List of Famous people born in Russia

Vitali Dyomochka, also known as Bondar, is a Russian mobster and crime boss in the Vladivostok area. He is notable for writing, directing, producing and starring in a short TV series called Spets, which aimed to show viewers the reality of the Russian underworld.

Vadim Alexandrovich Shipachyov is a Russian professional ice hockey forward for Dynamo Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He has previously played with Severstal Cherepovets and SKA Saint Petersburg of the KHL and the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League (NHL).

Maria Romanovna Sotskova is a retired Russian figure skater. She is the 2017 Grand Prix Final silver medalist, a two-time Internationaux de France silver medalist, the 2016 NHK Trophy bronze medalist, the 2017 CS Finlandia Trophy champion, and the 2018 Russian national silver medalist. She placed 8th at the 2017 and 2018 World Figure Skating Championships and at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Eugene Yelchin is a Russian-American artist best known as an illustrator and writer of books for children.

Viktoriya Samoilovna Tokareva is a Soviet and Russian screenwriter and short story writer.

Ivan Vladimirovich Sergeyev is a Russian football player. He plays for PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara.

Mihail Mikhailovich Chemiakin is a Russian painter, stage designer, sculptor and publisher, and a controversial representative of the nonconformist art tradition of St. Petersburg.

Maxim Leonidovich Leonidov is a Soviet and Russian musician, singer, actor, songwriter and TV presenter. He is known as one of the founders and members of the beat-quartet Sekret, and subsequently as a solo artist. In 1997, he won the Golden Gramophone Award.

Pavel Semyonovich Lungin is a Russian film director. He is sometimes credited as Pavel Loungine. Lungin was awarded the distinction People's Artist of Russia in 2008.

Vasilisa Vladimirovna Volodina is a host on the Russian television show Let's Get Married since 2008. В She is a Russian astrologer and TV presenter.