List of Famous people born in Russia

Sergey Maratovich Guriyev is a Russian economist, a professor of economics at the Instituts d'études politiques in Paris. In 2016-19, he was the chief economist at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. He was a Morgan Stanley Professor of Economics and a Rector at the New Economic School (NES) in Moscow until he resigned on 30 April 2013 and fled to France. He joined NES in 1998 focusing on research and teaching and became a full-time permanent faculty member in 1999. He became the school's Rector in 2004. He was also teaching graduate courses in economics of development, microeconomic theory and contract theory.

Anastasia Konstantinovna Bryzgalova is a Russian curler. She currently coaches the Alina Kovaleva rink from Saint Petersburg.

Tatyana Anatoliyevna Dogileva is a famous Soviet and Russian film and stage actress, Meritorious Artist of Russia (1989), and People's Artist of Russia (2000).

Anfisa Alexandrovna Chekhova is a Russian tele- and radio-presenter, singer, actress.

Pavel Alekseyevich Astakhov is a Russian politician, celebrity lawyer and television personality.

Sergei Grigoryevich Milnichenko is a Russian composer, songwriter, guitarist and record producer. His career began in the Soviet era.

Anatoly Eduardovich Serdyukov is a Russian politician and businessman. He was Russia's Minister of Defense from 15 February 2007 to 6 November 2012, and made several major reforms of the Russian military. He has worked as an Industrial Director for Rostec, a state corporation, since October 2015.

Vladimir Anatolyevich Shamanov is a retired Colonel General of the Russian Armed Forces, who was Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Airborne Troops (VDV) from May 2009 to October 2016 and a former Russian politician. After his retirement in October 2016, Shamanov became head of the State Duma Defense Committee.

Eva Leonidovna Polna is a Russian singer, composer and songwriter. Polna was a member of the former Russian musical band Gosti iz budushchego between 1996 and 2009. In 2013, Eva Polna was most rotated musical artist from Russia and CIS. Also in 2013, Polna participated in the first season of Russian TV show Odin v odin!.

Alexander Mikhailovich Lyubimov is a Soviet and Russian television journalist, producer and presenter. He was one of the founders an independent television company VID (17.14%). Director General of the TV company VID (1995-1997), General Director of RBC TV (2011-2014), vice-president of the Russian Television Academy.