List of Famous people born in Russia

Artyom Igorevich Fidler is a Russian professional football official and a former player who played as a defensive midfielder. He works as an administrator for FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast.

Khasanbi Eduardovich Bidzhiyev is a Russian professional football coach and a former player.

Vitaly Vyacheslavovich Melnikov is a Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter. He was named People’s Artist of the RSFSR in 1987 and awarded Order of Honour in 2002 and IV Class Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" in 2010. He is also a member of the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences and was awarded the special Nika Award in 2016 "For outstanding contribution to national cinema".

Sultan Magomedbegovich Aliev is a retired Russian mixed martial artist and active sambist of Avar descent. A professional from 2011 until 2019, he competed for the UFC and Bellator.

Valeriy Vladimirovich Troshin is a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor.

Svetlana Vasiliyevna Mironyuk is a Russian media executive, a graduate of Moscow State University. She was head and editor-in-chief of the RIA Novosti news agency, having been appointed chair of the board in 2003 and director general in 2004. She has overseen the organization's modernization. Before that, she was employed with the Media-Most holding owned by Vladimir Gusinsky.

Gennadi Vladimirovich Syomin was a Russian professional football coach and player.

Mikhail Pavlovich Lysov is a Russian former professional football player who played as a left back.

Yuliy Chersanovich Kim is one of Russia's foremost bards, composer, poet, songwriter for theater and films. His songs, encompassing everything from mild humor to biting political satire, appear in at least fifty Soviet movies, including Bumbarash, The Twelve Chairs, and An Ordinary Miracle, as well as the songs "The Brave Captain," "The Black Sea," "The Whale-Fish," "Cursed Lips," "Captain Bering," and "Baron Germont Went to War." Since 1998, he has been living in Israel and has made periodic tours through Russia, Europe, and the United States.