List of Famous people born in Russia

Philippe Quint is an American classical violinist and artistic director.

Alexey Vasilyevich Papin is a Russian kickboxer.

Svetlana Sheveleva is a left-handed Russian fencer. She won the Russian women's sabre championship final in 2018.

Ivan Andreyevich Yakimushkin is a Russian cross-country skier.

Boris Nikolayevich Lagutin was possibly the most celebrated of Soviet boxers. During his career as a boxer, he has won 241 fights and lost only 11. He won medals in three Olympic Games, including two golds, in 1964 and 1968. Lagutin also won at European championships in 1961 and 1963 and at USSR championships in 1959, 1961–64 and 1968. Lagutin was born in Moscow. Until 1967 he trained at VSS Trud, then - at VSS Spartak. During the period of failures, that followed the 1964 Olympics, Lagutin was removed from the USSR team roster. Along with his trainer Vladimir Trenin Lagutin managed to find causes of his losses and earned USSR and Olympic Champion titles again in 1968.

Anish Kumar Giri is a Dutch chess player. A chess prodigy, he completed the requirements for the title Grandmaster at the age of 14 years, 7 months and 2 days. FIDE awarded him the title in 2009. He was born in Russia to a Nepalese father and a Russian mother.

Kyrylo Yevhenovych Shevchenko is a Ukrainian banker and the Chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine. He is the former Chairman of the Board of the state-owned Ukrgasbank (2014—2020).