List of Famous people born in Russia

Yevgeny Alexandrovich Dementyev is a Russian cross-country skier. He attended Children and Youth Sports School of Sovetsky District, Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug, where his first trainer was Valery Ukhov. Dementyev's first international success was in 2001 at the Junior World Championship. He won two medals at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, with a gold in the men's 15 km + 15 km pursuit event and a silver in the men's 50 km freestyle mass start.

Lera Auerbach is a Soviet-born American classical composer and concert pianist.

Gleb Borisovich Smolkin is a Russian ice dancer. With his partner, Diana Davis, he is the 2021 CS Warsaw Cup champion.

Natalia Hanikoğlu is a Turkish-Russian volleyball player. She is 190 cm tall and plays as a middle blocker and outside hitter. She plays for Galatasaray Medical Park and wears the number 7 jersey. She played over 100 times for Russia national team and when he has Turkish citizenship after getting married with Turkish former volleyball player Hakan Hanikoğlu, she played over 200 times for Turkey national team too. She has a daughter whose name is Ela born in Moscow.