List of Famous people born in Russia

Alexander Alexandrovich Majorov is a Swedish retired figure skater. He is the 2017 Winter Universiade bronze medalist, the 2011 World Junior bronze medalist, a five-time Nordic champion, and a four-time Swedish national champion. His best finish at the European Championships is 6th (2013). He was 14th at the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Maria Eduardovna Artemyeva is a Russian former competitive figure skater. She is the 2013 Cup of Nice champion, 2015 Winter Universiade bronze medalist, and winner of four ISU Challenger Series medals.

Yelena Mikhailovna Godina is a Russian volleyball player, who was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at 2006 Volleyball World Championship in Japan and the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She also competed at the 1996 and 2008 Summer Olympics. She participated at the 2004 FIVB World Grand Prix.

Elif Jale Yeşilırmak, née Yulia Guramievna Rekvava, is a Russian-Turkish female wrestler. She is the first woman wrestler to represent Turkey at the Olympics. She is a member of Trakya Birlikspor.

Natalia Andreevna Perminova is a Russian badminton player. She represented her country at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Maria Borodakova is a volleyball player from Russia, playing as a middle-blocker. She was a member of the Women's National Team that won the gold medal at the 2006 FIVB Women's World Championship and the 2010 FIVB Women's World Championship.

Lila Tretikov is a Russian–American engineer and manager, who was executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation from 2014 to 2016.