List of Famous people named Alexey

Alexey Vladimirovich Vorobyov is a Russian singer and actor who performs both in Russian and English. For international purposes Vorobyov is also credited as Alex Sparrow, a translation of his Russian name. He is best known for appearing on the Russian version of The X Factor at the age of 17 in 2005. In 2006 Vorobyov was contracted by Universal Music Russia, and in December 2007 was appointed as a goodwill ambassador for Y-PEER, a youth-based initiative of the United Nations Population Fund. Vorobyov represented Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Germany.

Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov was a Soviet and Russian cosmonaut, Air Force major general, writer, and artist. On 18 March 1965, he became the first person to conduct a spacewalk, exiting the capsule during the Voskhod 2 mission for 12 minutes and 9 seconds. He was also selected to be the first Soviet person to land on the moon, however the project was cancelled.

Alexey Alexeyevich Oleynik is a Ukrainian-born Russian mixed martial artist and combat sambo fighter currently signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship, competing in their heavyweight division. He began his professional fighting career in 1997, and is a veteran of M-1 Global, ProFC and IAFC and has competed for Bellator, KSW and YAMMA Pit Fighting. He is the only fighter to win a UFC fight via Ezekiel choke, and has done so twice. Oleynik also holds the record for most Ezekiel choke wins in MMA competition, with twelve. As of December 24, 2020, he is #10 in the UFC heavyweight rankings.

Alexey Gennadievich Nilov is a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor. Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (2006).

Aleksey Petrovich Maresyev was a Russian military pilot who became a Soviet fighter ace during World War II despite becoming a double amputee.

Aleksey Ivanovich Buldakov PAR was a Soviet and Russian movie actor.

Alexei Gennadyevich Dyumin is a Russian politician, serving as Governor of Tula Oblast since 2016. Previously he served as President Vladimir Putin's chief security guard and assistant before being promoted to lead the Russian military's Special Operations Forces, where he oversaw the annexation of Crimea in 2014. The following year, he became Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation. He holds the rank of lieutenant general and is a recipient of the Hero of the Russian Federation title.

Alexey Lvovich Rybnikov is a modern Russian composer.

Count Alexey Petrovich Bestuzhev-Ryumin was one of the most influential and successful diplomats in 18th-century Europe. As chancellor of the Russian Empire was chiefly responsible for Russian foreign policy during the reign of Empress Elizaveta Petrovna.

Alexey Leonidovich Pajitnov is a Russian video game designer and computer engineer who developed Tetris while working for the Dorodnitsyn Computing Centre of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, a Soviet government-founded R&D center.