List of Famous people born in Russia

Mikhail Sergeyevich Akimenko is a Russian high jumper.

Anna Alexandrovna Plisetskaya is a Russian ballerina, actress and producer.

Pavel Andreyevich Buchnevich is a Russian professional ice hockey forward for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected by the Rangers in the third round of the 2013 NHL Entry Draft.

Leonid Abramovich Yuzefovich is a Russian writer known for the series of crime fiction stories taking place in pre-Revolution Russian Empire. He also writes non-fiction books about history, and currently adapts his stories for TV serials.

Alexey Mikhailovich Fedorychev (Russian: Алексе́й Миха́йлович Федо́рычев; - Russian-born businessman, a citizen of Monaco and Hungary. The former owner of FC Dynamo Moscow and FC Rostov. The owner of the company Fedcom .

Marina Vladimirovna Sudakova, née Yartseva, is a Russian handball player for CSKA Moscow and the Russian national team.

Yekaterina Aleksandrovna Marennikova is a Russian handball player, world champion and olympic medallist playing for HC Kuban Krasnodar and the Russian national team. She won gold medals at the 2005 World Championships and 2016 Rio Olympics, placing second in 2008 and eighth in 2012.

Zelimkhan Khadjiev is a Russian-French freestyle wrestler of Chechen heritage. He competed in the men's freestyle 74 kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, in which he was eliminated in the round of 16 by Sosuke Takatani.

Boris Giltburg is an Israeli classical pianist, born in Russia.

Kirill Alekseevich Safronov is a Russian former professional ice hockey defenceman.