List of Famous people born in Russia

Artur Asilbekovich Beterbiev is a Russian professional boxer of Chechen descent. He is a unified light-heavyweight champion, having held the IBF title since 2017 and the WBC and lineal titles since 2019. As of May 2020, he is ranked as the world's best active light-heavyweight by The Ring and the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board, and third by BoxRec.

Yulianna Yurievna Karaulova is a Russian singer, former lead singer of 5sta Family, and the finalist of Fabrika Zvyozd 5.

Oleg Aleksandrovich Strizhenov is a Soviet and Russian film actor and a People's Artist of the USSR.

Elena Igorevna Proklova is a Soviet and Russian actress. Honored Artist of RSFSR.

Victoria Petrovna Lopyreva is a Russian television presenter, actress, model, blogger, and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Russia 2003. She is an official ambassador of the FIFA World Cup 2018 in Russia.

Andrey Petrovich Zvyagintsev is a Russian film director and screenwriter. His film The Return (2003) won him a Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. Following The Return, Zvyagintsev directed The Banishment and Elena (2011). His film Leviathan (2014) was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film in 2014 and won the Best Film award at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. His most recent film Loveless won the Jury Prize at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival, and was among the nominees for Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards. He also won the Achievement in Directing award for this film at the 2017 Asia Pacific Screen Awards.

Angelina Romanovna Melnikova is a Russian artistic gymnast. She represented Russia at the 2016 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal in the team competition. She was also a member of the gold medal-winning Russian teams at the 2016 and 2018 European Championships, and the silver medal-winning Russian teams at the 2018 and 2019 World Championships.

Noize MC is the stage name of Ivan Alexandrovich Alexeyev, a Russian singer, rapper and actor.

Shamil Abdurakhimov is a Russian mixed martial artist of Avar heritage, who is currently fighting in the heavyweight division for the Ultimate Fighting Championship. As of October 26, 2020, he is #8 in the UFC heavyweight rankings.

Vitaly Viktorovich Minakov is a Russian mixed martial artist, sambist and judoka currently competing in the heavyweight division of Bellator MMA, where he is the former Bellator MMA Heavyweight World Champion. A professional competitor since 2010, he has also competed for M-1 Global and Fight Nights Global. He is currently ranked #13 in the world at heavyweight by Sherdog.