List of Famous people named Boris

Name Boris is among the most common names in Russia. Similar names: Borys. Here are some famous Borises:

Boris Kovzan

First Name Boris
Last Name Kovzan
Born on April 7, 1922
Died on August 31, 1985 (aged 63)

Boris Ivanovich Kovzan was a Soviet fighter pilot and the only person to have executed four confirmed aerial rammings, referred to as taran attacks in the Soviet Union.

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Boris Spassky

First Name Boris
Last Name Spassky
Born on January 30, 1937 (age 89)
Born in Russia

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.

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Boris Sichkin

First Name Boris
Last Name Sichkin
Born on August 15, 1922
Died on March 21, 2002 (aged 79)
Born in Ukraine

Boris Mikhailovich Sichkin was a Soviet film actor, dancer, choreographer, master conversational genre, composer.

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Boris Diaw

First Name Boris
Last Name Diaw
Born on April 16, 1982 (age 44)
Height 203 cm | 6'8

Boris Babacar Diaw-Riffiod, better known as Boris Diaw, is a French basketball executive and former player who is the president of Metropolitans 92 of LNB Pro A. Diaw began his playing career in Pro A and returned to that league after 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played mostly at the power forward position. In 2006, Diaw was named the NBA's Most Improved Player as a member of the Phoenix Suns. He won an NBA championship with the San Antonio Spurs in 2014.

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Boris Bazhanov

First Name Boris
Last Name Bazhanov
Born on August 9, 1900
Died on December 30, 1982 (aged 82)

Boris Georgiyevich Bazhanov was a Soviet secretary of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union who defected from the Soviet Union on 1 January 1928.

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Boris Plotnikov

First Name Boris
Last Name Plotnikov
Born on April 2, 1949
Died on December 2, 2020 (aged 71)

Boris Grigoryevich Plotnikov was a Soviet and Russian film actor. His film debut was as Sotnikov in The Ascent, the acclaimed final film of Russian director Larisa Shepitko. Plotnikov appeared in more than seventy feature films and television series.

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Boris Khimichev

First Name Boris
Last Name Khimichev
Born on January 12, 1933
Died on September 14, 2014 (aged 81)

Boris Petrovich Khimichev was a Ukrainian-born Russian actor who was named a People's Artist of Russia in 1993.

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Boris Rotenberg Sr.

First Name Boris
Last Name Sr.
Born on January 3, 1957 (age 69)
Born in Russia

Boris Romanovich Rotenberg is a Russian business man and oligarch. He is co-owner of the SGM (StroyGazMontazh) group, the largest construction company for gas pipelines and electrical power supply lines in Russia. He was listed by Forbes as Russia's 69th wealthiest person in 2016 with a net worth of $1.07 billion. He is considered a close confidant of president Vladimir Putin.

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Boris Epshteyn

First Name Boris
Last Name Epshteyn
Born on August 14, 1982 (age 43)

Boris Epshteyn is an American Republican political strategist, investment banker, and attorney. He was the Strategic Advisor on the Trump 2020 Campaign. He was the chief political commentator at Sinclair Broadcast Group until December 2019. He was a senior advisor to Donald Trump's 2016 campaign for President of the United States, and previously worked on the McCain-Palin campaign. Following Trump's election, he was named director of communications for the Presidential Inaugural Committee, and then assistant communications director for surrogate operations in the administration, until he resigned in March 2017.

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Boris Casoy

First Name Boris
Last Name Casoy
Born on February 13, 1941 (age 85)
Born in Brazil, São Paulo

Boris Casoy is a Brazilian journalist, the son of Russian Jewish immigrant parents. He has spent most of his professional life in TV journalism and is currently a Brazilian TV news anchorman.

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