List of Famous people named Oleg

Oleg was a Rurikid ruler of the Drevlyans from 969 to his death in 977. He was the second son of Sviatoslav I of Kiev.

Oleg Aleksandrovich Kuzmin is a Russian football coach and a former player. He works as an assistant coach with Rubin Kazan. He played as a right back.

Oleg Alekseyevich Protopopov is a former Russian pair skater who represented the Soviet Union. With his wife Ludmila Belousova he is a two-time Olympic champion and four-time World champion (1965–1968). In 1979, the pair defected to Switzerland and became Swiss citizens in 1995. They continued to skate at ice shows and exhibitions through their seventies.

Oleg Stefan né Oleg Stepanovich Shtefanko is a Soviet and Russian actor who became popular in Russia after moving there to study acting. He later became an American film actor after immigrating to the United States.

Oleg Lvovich Mitvol is a Russian environmentalist, businessman and government official, known for his activity in the chair of environmental protection department.

Oleg Kimovich Vasiliev is a Russian former pair skater who competed internationally for the Soviet Union. With his then-wife Elena Valova, he is the 1984 Olympic champion, 1988 Olympic silver medalist, and three-time World Champion. Their coach throughout their career was Tamara Moskvina. After retiring from competition, Vasiliev became a coach, leading the pair of Tatiana Totmianina / Maxim Marinin to the 2006 Olympic title.

Oleg Vladimirovich Kashin is a Russian journalist and writer known for his political articles.

Oleg Dmitrievich Saprykin is a Russian former professional ice hockey player. Saprykin played with HC Dynamo Moscow, SKA Saint Petersburg, HC Sochi and Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg. He played in the 2009 KHL All-Star Game, held in Red Square and was a member of Ufa's Gagarin Cup championship team in 2011. Saprykin also played parts of seven seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). He was a first round selection, 11th overall, of the Calgary Flames and also played for the Phoenix Coyotes and Ottawa Senators. Internationally, Saprykin has played with the Russian National Team on two occasions and was a member of the team that won the gold medal at the 2009 World Championship.

Oleg Viktorovich Rylkov, known as The Tolyatti Ripper, is a Russian serial killer, rapist and pedophile. Between 1992 and 1997, he raped 37 underage girls and killed 6 people in the city of Tolyatti, in the Samara Oblast.

Oleg Dmitriyevich Baklanov is a former Soviet politician, and high functionary in government and industry. He is now a scientist and businessman. As Minister of General Machine Building, he was responsible for Soviet space industry during the 1980s.