List of Famous people born in Russia

Leonid Viktorovich Mikhelson is a Russian billionaire businessman, CEO, chairman and major shareholder of the Russian gas company Novatek.

Lyubov Eduardovna Sobol is a Russian political and public figure, lawyer of the Anti-Corruption Foundation, and a member of the Russian Opposition Coordination Council (2012–2013). She is producer of the YouTube channel "Navalny Live" of Alexei Navalny.

Irina Ivanovna Saltykova is a Russian pop singer and a former member of the music group Mirazh, which was popular in Russia in the 1990s. She released six albums and two singles. Saltykova also did some acting, particularly in the film Brother 2. In June 2000, Saltykova was featured in Russian Playboy.

Pyotr Andreyevich Pavlensky is a Russian contemporary artist. Known for his controversial political performance art, which he calls "actions", Pavlensky is a significant figure in political activism, and his work often involves nudity and self-mutilation. Pavlensky explicitly denounces the "mechanics of power", forcing authorities to take part in his artistic actions by staging them in areas with heavy police surveillance, explaining that "the criminal case becomes one of the layers of the artwork" and the government is "[drawn] into the process of making art".

Margarita Louis-Dreyfus is a Russian-born Swiss billionaire businesswoman, chairperson of Louis Dreyfus Group.

Valery Valeryevich Nikolaev is a Russian film and theater actor, director.

Viktor Semyonovich Abakumov was a high-level Soviet security official from 1943 to 1946, the head of SMERSH in the USSR People's Commissariat of Defense, and from 1946 to 1951 Minister of State Security or MGB (ex-NKGB). He was removed from office and arrested in 1951 on fabricated charges of failing to investigate the Doctors' Plot. After the death of Joseph Stalin, Abakumov was tried for fabricating the Leningrad Affair, sentenced to death and executed in 1954.

Valery Vasilyevich Gerasimov is a Russian General of the Army, the current Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia, and first Deputy Defence Minister, replacing Nikolay Makarov. He was appointed by President Vladimir Putin on 9 November 2012.

Sergei Nikolayevich Ignashevich is a Russian former professional footballer who played as central defender and is currently the manager of Russian Football National League club Torpedo Moscow.

Yekaterina Konstantinovna Guseva is a Russian film, theater, TV actress and singer, Meritorious Artist of Russia. She became famous for her role in the 2002 television series Brigada.