List of Famous people born in Russia

Daler Adyamovich Kuzyayev is a Russian football player of Tatar descent. He plays as a midfielder for FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.

Valentin Borisovich Yumashev is a Russian journalist, politician and businessman-developer, who was son-in-law of President Boris Yeltsin and a member of his inner circle. He was Editor-in-Chief of Ogonyok in 1995-1996. In 1996, he was appointed adviser to President Boris Yeltsin for public relations. In March 1997, Yumashev succeeded Anatoly Chubais in the powerful position of the Chairman of the Presidential Executive Office. In December 1998, he was dismissed from that position. He now works in real estate development.

Dmitry Lvovich Bykov is a Russian writer, poet and journalist. He is also known as biographer of Boris Pasternak, Bulat Okudzhava and Maxim Gorky.

Marina Vyacheslavovna Anissina is a French-Russian ice dancer. Competing with Gwendal Peizerat for France, she is the 2002 Olympic champion, the 1998 Olympic bronze medalist, the 2000 World champion, and a six-time French national champion.

Pavel Nikolayevich Gusev is a Russian journalist and public figure. He has been the editor-in-chief of the Moscow daily newspaper Moskovskij Komsomolets since 1983. He is a professor of journalism at the International University in Moscow and a member of Russia's Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights.

Boris Vasilevich Shcherbakov is Soviet and Russian film and theater actor. People's Artist of Russian Federation (1994). Winner of USSR State Prize (1985).

Katya Sambuca is a Russian singer, actress, television presenter, and erotic model. She is married to Bob Jack, a director of adult movies, and is a character in his novel Por-no!

Vitali Novikov is a Russian former competitive ice dancer. With Svetlana Kulikova, he is the 2003 Nebelhorn Trophy champion.

Alexander Yevgenievich Lebedev is a Russian businessman, previously referred to as one of the Russian oligarchs. Until 1992, he was an officer in the First Chief Directorate of the Soviet Union′s KGB and later one of the KGB's successor-agencies, Russia′s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR).

Lada Dance, born Lada Volkova in Kaliningrad on September 11, 1966, is a popular Russian jazz and dance music singer.