List of Famous people born in Russia

Aleksandr Vyacheslavovich Golubev is a former Russian speed skater. Very surprisingly he came to the top in the 500 m in Vikingskipet at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer. He didn't place himself in the top three in any other international championship after that. But he stands with one individual victory on 500 m in the World Cup from 1993.

Lyubov Pavlovna Aksyonova, née Novikova is a Russian film and television actress. She appeared in more than 60 films since 2009.

Alexander Markovich Polyakov is a Russian theoretical physicist, formerly at the Landau Institute in Moscow and, since 1990, at Princeton University, where he is the Joseph Henry Professor of Physics.

Irina Nikolayevna Vorobieva is a Russian pair skater who competed for the Soviet Union. With her then-husband Igor Lisovsky, she is the 1981 World champion and the 1981 European champion. They were coached by Tamara Moskvina.

Lyudmila Yevgenyevna Titova is a retired Russian speed skater.

Aleksei Nikolaevich Parshin, sometimes romanized as Alexey Nikolaevich Paršin, is a Russian mathematician, specializing in arithmetic geometry.

Olga Valeryevna Danilova is a Russian cross-country skier who competed from 1991 until she was banned for using performance-enhancing drugs in 2002.