successors in 1977–1994. He was the director of The Federal Narcotics Service of Russia from 2008 until 2016.

Aleksandr Sergeyevich Salugin is a Russian former footballer who played as a forward.

Dmitry Fyodorovich Lavrinenko was a Soviet tank commander and Hero of the Soviet Union. He was the highest scoring tank ace of the Allies during World War II.

Leonid Aleksandrovich Govorov was a Soviet military commander. Trained as an artillery officer, he joined the Red Army in 1920. He graduated from several Soviet military academies, including the Military Academy of Red Army General Staff. He participated in the Winter War of 1939–1940 against Finland as a senior artillery officer.