List of Famous people born in Russia

Victoria Alexandrovna Moiseeva is a Russian curler. She won gold as an alternate of the Russian national women's team at the 2013 Winter Universiade and the 2015 Winter Universiade. She plays for CC Adamant.

Natalya Fyodorovna Merkulova is a Russian filmmaker. She is most famous for Intimate Parts that was a part of Kinotavr film festival and won an award for the best debut, and The Man Who Surprised Everyone that was a members for the Horizons (Orizzonti) section of 75th Venice International Film Festival.

Alexander Olegovich Burmistrov is a Russian professional ice hockey centre currently playing for Ak Bars Kazan of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He previously played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Atlanta Thrashers/Winnipeg Jets franchise as well as the Arizona Coyotes, before leaving the NHL after a short stint with the Vancouver Canucks. Burmistrov won the Gagarin Cup with Ak Bars Kazan in 2018.

Marina Sergeyevna Durunda is a retired Azerbaijani individual rhythmic gymnast of Ukrainian origin.

Andrei Yuryevich Okounkov is a Russian mathematician who works on representation theory and its applications to algebraic geometry, mathematical physics, probability theory and special functions. He is currently a professor at Columbia University and the academic supervisor of HSE International Laboratory of Representation Theory and Mathematical Physics. In 2006, he received the Fields Medal "for his contributions to bridging probability, representation theory and algebraic geometry."

Alexander Grigoryevich Volfovich is a Belarusian general who is the current Secretary of the State Security Council of the Republic of Belarus. He is also a former Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Belarus.

Denis Nikolayevich Iartsev is a Russian judoka. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's 73 kg event, in which he was eliminated by Lasha Shavdatuashvili in the repechage.

Daniil Aleksandrovich Yuffa is a Russian chess grandmaster.

Yevgeny Yevgeniyevich Korotyshkin, occasionally spelled "Evgeny", is a Russian swimmer from Moscow. He specialises in the butterfly stroke, winning the silver medal in the 100 m butterfly at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Igor Olegovich Kireyev is a Russian professional football player who plays as a right back or right midfielder for Irtysh Omsk.