List of Famous people born in Russia

Vasily Vasilyevich Rochev is a Russian cross-country skier who has competed since 2000. He won the bronze medal in the Team sprint event at the 2006 Winter Olympics at Turin.

Anatoly Moiseevich Vershik is a Soviet and Russian mathematician. He is most famous for his joint work with Sergei V. Kerov on representations of infinite symmetric groups and applications to the longest increasing subsequences.

Viktor Ivanovich Rashchupkin was a Soviet/Russian athlete who competed mainly in the discus throw. He was born in Kamensk-Uralsky.

Nina Sergeevna Shatskaya was a Soviet and Russian actress, Merited Artist of the Russian Federation (2008). She was known for playing in the films Welcome, or No Trespassing, A Man Before His Time and Visit to Minotaur.

Andrey Vladimirovich Shevelyov is a Russian politician and former military officer. He served as governor of Tver Oblast from 2011 to 2016.

Alexander Dmitriyevich Dubyago was a Soviet astronomer and expert in theoretical astrophysics. The lunar crater Dubyago is named after him and his father, Dmitry Ivanovich Dubyago.

Aleksei Borisovich Rodionov is a Russian cinematographer.

Igor Shubin is a Russian political figure, former mayor of Perm, deputy of the 7th and 8th State Dumas.