List of Famous people born in Russian Empire

Vytautas Landsbergis-Žemkalnis was a Lithuanian modernist architect most active in interwar Lithuania (1926–1939). He was the father of Vytautas Landsbergis, the first Lithuanian head of state after independence from the Soviet Union.

Jānis Kalnbērziņš was a Latvian Soviet politician and statesman who was the first secretary of the Communist Party of Latvia and the first de facto leader of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic.

Abraham "Abba" Ptachya Lerner was a Russian-born British economist.

Fricis Rokpelnis was a Latvian poet and writer, who is best known for writing the lyrics to the Anthem of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic.

Sonya Levien was a Russian-born American screenwriter. She became one of the highest earning female screenwriters in Hollywood in the 1930s and would help a number of directors and film stars transition from silent films to talkies. In 1955 she received an Academy Award for her screenplay Interrupted Melody.

Johann Voldemar Jannsen was an Estonian journalist and poet active in Livonia.

Mihkel Pung was an Estonian politician and a former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia and Speaker of the National Council from 21 April 1938 to 5 July 1940. Pung was Minister of Finance in 1931. He was arrested during the Soviet invasion of Estonia and sent to Sevurallag, a Soviet gulag in Sverdlovsk Oblast. He died in imprisonment in 1941.

Georges Dancigers was a Russian-born, French film producer. His most notable film was Bertrand Blier's Get out your Handkerchief (1978), which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. He was awarded an Honorary César award in 1982.