List of Famous people born in Russia

Nadezhda Viktorovna "Nadia" Petrova is a Russian former professional tennis player. A former top 5 player in both singles and doubles, she reached a career-high ranking of No. 3 in the world in both disciplines. Petrova won a total of 37 titles on the WTA Tour in her career, 13 in singles and 24 in doubles, as well as over $12.4 million in prize money, making her one of the most successful Russian tennis players of all time.

Alla Nikolayevna Latynina is a Russian literary critic. Her husband is the writer and poet Leonid Latynin. She is the mother of Russian writer and journalist Yulia Latynina.

Ksenia Dmitrievna Afanasyeva is a retired Russian artistic gymnast who competed at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. She is the 2011 world champion on floor exercise, the 2013 and 2015 European floor champion, and the 2013 Universiade vault and floor champion. Widely regarded as one of the most original and artistic gymnasts of all time, she retired from elite gymnastics in July 2016 due to kidney disease, a month away from the 2016 Summer Olympics, for which she was the Russian team's first alternate.

Daria Sergeyevna Samokhina is a Russian handballer for HC Astrakhanochka and the Russian national team.

Elizaveta Solonchenko is a Russian politician who served as the Head of Nizhny Novgorod (2017), Deputy Head of Nizhny Novgorod (2013–2017), Deputy Chairman of the City Duma of Nizhny Novgorod.

Sergey Igorevich Kamenskiy is a Russian sports shooter. He competed in the men's 10 metre air rifle event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Elena Sergey Pirozhkova is a Russian-born American wrestler who competes for the United States Olympic team. Wrestling in the 63 kg weight class, she won the gold medal at the Pan American championships in 2008, 2009, and 2010. In 2010, she won the silver medal at the World Championship games. She placed 5th at the 2011 World Championships. Pirozhkova was born in Russia but grew up in Greenfield, Massachusetts.

Aleksandr Sergeyevich Kozlov is a Russian professional football player who currently plays in Armenia for FC Ararat Yerevan.

Sergey Nikolayevich Ryzhikov, lieutenant colonel of Russian Air Force, is a Russian cosmonaut, selected in 2006. He is a veteran of two long duration space flights to the ISS.