List of Famous people born in Russia

Brian Oladapo Idowu is a Nigerian professional footballer who currently plays as a left-back for Russian club Khimki on loan from Lokomotiv Moscow and the Nigeria national team.

Daniil Dmitrievich Dubov is a Russian chess grandmaster of Jewish descent. He achieved his final norm for the Grandmaster title at the age of 14 years, 11 months, 14 days in 2011. He is the previous world rapid champion, winning the World Rapid Chess Championship held in Saint Petersburg from 26 to 28 December 2018.

Olga Alexandrovna Budina is a Russian theater and film actress.

Alexei Viktorovich Ivanov is a Russian writer.

Boris Vasilievich Spassky is a Russian chess player, who was the tenth World Chess Champion, holding the title from 1969 to 1972. Spassky played three world championship matches: he lost to Tigran Petrosian in 1966; defeated Petrosian in 1969 to become world champion; then lost to Bobby Fischer in a famous match in 1972.

Kirsan Nikolayevich Ilyumzhinov is a Russian businessman and politician. He was the President of the Republic of Kalmykia in the Russian Federation from 1993 to 2010, and was president of FIDE, the international governing body for the game of chess, from 1995 to 2018. He has also been in the forefront of promoting chess in schools in Russia and overseas. He is the founder of Novy Vzglyad publishing house.

Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin was a Soviet military commander during World War II. Vatutin was responsible for many Red Army operations in Ukraine as commander of the Southwestern Front, and the Voronezh Front during the Battle of Kursk. During the Soviet offensive to retake right-bank Ukraine, Vatutin led the 1st Ukrainian Front, responsible for the Red Army's offensives to the west and south-west of Kiev and the eventual liberation of the city.

Stanislav Stanislavovich Bunin is a Russian-born concert pianist.

Georgy Khachaturovich Martirosyan is a Soviet and Russian film, stage and voice actor, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (2004).

Dzhambulat Mikhailovich "Dzhambik" Khatokhov was the world's heaviest child from 2003, according to the Guinness Book of Records.