List of Famous people born in Russia

Mikhail Yurievich Segal, is a Russian film director and writer.

David Kazhdan or Každan, Kazhdan, formerly named Dmitry Aleksandrovich Kazhdan, is a Soviet and Israeli mathematician known for work in representation theory. Kazhdan is a 1990 MacArthur Fellow.

Lidia Richardovna Klement was a Soviet singer.

Aleksey Spiridonov is a Russian volleyball player, a member of Russia men's national volleyball team and Russian club Zenit Kazan, European Champion 2011, gold medalist of the World League.

Igor Yakovlevich Rabiner is a Russian football journalist and writer known for his work with Sport-Express and his books, most notably his controversial bestseller How Spartak Was Being Killed, where he describes the crisis FC Spartak Moscow faced in the early 2000s, at the end of Oleg Romantsev's reign and immediately after it. Later, that book was followed by its sequel, How Spartak Was Being Killed 2 about the later events, and Lokomotiv We Have Lost that exploits similar themes regarding another popular Russian football team, Lokomotiv Moscow. In 2012, after being sacked by Sport-Express he moved to the Championat.com sports portal.

Elena Kotova is a Russian writer, interior architect, and private real estate developer. She worked as an international financer and held senior banking positions in Russia, USA, and Europe from 1994–2010. She was charged with soliciting a bribe in 2013 and given a suspended five-year jail sentence in 2014.

Evgeni Stanislavovich Semenenko is a Russian figure skater. He is the 2021 Russian junior national champion. After winning the 2021 Russian Cup Final, he was chosen to represent Russia at the World Championships in March.