List of Famous people born in Russia
Pavel Borodin
Pavel Pavlovich Borodin is a Russian official and politician.
Maiia Khromykh
Maya or Maiia Vladislavovna Khromykh is a Russian figure skater. She is the 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia silver medalist, the 2021 Rostelecom Cup bronze medalist, the 2021 CS Warsaw Cup champion, and the 2021 Budapest Trophy champion.
Igor Jijikine
Igor Vitalievich Jijikine is a Russian-American actor working in Los Angeles and Moscow.
Sergey Mironov
Sergey Mikhailovich Mironov is a Russian politician. He was Chairman of the Federation Council, the upper house of the Russian parliament, from 2001 to 2011. He leads the faction A Just Russia in the Parliament of Russia.
Victoria Sinitsina
Victoria Alexandrovna Sinitsina is a Russian ice dancer. With Nikita Katsalapov, she is the 2021 World champion, 2020 European champion, the 2019 World silver medalist, the 2018–19 Grand Prix Final silver medalist, and a two-time Russian national champion (2019–2020). They have also won several medals on the Grand Prix and the Challenger Series, including winning the 2018 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy.
Anastasia Mishina
Anastasia Viktorovna Mishina is a Russian pair skater. With her skating partner, Aleksandr Galliamov, she is the 2019–20 Grand Prix Final bronze medalist and 2019 Internationaux de France champion. On a junior level she is the 2019 World Junior champion, the 2018 World Junior bronze medalist, 2018–19 Junior Grand Prix Final champion, and 2019 Russian national junior champion.
Dasha Zhukova
Darya "Dasha" Alexandrovna Zhukova is a Russian-American businesswoman, art collector, magazine editor, and philanthropist. She is the founder of the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art and Garage Magazine.
Mariella Ahrens
Mariella Ahrens is a Russian-born German actress.
Alexander Sukhorukov
Alexandr Nikolayevich Sukhorukov is a Russian competitive swimmer who specializes in freestyle events. He competed in the 200 m freestyle and 4 × 200 m freestyle relay at the 2008 Olympics, the 4 × 200 m relay at the 2012 Olympics and the 4 × 100 m freestyle at the 2016 Olympics and won a silver medal in the relay in 2008.
Igor Girkin
Igor Vsevolodovich Girkin, also known by the alias Igor Ivanovich Strelkov, is a Russian army artillery veteran who played a key role in the Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, and later the War in Donbass as an organizer of the Donetsk People's Republic's militant groups. Girkin, a self-described Russian nationalist, was charged by Ukrainian authorities with terrorism. He is currently sanctioned by the European Union for his leading role in the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine. Ukrainian authorities have called him a retired colonel of the GRU.