List of Famous Russian People The People within this list are usually native to the country however sometimes we may have included those that have either lived within the country for most of their adult life or have made a significant contribution to the country in their personal endeavours.
Famous Russian People are in the following Categories Monarchs Rurik, ruler of Novgorod Oleg “the Seer”, conqueror of Kiev and founder of Kievan Rus’ Igor “the Old” Olga, the first woman ruler of Rus’ Vladimir I “the Great” Yaroslav I “the Wise” Yury I “the Long-Handed”, founder of Moscow Vladimir II Monomakh, defender of Rus’ from Cuman nomads Vsevolod “the Big Nest” Andrey I “Bogolyubsky” Alexander Nevsky, Prince of Novgorod and Grand Prince of Vladimir Ivan I “the Moneybag” Dmitry Donskoy, saint and war hero Simeon “the Proud” Ivan IV, the first Tsar of Russia Ivan III “the Great” False Dmitriy I Boris Godunov False Dmitry II Vasili IV Shuisky Peter I “the Great”, the first Russian Emperor Mikhail, the first Romanov monarch Elizabeth, “the Merry Empress” Catherine I, the first Russian Empress Catherine II “the Great” Alexander I, the first Russian King of Poland and the first Russian Grand Duke of Finland. Alexander II “the Liberator” Nicholas II, the last actual emperor
Orthodox leaders Metropolitan Alexius Patriarch Alexy I Patriarch Alexy II Metropolitan Isidore Patriarch Kirill Patriarch Job Metropolitan Macarius Patriarch Nikon Metropolitan Philaret Patriarch Philaret Patriarch Sergius Patriarch Pimen Patriarch Tikhon
Siberian explorers Vladimir Atlasov Ivan Chersky Semyon Dezhnyov Kurbat Ivanov Pyotr Beketov Yerofey Khabarov Stepan Krasheninnikov Alexander Middendorf Nicolae Milescu Ivan Moskvitin Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky Gennady Nevelskoy Vladimir Obruchev Maksim Perfilyev Fedot Popov Vassili Poyarkov Demid Pyanda Semyon Remezov Yermak Timofeyevich Nikolay Shkot Primorsky Krai Alexander Sibiryakov Vasily Tatishchev Tatyana Ustinova Yermak Timofeyevich
Travellers in the tropics Nicholai Miklukho-Maklai Grigory Langsdorf Afanasy Nikitin Yuri Senkevich Wilhelm Junker Afanasy Nikitin Alexander Bulatovich
Polar explorers Pyotr Anjou Semion Chelyuskin Faddey Bellingshausen Artur Chilingarov Vitus Bering Georgy Brusilov Valery Chkalov Semyon Dezhnyov Chukchi Peninsula Yakov Gakkel Matvei Gedenschtrom Maria Klenova Ernst Krenkel Dmitry Laptev Artur Chilingarov Fyodor Litke Khariton Laptev Mikhail Lazarev Stepan Makarov Stepan Malygin Alexander Middendorf Ivan Nagurski Dmitry Ovtsyn Mikhail Lazarev Pyotr Pakhtusov Ivan Papanin Vasili Pronchishchev Fedot Popov Maria Pronchishcheva Vladimir Rusanov Anatoly Sagalevich Rudolf Samoylovich Yakov Sannikov Ivan Papanin Otto Schmidt Georgy Sedov Pyotr Shirshov Alexander Sibiryakov Mikhail Somov Eduard Toll Alexey Tryoshnikov Yevgeny Tolstikov Eduard Toll Nikolay Urvantsev Georgy Ushakov Boris Vilkitsky Vladimir Vize Vladimir Voronin Ferdinand Wrangel
Land transport developers Fyodor Blinov, Cherepanov Ivan Elmanov Ivan Kulibin Yury Lomonosov Pavel Melnikov Fyodor Pirotsky Leonty Shamshurenkov Pyotr Shilovsky
Naval engineers Rostislav Alexeyev Vladimir Yourkevitch Rostislav Alexeyev Anatoly Alexandrov Mikhail Britnev Stefan Drzewiecki Boris Jacobi Alexei Krylov Fyodor Litke Vladimir Yourkevitch Stepan Makarov Victor Makeyev Pavel Schilling Igor Spassky
Structural engineers Nikolai Belelyubsky Vladimir Shukhov Agustín de Betancourt Vladimir Barmin Akinfiy Demidov Alexey Dushkin Nikolai Nikitin Alexander Hrennikoff Lavr Proskuryakov Vladimir Shukhov
Electrical Engineers Zhores Alferov Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky Nikolay Benardos Boris Jacobi Konstantin Khrenov Alexander Lodygin Oleg Losev Vasily Petrov Fyodor Pirotsky Alexander Poniatoff Pavel Yablochkov Georg Wilhelm Richmann Pavel Yablochkov Pavel Schilling Aleksandr Stoletov Nikolay Slavyanov
IT developers Georgy Adelson-Velsky Boris Babaian Anatoly Karatsuba Victor Glushkov Sergey Brin Nikolay Brusentsov Mikhail Donskoy Yevgeny Kaspersky Leonid Khachiyan Semen Korsakov Evgeny Landis Vladimir Levenshtein Sergey Lebedev Alexey Pajitnov Alexey Pajitnov Eugene Roshal Vladimir Levenshtein Valentin Turchin Willgodt Theophil Odhner David Yang
Communication engineers Hovannes Adamian Leonid Kupriyanovich Alexander Popov Oleg Losev Boris Rosing Alexander Popov Vladimir Zworykin Pavel Schilling Leon Theremin
Musical instrument makers Leon Theremin Andrei Sychra Yevgeny Murzin Motorins Ivan his son Mikhail Vasily Andreyev Vladimir Baranov-Rossine
Legendary and folk heroes Alyosha Popovich Dobrynya Nikitich Ilya Muromets Ilya Muromets Ivan Tsarevich Ivan the Fool Nikita the Furrier Sadko Svyatogor Vasilisa the Beautiful
Basketball Kirill Pishchalnikov Andrei Kirilenko Alexander Gomelsky David Blatt
Chess players Alexander Alekhine Yuri Averbakh Leonid Yudasin Boris Spassky Vasily Smyslov Vyacheslav Ragozin Andor Lilienthal Grigory Levenfish Vladimir Kramnik Victor Korchnoi Garry Kasparov Anatoly Karpov Mikhail Botvinnik Semen Furman Mikhail Chigorin
Gymnasts Nikolai Andrianov Yelena Davydova Svetlana Khorkina Yevgeniya Kanayeva Sofia Muratova Aliya Mustafina Alexei Nemov Natalia Shaposhnikova Yelena Shushunova
Association football players Vladimir Beschastnykh Konstantin Beskov Andrei Arshavin Grigori Bogemsky Dmitri Alenichev Valentin Bubukin Igor Akinfeev Leonid Buryak Andrei Galyanov Valentin Ivanov Gavriil Kachalin Andrei Kanchelskis Valery Karpin Dmitri Kharine Aleksandr Mostovoi Igor Netto Viktor Onopko Sergei Ovchinnikov Roman Pavlyuchenko Oleg Salenko Boris Razinsky Mordechai Spiegler Yuri Zhirkov Eduard Streltsov Andrey Tikhonov Lev Yashin Valery Voronin Tikhon Zelenskiy
Weightlifters Leonid Zhabotinsky Arkady Vorobyov Yuri Vlasov Vasily Alexeev
Sculptors and jewellers Mikhail Anikushin Peter Clodt Mihail Chemiakin Vasily Demut-Malinovsky Peter Carl Fabergé Naum Gabo Mikhail Gerasimov Ilya Kabakov Peter Carl Fabergé Vyacheslav Klykov Sergey Konenkov Mikhail Kozlovsky Ivan Martos Vera Mukhina Mikhail Mikeshin Ernst Neizvestny Alexander Opekushin Boris Orlovsky Nikolai Tomsky Yevgeny Vuchetich Zurab Tsereteli
Painters Ivan Aivazovsky Fedor Alekseev Ivan Argunov Léon Bakst Alexandre Benois Ivan Bilibin Victor Borisov-Musatov Vladimir Borovikovsky Karl Briullov Marc Chagall Pavel Chistyakov Alexander Deyneka Dionisy Andrey Esionov Karp Zolotaryov Simon Ushakov Vladimir Favorsky Nikolai Ge Pavel Fedotov Wassily Kandinsky Feofan Grek Alexander Ivanov Sergey Ivanov Wassily Kandinsky Orest Kiprensky Konstantin Korovin Ivan Kramskoi Boris Kustodiev Mikhail Larionov Alexey Leonov Rafail Sergeevich Levitsky El Lissitzky Kazimir Malevich Konstantin Makovsky Kazimir Malevich Sergey Malyutin Vladimir Mayakovsky Mikhail Nesterov Ilya Repin Ivan Nikitin Vasily Perov Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin Vasily Polenov Ilya Repin Alexander Rodchenko Nicholas Roerich Ilya Repin Alexander Rodchenko Nicholas Roerich Roerich Pact Feodor Vasilyev Andrei Rublev Vasily Tropinin Israel Tsvaygenbaum Vasily Surikov Konstantin Somov Ivan Shishkin Taras Shevchenko Zinaida Serebriakova Valentin Serov Andrei Ryabushkin Alexei Savrasov Viktor Vasnetsov Alexey Venetsianov Zinaida Serebriakova Vasily Vereshchagin Mikhail Vrubel Nikolai Yaroshenko Pyotr Zakharov-Chechenets Leon Zernitsky
Modern musicians, singers and bands Sasha Argov Eduard Khil Dima Bilan Yuri Antonov Lena Katina Sergey Lazarev Natalia O’Shea Origa Aleksandra Pakhmutova Alla Pugacheva Andrey Shibko Valery Leontiev Viktor Tsoi Julia Volkova Vladimir Vysotsky KREC
Classical composers and musicians Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov Alexander Borodin Anton Arensky Sergei Bortkiewicz Mily Balakirev Valeri Brainin Emil Gilels Mikhail Glinka Alexander Glazunov Alexander Gretchaninoff Vladimir Horowitz Dmitry Kabalevsky Aram Khachaturian Leonid Kogan Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov Tikhon Khrennikov Boris Kozhevnikov Sergei Lyapunov Nikolai Medtner Nikolai Myaskovsky Gregor Piatigorsky Mikhail Pletnev Sergei Rachmaninoff Sergei Prokofiev Sviatoslav Richter Vadim Repin Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Mstislav Rostropovich Gennady Rozhdestvensky Nikolai Rubinstein Vasily Ilyich Safonov Alfred Schnittke Alexander Scriabin Alexander Serov Dmitri Shostakovich Rodion Shchedrin Igor Stravinsky Vissarion Shebalin Regina Spektor Sergey Taneyev Georgy Sviridov Mikael Tariverdiev Aleksandr Taneyev Pyotr Tchaikovsky Alexander Tcherepnin Boris Tchaikovsky Galina Ustvolskaya Maxim Vengerov
Theatre Directors Michael Chekhov Anatoly Efros Yury Lyubimov Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko Konstantin Stanislavski Yevgeny Vakhtangov Fyodor Volkov
Navy Pavel Nakhimov José de Ribas Andrey Popov Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich Alexei Senyavin Naum Senyavin Dmitry Senyavin Jean de Traversay Grigory Spiridov Fyodor Ushakov Vladimir Tributs Vasily Zavoyko Ivan Yumashev Stepan Makarov Matija Zmajević Vasily Chichagov Fyodor Apraksin Cornelius Cruys Fyodor Dubasov Sergey Gorshkov Samuel Greig Ivan Grigorovich Vladimir Istomin Vladimir Kornilov Aleksandr Kolchak Nikolay Kuznetsov Nikolay Krabbe Pavel Nakhimov Mikhail Lazarev
Army Mikhail Annenkov Roman Bagration Ivan Bagramyan Aleksandr Baryatinsky Vasily Blücher Alexander Bekovich-Cherkassky Aleksei Brusilov Maria Bochkareva Semyon Budyonny Vasily Chapayev Mikhail Chernyayev Vasily Chuikov Anton Denikin Denis Davydov Hans Karl von Diebitsch-Zabalkansky Mikhail Petrovich Dolgorukov Nadezhda Durova Alexander Gorbatyi-Shuisky Leonid Govorov Andrei Grechko Ivan Gudovich Iosif Gurko Mikhail Frunze Konstantin Kaufmann Lavr Kornilov Ivan Konev Mikhail Kutuzov Nikolay Krylov Andrey Kurbsky Peter Lacy Rodion Malinovsky Alexander Matrosov Aleksandr Menshikov Kirill Meretskov Kuzma Minin Mikhail Miloradovich Burkhard Christoph von Münnich Rodion Oslyabya Semyon Andreevich Pugachov Fabian Gottlieb von Osten-Sacken Ivan Paskevich Ivan Panfilov Lyudmila Pavlichenko Ivan Paskevich Grigory Potyomkin-Tavrichesky Alexander Peresvet Alexander Prozorovsky Dmitry Pozharsky Anikita Repnin Nikolay Raevsky Nicholas Repnin Konstantin Rokossovsky Grigory Romodanovsky Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich Pyotr Rumyantsev-Zadunaysky Pyotr Saltykov Igor Sergeyev Roza Shanina Boris Shaposhnikov Aleksei Shein Boris Sheremetev Ivan Sidorenko Mikhail Skobelev Sergei Sokolov Alexander Suvorov Vasily Sokolovsky Alexander Suvorov Fyodor Tolbukhin Semyon Timoshenko Michael Barclay de Tolly Mikhail Tukhachevsky Gennady Troshev Dmitriy Ustinov Aleksandr Vasilevsky Vera Voloshina Mikhail Vorontsov Eduard Totleben Mikhail Vorotynsky Peter Wittgenstein Ivan Yakubovsky Aleksey Yermolov Andrey Yeryomenko Vasily Zaytsev Yunus-bek Yevkurov Georgy Zhukov
Soviet leaders and statesmen Nikolai Bukharin Nikolai Bulganin Nikolai Yezhov Feliks Dzerzhinsky Mikhail Gorbachev Mikhail Kalinin Nikita Khrushchev Alexei Kosygin Vladimir Lenin Anatoly Lunacharsky Georgy Malenkov Vyacheslav Molotov Yakov Sverdlov Mikhail Suslov Gennady Yanayev
Presidents and contemporary politicians Dmitriy Abramenkov Viktor Chernomyrdin Yegor Gaidar Boris Gryzlov Mikhail Fradkov Sergei Kiriyenko Yury Luzhkov Valentina Matviyenko Dmitry Medvedev Sergei Mironov Yevgeny Primakov Vladimir Putin Anatoly Sobchak Sergei Stepashin Boris Yeltsin Vladimir Zhirinovsky Gennady Zyuganov
Orthodox saints Alexander Nevsky Andrei Rublev Anthony of Kiev Basil Fool for Christ Boris and Gleb Tsarevich Dmitry Dmitry Donskoy Feodor Kuzmich Ioakim Korsunianin Maximus the Greek John of Shanghai and San Francisco Nicholas II of Russia Nicholas of Japan Olga of Kiev Savvatiy Sergius of Radonezh Vladimir I of Kiev
Explorers of Russian America Alexander Baranov Ivan Fyodorov Vitus Bering Mikhail Gvozdev Otto von Kotzebue Aleksei Chirikov Grigory Shelikhov Gavriil Pribylov Nikolai Rezanov Gavriil Sarychev Grigory Shelikhov Lavrenty Zagoskin Nikolai Rezanov Gavriil Sarychev Grigory Shelikhov Lavrenty Zagoskin
Circumnavigators Faddey Bellingshausen Ludwig von Hagemeister Fyodor Konyukhov Otto von Kotzebue Ivan Kruzenshtern Mikhail Lazarev Yuri Lisyansky Fyodor Litke Konstantin Posyet Nikolai Rezanov Vasily Zavoyko Yevfimy Putyatin Fyodor Tolstoy Nikolai Rezanov Ivan Unkovsky Ferdinand Wrangel
Explorers of Central Asia Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky Alexander Nevsky Gombojab Tsybikov Nicholas Roerich Nikolai Przhevalsky Grigory Potanin Ivan Petlin Pyotr Kozlov Nikolai Korzhenevskiy Grigory Grumm-Grzhimaylo Alexey Fedchenko, Alexander Bekovich-Cherkassky
Cosmonauts Boris Yegorov Vladimir Titov Aleksei Yeliseyev, Gherman Titov Anatoly Solovyev Valentina Tereshkova Svetlana Savitskaya Vitaly Sevastyanov Pavel Popovich Valeri Polyakov Andrian Nikolayev Musa Manarov Aleksei Leonov Vladimir Komarov Sergei Krikalyov Yevgeny Khrunov Yuri Gagarin Konstantin Feoktistov Valery Bykovsky Georgy Beregovoy Pavel Belyayev
Polymath inventors Leon Theremin Vladimir Shukhov Peter the Great Andrey Nartov Mikhail Lomonosov Ivan Kulibin Genrich Altshuller
Weaponry makers Vladimir Utkin Fedor Tokarev Ivan Vyrodkov Vladimir Simonov Aleksandr Porokhovschikov Andrei Sakharov Andrey Nartov Sergey Nepobedimy Alexander Nadiradze Sergey Mosin Alexander Morozov Nestor Makhno Victor Makeyev Nikolai Lebedenko Mikhail Koshkin Sergei Korolyov Leonid Gobyato Yuly Khariton Vladimir Fyodorov Ivan Fyodorov Vasily Degtyaryov Andrey Chokhov
Aerospace engineers Rostislav Alexeyev Oleg Antonov, Georgy Babakin Vladimir Barmin Robert Bartini Alexander Bereznyak Georgy Beriev Georgy Bothezat Vladimir Chelomey Valentyn Glushko Evgeniy Chertovsky Nicolas Florine Valentyn Glushko Mikhail Gurevich Pyotr Grushin Sergey Ilyushin Sergei Korolyov Aleksei Isaev Mstislav Keldysh Kerim Kerimov Nikolay Kamov Alexander Kemurdzhian Nikolai Kibalchich Gleb Kotelnikov Sergei Korolev Gleb Kotelnikov Semyon Lavochkin Gleb Lozino-Lozinskiy Mikhail Lomonosov Arkhip Lyulka Gleb Kotelnikov Mikhail Lomonosov Gleb Lozino-Lozinskiy Arkhip Lyulka Victor Makeyev Artem Mikoyan Mikhail Mil Alexander Mozhaysky Alexander Nadiradze Nikolai Polikarpov Alexander Procofieff de Seversky Guy Severin Igor Sikorsky Boris Shavyrin Pavel Sukhoi Vladimir Syromyatnikov Konstantin Tsiolkovsky Alexei Tupolev Andrei Tupolev Alexander Yakovlev Vladimir Vakhmistrov Friedrich Zander Nikolai Zhukovsky
Optics and photography pioneers Franz Aepinus Dmitry Maksutov Nikolay Basov Yuri Denisyuk Ivan Kulibin Sergey Levitsky Mikhail Lomonosov Alexander Makarov Dmitry Maksutov Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky Boris Mamyrin Alexander Prokhorov Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky Yevgeny Zavoisky
Miscellaneous inventors Vitaly Abalakov Alexandre Alexeieff Lisitsyns family Sergey Malyutin Anatoly Kharlampiev Sergey Malyutin Vera Mukhina Lucien Olivier Ivan Polzunov Franz San Galli Ida Rosenthal Alexander Sablukov Franz San Galli Yefim Smolin Viktor Vasnetsov Ludwik Zamenhof
Activists and revolutionaries Vera Markovna Karelina
Boxers Boris Lagutin Alexander Povetkin Oleg Maskaev Natascha Ragosina Dmitry Pirog Shamil Sabirov Oleg Saitov Aleksei Tishchenko Kostya Tszyu Nikolai Valuev
Fencers Iosif Vitebskiy Eduard Vinokurov David Tyshler Sergey Sharikov Yakov Rylsky Mark Rakita Mark Midler Maria Mazina
Figure skaters Ludmila Belousova Ekaterina Gordeeva Aleksandr Gorelik Sergei Grinkov Evgeni Plushenko Gennadi Karponossov Maxim Staviski Oleg Protopopov Irina Slutskaya Alexei Urmanov Alexei Yagudin
Ice hockey players Maxim Afinogenov Valeri Bure Yevgeny Babich Pavel Datsyuk Ilya Bryzgalov Vitaly Davydov Pavel Bure Sergei Gonchar Sergei Fedorov Viacheslav Fetisov Nikolai Khabibulin Valeri Kharlamov Vladimir Konstantinov Ilya Kovalchuk Alexei Kovalev Vyacheslav Kozlov Oleg Kvasha Alfred Kuchevsky Yuri Lyapkin Igor Larionov Evgeni Malkin Sergei Makarov Andrei Markov Boris Mikhailov Alexander Ovechkin Alexander Radulov Semyon Varlamov Vladimir Vladimirovich Petrov Alexei Ponikarovsky Alexander Semin Alexander Yakushev Vladislav Tretiak Alexie Yashin Yevgeni Zimin Viktor Zinger Sergei Zubov
Tennis players Vera Zvonareva Elena Dementieva Nikolay Davydenko Yevgeny Kafelnikov Svetlana Kuznetsova Anna Kournikova Daniel Prenn Anastasia Myskina Dinara Safina Marat Safin Maria Sharapova
Architects Aloisio da Milano Aloisio the New Alexander Brullov Gavriil Baranovsky Vasily Bazhenov Joseph Bové Vincenzo Brenna Charles Cameron Alberto Cavos Yury Felten Alexey Dushkin Yury Felten Aristotile Fioravanti Ivan Fomin Moisei Ginzburg David Grimm Alexander Kokorinov Matvei Kazakov Roman Klein Auguste de Montferrand Arkady Mordvinov Fyodor Kon Nikolai Ladovsky Nikolay Lvov Konstantin Melnikov Georg Johann Mattarnovy Nikolai Nikitin Bartolomeo Rastrelli Vyacheslav Oltarzhevsky Petrok Maly Anatoly Polyansky Alexander Pomerantsev Giacomo Quarenghi Bartolomeo Rastrelli Antonio Rinaldi Carlo Rossi Lev Rudnev Fyodor Schechtel Vladimir Shchuko Aleksey Shchusev Vladimir Sherwood Vladimir Shukhov Konstantin Thon Pietro Antonio Solari Vasily Stasov Andrei Stackenschneider Ivan Starov Vladimir Tatlin Konstantin Thon Domenico Trezzini Andrey Voronikhin Vesnin brothers Andrey Voronikhin Postnik Yakovlev Andreyan Zakharov Mikhail Zemtsov
Fashion models Alena Shishkova Oxana Fedorova Irina Antonenko Ksenia Kahnovich Polina Kouklina Tatiana Kovylina Irina Kulikova Elena Melnik Sasha Pivovarova Natasha Polevshchikova Vlada Roslyakova Inna Zobova Anne Vyalitsyna Natalia Vodianova Daria Strokous Natasha Stefanenko Tatiana Sorokko Katya Shchekina Irina Shaykhlislamova Anna Selezneva
Opera and choir singers Nikolay Baskov Feodor Chaliapin Evgeny Belyaev Anna Netrebko Elena Pankratova Vladimir Rosing Elizabeth Sandunova Dmitri Hvorostovsky
Radio and TV people Joe Adamov Maxim Galkin Nikolai Fomenko Igor Kirillov Mikhail Leontyev Vladislav Listyev Alexander Maslyakov Yevgeny Petrosyan Yuri Senkevich Kseniya Sobchak Roman Trakhtenberg Vladimir Turchinsky Ivan Urgant, Vladimir Voroshilov Leonid Yakubovich Anatoly Wasserman Mikhail Zadornov
Ballet dancers and choreographers Irina Baronova Pavel Gerdt Mikhail Baryshnikov Alexander Godunov Sergei Diaghilev Tamara Karsavina Irina Dvorovenko Mathilde Kschessinska Michel Fokine Natalia Makarova Elizaveta Gerdt ivan Novikoff Vaslav Nijinsky Rudolf Nureyev Anna Pavlova, Valery Panov Olga Preobrajenska Maya Plisetskaya Yuri Soloviev Tatiana Riabouchinska Galina Ulanova Agrippina Vaganova
Film directors and animators Fyodor Bondarchuk Alexander Dovzhenko Grigori Chukhrai Vasily Goncharov Pavel Chukhrai Sergei Eisenstein Leonid Gaidai Roman Kachanov Andrei Konchalovsky Fjodor Khitruk Elem Klimov Lev Kuleshov Grigori Kozintsev Aleksandr Petrov Aleksandr Ptushko Yakov Protazanov Eldar Ryazanov Mikhail Romm Karen Shakhnazarov Vasily Shukshin Alexander Sokurov Genndy Tartakovsky Ladislas Starevich Andrei Tarkovsky Dziga Vertov
Actors Vera Alentova Sergei Bodrov, Jr Sergei Bondarchuk Yul Brynner Leonid Filatov Armen Dzhigarkhanyan Lila Kedrova Milla Jovovich Helen Mirren Nikita Mikhalkov Lubov Orlova Marina Orlova Tatiana Samoylova Arkady Raikin Fyodor Volkov Natalie Wood Natalie Wood
Air Force Yekaterina Budanova Valery Chkalov Mikhail Devyatayev Nikolai Gastello Alexander Golovanov Sergey Gritsevets Valentina Grizodubova Mikhail Gromov Vladimir Ilyushin Nikolai Kamanin Vladimir Kokkinaki Alexander Kazakov Ivan Kozhedub Pavel Kutakhov Sigizmund Levanevsky Ivan Kozhedub Anatoly Liapidevsky Ivan Nagurski Lydia Litvyak Alexey Maresyev Pyotr Nesterov Alexander Novikov Yevgeny Pepelyaev Viktor Pokrovsky Alexander Pokryshkin Georgy Prokofiev Viktor Pugachyov Endel Puusepp Marina Raskova Yevgeniya Rudneva Yevgeniya Shakhovskaya Lev Shestakov Mark Shevelev Yakov Smushkevich Nelson Stepanyan Nikolay Sutyagin Andrey Vitruk Victor Talalikhin Mikhail Vodopianov Yekaterina Zelenko
Economists and sociologists Alexander Chayanov Georges Gurvitch Leonid Kantorovich Nikolai Kondratiev Andrey Korotayev Gleb Krzhizhanovsky Simon Kuznets Vladimir Lenin Evsei Liberman Wassily Leontief Vasily Nemchinov Pitirim Sorokin Stanislav Strumilin
Biologists and palaeontologists Johann Friedrich Adam Karl Baer Nikolai Bernstein Andrey Bolotov Alexander Chizhevsky Andrey Famintsyn Yuri Filipchenko Johann Georg Gmelin Alexander Gurwitsch Ilya Ivanov Dmitry Ivanovsky Georgii Karpechenko Nikolai Koltsov Vladimir Komarov Ilya Mechnikov Konstantin Merezhkovsky Victor Motschulsky Sergei Navashin Ivan Michurin Alexander Middendorf Alexey Olovnikov Aleksandr Oparin Heinz Christian Pander Peter Simon Pallas Ivan Pavlov Vladimir Pravdich-Neminsky Carl Schmidt Boris Schwanwitsch Ivan Sechenov Georg Wilhelm Steller Steller’s eider Lina Stern Armen Takhtajan Kliment Timiryazev Lev Tsenkovsky Mikhail Tsvet Sergey Vinogradsky Ivan Yefremov Sergey Zimov
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