List of Famous people born in Russia

Vasily Vyacheslavovich Utkin is a Russian sports reporter, host of the television show The Football Club, TV and radio presenter, entertainer, actor and one of the owners portal sports.ru.

Daniil Dmitriyevich Khudyakov is a Russian football player who plays for FC Lokomotiv Moscow.

Sergei Yurievich Polonsky is a Russian businessman. He is the owner and head of one of the largest real estate companies in Russia, Mirax Group (2004–2011). He was one of the richest men in Russia before the late-2000s financial crisis. Now, he is a shareholder and investor in a number of commercial structures incorporated by the holding company Potok. He is currently awaiting trial in Moscow on charges of fraud. On 12 July 2017 he was found guilty, but the judge ruled that too much time had passed since the crime was committed for the court's decision to be implemented.

Alexey Leonidovich Pajitnov is a Russian video game designer and computer engineer who developed Tetris while working for the Dorodnitsyn Computing Centre of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, a Soviet government-founded R&D center.

Denis Leonidovich Matsuev is a Russian classical pianist.

Maryana Timofeevna Spivak is a Russian film and television actress known for the 2017 film Loveless.

Vasiliy Sergeevich Stepanov is a Russian actor who debuted in Bondarchuk's film The Inhabited Island as Maxim Kammerer.

Dmitri Vladimirovich Soloviev is a Russian ice dancer. With partner Ekaterina Bobrova, he is the 2014 Olympic champion in the team event, the 2013 World bronze medalist, the 2013 European champion, the 2007 World Junior champion, and a six-time Russian national champion. They are also gold medalists at three Grand Prix events, the 2010 Cup of Russia, 2011 Cup of China, and the 2016 Rostelecom Cup.

Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin is a Soviet and Russian composer and pianist, winner of USSR State Prize (1972), the Lenin Prize (1984), and the State Prize of the Russian Federation (1992), and is a former member of the Inter-regional Deputies Group (1989–1991). He is also a citizen of Lithuania and Spain.

Sergei Vladimirovich Ursuliak is a Russian filmmaker, screenwriter and actor, TV presenter.