List of Famous people born in Russia

Vladimir Alexandrovich Kolokoltsev is a Russian politician and police officer who was the Moscow Police Commissioner from 2009 to 2012. He has been Russian Minister of Internal Affairs since 21 May 2012.

Yevgeny Vladimirovich Sidikhin is a Russian film and theater actor and television presenter.

Tatiana Albertovna Abramova is a Russian actress and singer.

Sergei Valeryevich Mozyakin is a Russian professional ice hockey winger who currently plays for Metallurg Magnitogorsk in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). With over 735 points and 162 playoff points in his KHL career, he is both the six-time points leader, and the all-time highest scorer in both the regular season and the playoffs in the KHL.

Olga Yurevna Vasilieva is a Russian politician and historian, who served in Vladimir Putin's government as Minister of Education and Science (2016—2018), and as Minister of Education from May 2018 to January 2020. She is known for defending Soviet policies and for making controversial statements that were perceived as supportive of Joseph Stalin.

Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Ilyin Jr. is a Russian theater and film actor, poet, singer and songwriter of the punk band "Plan of Lomonosov".

Omari Akhmedov is a Russian professional mixed martial artist who currently competes in the Middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. As of January 25, 2021 he is 13 in the UFC middleweight rankings.

Vasily Vladimirovich Koshechkin is a Russian professional ice hockey goaltender. He currently plays for Metallurg Magnitogorsk in the Kontinental Hockey League.

Yana Alekseyevna Churikova is a Russian journalist and television host who worked on MTV Russia before moving to Channel One, where she hosted seven seasons of the Star Factory show. She has also gained publicity across Europe and the world for presenting the results of the Russian televote at the Eurovision Song Contest for several years. Churikova was to host the Eurovision Song Contest 2009, to be held in Moscow, Russia. However, her pregnancy was announced shortly afterwards and she instead hosted the allocation draw of the Eurovision countries and arranged Russian commentary to Channel One. Her daughter Taisa Lazareva was born on 26 May 2009, 10 days after the Eurovision final.

Daniil Alexandrovich Strakhov is a Russian actor. Internationally, he is best known for his role as Vladimir Ivanovich Korf in the television series Poor Nastya, and as Captain Lisnevsky in the film Transit.