List of Famous people born in Russia

Mansur Mustafaevich Isaev is a Russian judoka. In 2012, he won the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the -73 kg class against the Japanese judoka Riki Nakaya. This was Russia's second gold medal at the Games, after judoka Arsen Galstyan's victory two days earlier in Men's 60 kg.

Viktor Franzovich Zhdanovich is a Soviet fencer.

Sergey Nikolayevich Yastrebov, is a Russian politician, who is currently the Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russia since 23 January 2017. He served as the 3rd Governor of the Yaroslavl Oblast from 2012 to 2016.

Vladimir Alexandrovich Efimkin is a Russian retired professional road bicycle racer, who last rode alongside his twin brother Alexander Efimkin on Team Type 1–Sanofi. He had established himself as a solid all-around cyclist.

Galina Alexeyevna Kulakova is a Soviet former cross-country skier, arguably the best skier on distances shorter than 10 km in the early 1970s. She won four Olympic golds, two individual in 1972 and two relay golds in 1972 and 1976. She was the most successful athlete at the 1972 Winter Olympics, along with Ard Schenk of the Netherlands. Competing in the World Championships, she won three individual golds, two in 1974 and one in 1970, and also two relay golds in those years. Kulakova also won the 10 km event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1970 and 1979. Galina Kulakova was also 39 times Champion of the USSR between 1969 and 1981.

Aleksandr Pavlovich Aleksandrov is a former Soviet cosmonaut and twice Hero of the Soviet Union.