List of Famous people born in Russia

Alexander Alexandrovich Besputin is a Russian professional boxer who held the WBA (Regular) welterweight title from 2019 to July. As an amateur he won a gold medal at the 2013 European Championships and silver at the 2015 European Games.

Dmitri Ivanovich Gunko is a Russian professional football coach and a former player, currently the head coach of FC Ararat-Armenia in Armenia.

Yevgeni Stanislavovich Markov is a Russian football player who plays as a striker for FC Krasnodar.

Viktor Vyacheslavovich Panchenko is a former Russian footballer who was the top scorer of the Russian Top Division in 1993. He scored 21 goals for KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny.

Mihhail Lotman is an Estonian literature researcher and politician, son of Yuri Lotman and Zara Mints.

Anastasia Konstantinovna Nazarenko is a Russian group rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2012 Olympics Group All-around champion, the 2011 World Group All-around silver medalist and the 2010 European Group All-around gold medalist.

Alexei Petrovich Popogrebski is a Russian film director and screenwriter. His 2010 film How I Ended This Summer was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival, and won Best Film at the 2010 London Film Festival Awards.

Igor Sergeyevich Ivanov is a Russian politician who was Foreign Minister of Russia from 1998 to 2004.

Andrey Vitalyevich Nelidov is the former Head of the Republic of Karelia in Russia. He came into power after Sergey Katanandov left office in 2010 for personal reasons, but resigned in 2012.