List of Famous people born in Russia

Aleksandr Viktorovich Yatsenko is a Russian actor. He appeared in more than thirty films since 2003.

Sergey Fyodorovich Lisovsky is a Russian politician, a member of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation since 2004, a representative of the Kurgan Regional Duma. TV host channel RBC TV. In the past - the entrepreneur. Candidate of Philology (2000). Member of the General Council of the party United Russia. It is one of the pioneers of the Russian social and political advertisements and an acknowledged expert on the contemporary electoral technologies.

Oleg Georgiyevich Kononov is a Russian football coach and a former player. He was last the manager of Riga FC.

Elena Vyacheslavovna Perova is a Russian singer and musician, TV presenter, actress. She was a former member of the Russian musical groups Litsey (1991–1997) and Amega (1998–1999). She won the Golden Gramophone Award in 1996 and TEFI in 2008. Since 2013, she has been chief editor of the Department of Music and Entertainment Programs in Channel One Russia.

Wladimir Kaminer is a Russian-born German short story writer, columnist and disc jockey of Jewish origin.

Vladimir Vasilyevich Gostyukhin is a Soviet and Russian, Belarusian film and stage actor.

Vyacheslav "Slava" Leonidovich Voynov is a Russian professional ice hockey defenceman who is currently an unrestricted free agent. He most recently played for Avangard Omsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), while also being suspended by the National Hockey League (NHL). The Los Angeles Kings terminated Voynov's six-year, $25 million contract in 2015 but retained his rights. Voynov was selected by the Kings in the second round, 32nd overall, of the 2008 NHL Entry Draft.

Dmitri Nikolayevich Cheryshev is a Russian former professional footballer who played as a forward, and a manager.

Andrey Ivanovich Lavrov is a Russian handball goalkeeper and the only three times Olympic handball champion.

Sergei Nikitich Khrushchev was a Russian engineer and the son of the Cold War-era Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev and his wife Nina Petrovna Khrushcheva. He moved to the United States in 1991 and was a naturalized American citizen.