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Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 millio ...

, Russia (or

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

1922–1991).

Born in Moscow

13th–17th century

1201–1700

Ivan I of Moscow Iván I Danilovich Kalitá (Russian: Ива́н I Данилович Калита́; 1 November 1288 – 31 March 1340 or 1341Basil Dmytryshyn, ''Medieval Russia:A source book, 850-1700'', (Academic International Press, 2000), 194.) was Grand D ...

(1288–1341), Prince of Moscow from 1325 and Grand Prince of Vladimir from 1328. *

Vasily I of Moscow Vasily I Dmitriyevich ( rus, Василий I Дмитриевич, Vasiliy I Dmitriyevich; 30 December 137127 February 1425) was the Grand Prince of Moscow ( r. 1389–1425), heir of Dmitry Donskoy (r. 1359–1389). He ruled as a Golden Horde ...

(1371–1425) Grand Prince of Moscow, 1389–1425. *

Vasily II of Moscow Vasily Vasiliyevich (russian: Василий Васильевич; 10 March 141527 March 1462), also known as Vasily II the Blind (Василий II Тёмный), was the Grand Prince of Moscow whose long reign (1425–1462) was plagued by the ...

(1415–1462), Grand Prince of Moscow whose long reign (1425–1462) was plagued by the greatest civil war of Old Russian history. *

Ivan III of Russia Ivan III Vasilyevich (russian: Иван III Васильевич; 22 January 1440 – 27 October 1505), also known as Ivan the Great, was a Grand Prince of Moscow and Grand Prince of all Rus'. Ivan served as the co-ruler and regent for his blin ...

(1440–1505), Grand Prince of Moscow and Grand Prince of all Rus (1462–1505). *

Basil Fool for Christ Basil the Blessed (known also as Basil, fool for Christ; Basil, Wonderworker of Moscow; or Blessed Basil of Moscow, fool for Christ russian: Василий Блаженный, Vasily Blazhenny) is a Russian Orthodox saint of the type known as ''y ...

(1468–1552), Russian Orthodox saint *

Helena of Moscow Helena Ivanovna of Moscow (russian: Елена Ивановна; lt, Elena; pl, Helena Moskiewska; 19 May 1476 – 20 January 1513) was daughter of Ivan III the Great, Grand Prince of Moscow, and an uncrowned Grand Duchess of Lithuania and Quee ...

(1476–1513), daughter of Ivan III the Great, Grand Prince of Moscow, and an uncrowned Grand Duchess of Lithuania and Queen of Poland as she would not convert from Eastern Orthodoxy to Catholicism *

Vasili III of Russia Vasili III Ivanovich (russian: Василий III Иванович, 25 March 14793 December 1533) was the Grand Prince of Moscow from 1505 to 1533. He was the son of Ivan III Vasiliyevich and Sophia Paleologue and was christened with the nam ...

(1479–1533) the Grand Prince of Moscow, 1505 to 1533. *

Vasili IV of Russia Vasili IV Shuisky (russian: Василий IV Иванович Шуйский, ''Vasiliy IV Ivanovich Shuyskiy'', c. 155212 September 1612) was Tsar of Russia between 1606 and 1610 after the murder of False Dmitri I. His rule coincided ...

(ca.1552–1612) Tsar of Russia, 1606 and 1610. *

Patriarch Filaret of Moscow Feodor Nikitich Romanov (russian: Фео́дор Ники́тич Рома́нов, ; 1553 – 1 October 1633) was a Russian boyar who after temporary disgrace rose to become patriarch of Moscow as Filaret (russian: Филаре́т, ), and bec ...

(1553–1633) a Russian boyar &

Patriarch of Moscow The Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus' (russian: Патриарх Московский и всея Руси, translit=Patriarkh Moskovskij i vseja Rusi), also known as the Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia, is the official title of the Bishop of Mo ...

. *

Feodor I of Russia Fyodor I Ivanovich (russian: Фёдор I Иванович) or Feodor I Ioannovich (russian: Феодор I Иоаннович; 31 May 1557 – 17 January (NS) 1598), also known as Feodor the Bellringer (russian: Феодор Звонарь), ...

(1557–1598), last Rurikid Tsar of Russia (1584–1598). *

Feodor II of Russia Fyodor II Borisovich Godunov (russian: Фёдор II Борисович Годунов) (1589 – 20 June 1605) was tsar of Russia during the spring of 1605, at the beginning of the Time of Troubles. Life Fyodor II was born in Moscow, the son a ...

(1589–1605), Tsar of Russia (1605). *

Alexis of Russia Aleksey Mikhaylovich ( rus, Алексе́й Миха́йлович, p=ɐlʲɪkˈsʲej mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ; – ) was the Tsar of Russia from 1645 until his death in 1676. While finding success in foreign affairs, his reign saw several wars ...

(1629–1676), Tsar of Russia, 1645–1676. *

Boris Sheremetev Count Boris Petrovich Sheremetev (russian: Граф Бори́с Петро́вич Шереме́тев, tr. ; – ) was an Imperial Russian diplomat and general field marshal during the Great Northern War. He became the first Russian count i ...

(1652–1719), diplomat and general field marshal during the

Great Northern War The Great Northern War (1700–1721) was a conflict in which a coalition led by the Tsardom of Russia successfully contested the supremacy of the Swedish Empire in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe. The initial leaders of the anti-Swed ...

* Sofia Alekseyevna of Russia (1657–1704), regent of Russia from 1682 to 1689. *

Feodor III of Russia Fyodor III Alekséyevich (in Russian: ''Фёдор III Алексеевич'') or Feodor III Alekséyevich (9 June 1661 – 7 May 1682) was the Tsar of Russia between 1676 and 1682. While disabled and paralyzed from birth, he managed to pass ref ...

(1661–1682), Tsar of all Russia (1676–1682). *

Ivan V of Russia Ivan V Alekseyevich (russian: Иван V Алексеевич; – ) was Tsar of Russia between 1682 and 1696, jointly ruling with his younger half-brother Peter I. Ivan was the youngest son of Alexis I of Russia by his first wife, Maria ...

(1666–1696), Tsar of all Russia (1682–1696). *

Eudoxia Lopukhina Tsarina Eudoxia Fyodorovna Lopukhina ( rus, Евдоки́я Фёдоровна Лопухина́, Yevdokíya Fyodorovna Lopukhiná; in Moscow – in Moscow) was a Russian Tsaritsa as the first wife of Peter I of Russia, and the last ethnic ...

(1669–1731), the first wife of Peter I of Russia. * Peter the Great (1672–1725), Tsar of All Russia (1682–1725), Emperor of All Russia (1721–1725). *

Mikhail Golitsyn Prince Mikhail Mikhailovich Golitsyn or Galitzin (russian: Михаи́л Миха́йлович Голи́цын, tr. ; 1 November 1675 in Moscow – 10 December 1730) was a Russian Imperial field marshal (1725) and a president of the Colleg ...

(1675–1730), field marshal. *

Tsarevna Catherine Ivanovna of Russia Tsarevna Catherine Ivanovna of Russia (20 October 1691 – 14 June 1733) was a daughter of Tsar Ivan V and Praskovia Saltykova, eldest sister of Empress Anna of Russia and niece of Peter the Great. By her marriage, she was a Duchess of Mecklenburg ...

(1691–1733), Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, daughter of Tsar Ivan V, eldest sister of Empress Anna of Russia *

Laurentius Blumentrost Laurentius Blumentrost (russian: Лаврентий Лаврентьевич Блументрост; 8 November 1692 – 14 June 1755) was a Russian Imperial state figure, the personal physician to the Tsar Peter the Great, founder and first pre ...

(1692–1755), personal physician to the Tsar, founder and first president of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences *

Alexey Bestuzhev-Ryumin Count Alexey Petrovich Bestuzhev-Ryumin (russian: Алексе́й Петро́вич Бесту́жев-Рю́мин; 1 June 1693 – 21 April 1766) was a Russian diplomat and chancellor. He was one of the most influential and successful diplomats ...

(1693–1766) a Russian diplomat and chancellor. *

Anna of Russia Anna Ioannovna (russian: Анна Иоанновна; ), also russified as Anna Ivanovna and sometimes anglicized as Anne, served as regent of the duchy of Courland from 1711 until 1730 and then ruled as Empress of Russia from 1730 to 1740. Much ...

(1693–1740), Empress of Russia (1730–1740).

18th century

1701–1800

Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna of Russia Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna of Russia (russian: А́нна Петро́вна; 27 January 1708 – 4 March 1728) was the eldest daughter of Emperor Peter I of Russia and his wife Empress Catherine I. Her younger sister, Empress Elizabeth, ...

(1708–1728), Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp *

Elizabeth of Russia Elizabeth Petrovna (russian: Елизаве́та (Елисаве́та) Петро́вна) (), also known as Yelisaveta or Elizaveta, reigned as Empress of Russia from 1741 until her death in 1762. She remains one of the most popular List of ...

(1709–1762), Empress of All the Russias (1741–1762). *

Alexander Sumarokov Alexander Petrovich Sumarokov (russian: Алекса́ндр Петро́вич Сумаро́ков; , Moscow – , Moscow) was a Russian poet and playwright who single-handedly created classical theatre in Russia, thus assisting Mikhail Lomonos ...

(1717–1777), poet and playwright *

Alexander Suvorov Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov (russian: Алекса́ндр Васи́льевич Суво́ров, Aleksándr Vasíl'yevich Suvórov; or 1730) was a Russian general in service of the Russian Empire. He was Count of Rymnik, Count of the Holy ...

(1730–1800), Count of Rymnik, Prince of Italy, Count of the Holy Roman Empire, national hero of Russia, Generalissimo of the Russian Empire. *

Denis Fonvizin Denis Ivanovich Fonvizin (russian: Денис Иванович Фонвизин; —) was a playwright and writer of the Russian Enlightenment, one of the founders of literary comedy in Russia. His main works are two satirical comedies, one of th ...

(1745–1792), playwright of the

Russian Enlightenment The Russian Age of Enlightenment was a period in the 18th century in which the government began to actively encourage the proliferation of arts and sciences, which had a profound impact on Russian culture. During this time, the first Russian unive ...

. * Alexander Kurakin (1752–1818), statesman and diplomat *

Grigory Ugryumov Grigory Ivanovich Ugryumov (Russian: Григорий Иванович Угрюмов; 11 May 1764 in Moscow – 28 March 1823 in Saint Petersburg)Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1991) was a Russian portrait and history painter in the Classical ...

(1764–1823), portrait and history painter in the Classical style *

Andrey Melensky Andrey Ivanovich Melensky (russian: Андрей Иванович Меленский; 1766–1833) was a Russian Imperial Neoclassical architect from MoscowМ. М. Жербин. Украинские и зарубежные строители: кр� ...

(1766–1833), Neoclassical architect * Johann Friedrich Adam (1780–1838), botanist *

Alexey Venetsianov Alexey Gavrilovich Venetsianov (russian: Алексей Гаврилович Венецианов; 18 February 1780–4 January 1847) was a Russian painter, renowned for his paintings devoted to peasant life and ordinary people. Life Alexe ...

(1780–1847), painter * Sophie Swetchine (1782–1857), a Russian mystic with a salon in Paris. *

Sergey Uvarov Count Sergey Semionovich Uvarov (russian: Граф Серге́й Семёнович Ува́ров; 5 September Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates">O.S._25_August.html" ;"title="Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates.html" ;"title="nowiki/> O.S._25_August">O ...

(1786–1855), classical scholar, an influential imperial statesman under Nicholas I of Russia *

Pyotr Vyazemsky Prince Pyotr Andreyevich Vyazemsky ( rus, Пëтр Андре́евич Вя́земский, p=ˈpʲɵtr ɐnˈdrʲejɪvʲɪt͡ɕ ˈvʲæzʲɪmskʲɪj; 23 July 1792 – 22 November 1878) was a Russian Imperial poet, a leading personality of ...

(1792–1878), leading personality of the Golden Age of Russian poetry *

Alexander Griboyedov Alexander Sergeyevich Griboyedov (russian: Александр Сергеевич Грибоедов, ''Aleksandr Sergeevich Griboedov'' or ''Sergeevich Griboyedov''; 15 January 179511 February 1829), formerly romanized as Alexander Sergueevich Gr ...

(1795–1829), diplomat, playwright, poet, and composer. *

Anton Delvig Baron Anton Antonovich Delvig (russian: Анто́н Анто́нович Де́львигIn Delvig's day, his name was written Антонъ Антоновичъ Дельвигъ., Antón Antónovich Délʹvig, ɐnˈton ɐnˈtonəvʲɪtɕ ˈdelʲv ...

(1798–1831), poet and journalist *

Alexander Pushkin Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (; rus, links=no, Александр Сергеевич ПушкинIn pre-Revolutionary script, his name was written ., r=Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin, p=ɐlʲɪkˈsandr sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈpuʂkʲɪn, ...

(1799–1837), poet and the founder of modern Russian literature.

19th century

1801–1850

* Aleksey Khomyakov (1804–1860), theologian, philosopher and poet *

Dmitry Venevitinov Dmitry Vladimirovich Venevitinov (russian: link=no, Дми́трий Влади́мирович Веневи́тинов; – ) was a minor Russian Romantic poet who died (perhaps committed suicide) at the age of 21, carrying with him one of the ...

(1805–1827), Romantic poet * Alexandre Dubuque (1812–1898), Russian pianist, composer and teacher of French descent; he was born and died in Moscow *

Alexander Herzen Alexander Ivanovich Herzen (russian: Алекса́ндр Ива́нович Ге́рцен, translit=Alexándr Ivánovich Gértsen; ) was a Russian writer and thinker known as the "father of Russian socialism" and one of the main fathers of agra ...

(1812–1870), a Russian writer and thinker. * Yevdokiya Rostopchina (1812–1858), one of the early Russian women poets *

Pavel Annenkov Pavel Vasilyevich Annenkov (russian: Па́вел Васи́льевич А́нненков) (July 1, 1813 – March 20, 1887) was a significant Russian Empire literary critic and memoirist. Biography Annenkov was born into a wealthy landowning fa ...

(1813–1887), literary critic and memoirist * Ivan Gagarin (1814–1882), Jesuit *

Mikhail Lermontov Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov (; russian: Михаи́л Ю́рьевич Ле́рмонтов, p=mʲɪxɐˈil ˈjurʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈlʲɛrməntəf; – ) was a Russian Romantic writer, poet and painter, sometimes called "the poet of the Caucas ...

(1814–1841), Romantic writer, poet and painter. *

Mikhail Katkov Mikhail Nikiforovich Katkov (russian: Михаи́л Ники́форович Катко́в; 13 February 1818 – 1 August 1887) was a conservative Russian journalist influential during the reign of tsar Alexander III. He was a proponent of Rus ...

(1818–1887) an influential and conservative Russian journalist. *

La Païva Esther Lachmann (; better known as La Païva (); 7 May 181921 January 1884) was the most famous of the 19th-century French courtesans. A notable investor and architecture patron, and a collector of jewels, she had a personality so hard-bitten tha ...

(1819–1884), French courtesan *

Mikhail Dostoyevsky Mikhail Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (russian: Михаил Михайлович Достоевский; 25 November 1820 – 22 July 1864) was a Russian short story writer, publisher, literary critic and the elder brother of Fyodor Dostoevsky. They w ...

(1820–1864), short story writer, publisher, literary critic and the elder brother of

Fyodor Dostoyevsky Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (, ; rus, Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский, Fyódor Mikháylovich Dostoyévskiy, p=ˈfʲɵdər mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪdʑ dəstɐˈjefskʲɪj, a=ru-Dostoevsky.ogg, links=yes; 11 November 18219 ...

(1821–1881), novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist and philosopher. * Arthur von Mohrenheim (1824–1906), diplomat *

Konstantin Pobedonostsev Konstantin Petrovich Pobedonostsev ( rus, Константи́н Петро́вич Победоно́сцев, p=kənstɐnʲˈtʲin pʲɪˈtrovʲɪtɕ pəbʲɪdɐˈnostsɨf; 30 November 1827 – 23 March 1907) was a Russian jurist, statesman ...

(1827–1907), jurist, statesman, and adviser to three Tsars. * Alexei Savrasov (1830–1897), landscape painter *

Pavel Tretyakov Pavel Mikhaylovich Tretyakov (russian: Па́вел Миха́йлович Третьяко́в; 27 December 1832 – 16 December 1898) was a Russian businessman, patron of art, collector, and philanthropist who gave his name to the Tretyakov Ga ...

(1832–1898), businessman, patron of art, collector, and philanthropist *

Andrei Famintsyn Andrei Sergeyevich Famintsyn (russian: Андрей Серге́евич Фаминцын; June 29 ( O.S. June 17), 1835 in Moscow – December 8, 1918 in Petrograd) was a Russian botanist, public figure, and academician of the Petersburg Academy ...

(1835–1918), botanist, public figure, and academician of the

Petersburg Academy of Sciences The Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS; russian: Росси́йская акаде́мия нау́к (РАН) ''Rossíyskaya akadémiya naúk'') consists of the national academy of Russia; a network of scientific research institutes from across t ...

* Vasili Zinger (1836–1907), mathematician, botanist and philosopher *

Konstantin Makovsky Konstantin Yegorovich Makovsky (russian: Константи́н Его́рович Мако́вский; (20 June o.c.) 2 July n.c. 1839 – 17 o.c. (30 n.c.) September 1915) was an influential Russian painter, affiliated with the " Peredvizhnik ...

(1839–1915), painter *

Wilhelm Junker Wilhelm Junker ( rus, Василий Васильевич Юнкер; 6 April 184013 February 1892) was a Russian explorer of Africa. Dr. Junker was of German descent. Born in Moscow, he studied medicine at Dorpat (now called University of Tart ...

(1840–1892), a Russian explorer of Africa. * Peter Kropotkin (1842–1921), geographer, author, revolutionary and philosopher. * Alexander Urusov (1843–1900), lawyer, literary critic, translator and philanthropist *

Mikhail Skobelev Mikhail Dmitriyevich Skobelev (russian: Михаил Дмитриевич Скобелев; 29 September 1843 – 7 July 1882), a Russian general, became famous for his conquest of Central Asia and for his heroism during the Russo-Turkish War ...

(1843–1882), an heroic Russian general, conquered

Central Asia Central Asia, also known as Middle Asia, is a subregion, region of Asia that stretches from the Caspian Sea in the west to western China and Mongolia in the east, and from Afghanistan and Iran in the south to Russia in the north. It includes t ...

. * Olga Fedchenko (1845–1921), Russian botanist *

Vladimir Makovsky Vladimir Yegorovich Makovsky (russian: Влади́мир Его́рович Мако́вский; 26 January (greg.: 7 February) 1846, Moscow – 21 February 1920, Petrograd) was a Russian painter, art collector, and teacher. Biography Makovs ...

(1846–1920), painter, art collector and teacher * Vsevolod Miller (1848–1913), philologist, folklorist, linguist, anthropologist and archaeologist. *

Sofya Kovalevskaya Sofya Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya (russian: link=no, Софья Васильевна Ковалевская), born Korvin-Krukovskaya ( – 10 February 1891), was a Russian mathematician who made noteworthy contributions to analysis, partial differe ...

(1850–1891), a Russian mathematician.

1851–1900

* Leo Lopatin (1855–1920), philosopher *

Caran d'Ache Caran d'Ache was the pseudonym of the 19th century French satirist and political cartoonist Emmanuel Poiré (6 November 1858 – 25 February 1909). The pseudonym comes from russian: карандаш, italic=unset, translit=karandash meani ...

(1858–1909), French satirist and political cartoonist. *

Sergey Malyutin Sergey Vasilyevich Malyutin (russian: Сергей Васильевич Малютин; 4 October 1859 – 6 December 1937) was a Russian painter of fine crafts, (scenic) designer, illustrator and architect; initially associated with the Arts a ...

(1859–1937), painter, architect and stage designer * Aleksandr Golovin (1863–1930), artist and stage designer * Vyacheslav Ivanov (1866–1949), poet, philosopher, translator, and literary critic. *

Wassily Kandinsky Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky (; rus, Василий Васильевич Кандинский, Vasiliy Vasilyevich Kandinskiy, vɐˈsʲilʲɪj vɐˈsʲilʲjɪvʲɪtɕ kɐnʲˈdʲinskʲɪj; – 13 December 1944) was a Russian painter a ...

(1866–1944), painter and art theorist * Nikolai Kischner (1867–1935), chemist *

Hans Pfitzner Hans Erich Pfitzner (5 May 1869 – 22 May 1949) was a German composer, conductor and polemicist who was a self-described anti-modernist. His best known work is the post-Romantic opera ''Palestrina'' (1917), loosely based on the life of the ...

(1869–1949), German composer and self-described anti-modernist * Alexander Scriabin (1872–1915) a Russian composer and virtuoso pianist. * Mikhail Bonch-Bruyevich (1870–1956), Imperial Russian and Soviet military commander, Lieutenant General * Catherine Bartho (1873-??), ballerina *

Vladimir Bonch-Bruyevich Vladimir Dmitriyevich Bonch-Bruyevich (russian: Владимир Дмитриевич Бонч-Бруевич; sometimes spelled Bonch-Bruevich; in Polish Boncz-Brujewicz; – 14 July 1955) was a Soviet politician, revolutionary, historian ...

(1873–1955), politician, historian, writer and Old Bolshevik *

Ivan Shmelyov Ivan Sergeyevich Shmelyov (russian: Иван Сергеевич Шмелёв, also spelled ''Shmelev'' and ''Chmelov'') ( – 24 June 1950) was a Russian writer best known for his full-blooded idyllic recreations of the pre-revolutionary past ...

(1873–1950), writer *

Semyon Frank Semyon Lyudvigovich Frank (russian: Семён Лю́двигович Франк; 28 January 1877 – 10 December 1950) was a Russian philosopher. Born into a Jewish family, he became a Christian in 1912. Early life and studies Semyon Lyudvigov ...

(1877–1950), philosopher *

Alexander Goedicke Alexander Fyodorovich Goedicke ( rus, Алекса́ндр Фёдорович Ге́дике, r=Aleksandr Fyodorovich Gedike; in Moscow9 July 1957 in Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian composer and pianist. Goedicke was a professor at Moscow Con ...

(1877–1957), composer and pianist * P. D. Ouspensky (1878–1947), mathematician and esotericist * Sophie Fedorova (1879–1963), ballerina * Aleksei Goncharov (1879–1913), chess master (born and died in Moscow) *

Andrei Bely Boris Nikolaevich Bugaev ( rus, Бори́с Никола́евич Буга́ев, p=bɐˈrʲis nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ bʊˈɡajɪf, a=Boris Nikolayevich Bugayev.ru.vorb.oga), better known by the pen name Andrei Bely or Biely ( rus, Андр� ...

(1880–1934), novelist, poet, theorist, and literary critic. *

Emanuel Goldberg Emanuel Goldberg ( he, עמנואל גולדברג; yi, עמנואל גאָלדבערג; russian: Эмануэль Гольдберг) (born: 31 August 1881; died: 13 September 1970) was an Israeli physicist and inventor. He was born in Moscow a ...

(1881–1970), Israeli physicist and inventor * Anna Abrikosova (1882–1936), prominent figure in the Russian Catholic Church *

Pavel Filonov Pavel Nikolayevich Filonov ( rus, Па́вел Никола́евич Фило́нов, p=ˈpavʲɪl nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ fʲɪˈlonəf, a=Pavyel Nikolayevich Filonov.ru.vorb.oga; January 8, 1883 – December 3, 1941) was a Russian avant-ga ...

(1883–1941), avant-garde painter, art theorist and poet * Lev Kamenev (1883–1936), Bolshevik revolutionary; prominent Soviet politician *

Yosef Sprinzak Yosef Sprinzak ( he, יוֹסֵף שְׁפְּרִינְצָק; ) was a leading Zionist activist in the first half of the 20th century, an Israeli politician, and the first Speaker of the Knesset, a role he held from 1949 until his death in 1959. ...

(1885–1959), Israeli politician, Zionist and the first Speaker of the Knesset *

Robert Falk Robert Rafailovich Falk (russian: Роберт Рафаилович Фальк, October 15, 1886 - October 1, 1958) was a painter. Biography Falk was born in Moscow in 1886. In 1903 to 1904 he studied art in the studios of Konstantin Yuon and ...

(1886–1958), painter *

Vladimir Favorsky Vladimir Andreyevich Favorsky (russian: Владимир Андреевич Фаворский; March 14, 1886 – December 29, 1964) was a Soviet graphic artist, woodcut illustrator, painter, art critic, muralist, and teacher. He was a Peop ...

(1886–1964), graphic artist, woodcut illustrator, painter, muralist and teacher *

Nikolai Vavilov Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov ( rus, Никола́й Ива́нович Вави́лов, p=nʲɪkɐˈlaj ɪˈvanəvʲɪtɕ vɐˈvʲiləf, a=Ru-Nikolay_Ivanovich_Vavilov.ogg; – 26 January 1943) was a Russian and Soviet agronomist, botanist ...

(1887–1943), botanist and geneticist * Sonja Schlesin (1888–1956), Gandhi's secretary in South Africa * Joseph N. Ermolieff (1889–1962), film producer *

Alexis Granowsky Alexis Granowsky (russian: Алексе́й Миха́йлович Грано́вский; 1890–1937) was a Russian theatre director who later became a film director. Granowsky was born as Abraham Azarkh to a Jewish family in Moscow. After stud ...

(1890–1937), theatre director * Boris Pasternak (1890–1960), poet, novelist, and literary translator (Nobel Prize for Literature in 1958). * Robert Spiess (1891–1982), German tennis player * Sergey Vavilov (1891–1951), physicist *

Marina Tsvetaeva Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva (russian: Марина Ивановна Цветаева, p=mɐˈrʲinə ɪˈvanəvnə tsvʲɪˈtaɪvə; 31 August 1941) was a Russian poet. Her work is considered among some of the greatest in twentieth century Russia ...

(1892–1941), poet *

Sergei Efron Sergei Yakovlevich Efron (russian: Сергей Яковлевич Эфрон; 8 October 1893 – 11 September 1941) was a Russian poet, White Army officer, and the husband of fellow poet Marina Tsvetaeva. While in exile, he was recruited by the ...

(1893–1941), poet, officer of

White Army The White Army (russian: Белая армия, Belaya armiya) or White Guard (russian: Бѣлая гвардія/Белая гвардия, Belaya gvardiya, label=none), also referred to as the Whites or White Guardsmen (russian: Бѣлогв� ...

and husband of

Vladimir Engelgardt Vladimir Aleksandrovich Engelgardt (russian: Владимир Александрович Энгельгардт) (December 3, 1894, in Moscow – July 10, 1984, in Moscow) was a Soviet biochemist, academician of the Soviet Academy of Medical Sc ...

(1894–1984), biochemist *

Arcady Boytler Arcady Sergeevich Boytler Rososky (August 31, 1895 – November 24, 1965) was a producer, screenwriter, and director most renowned for his films during the golden age of Mexican cinema. Boytler was born in Moscow, Russia. During the 1920s, he ...

(1895–1965), producer, screenwriter and director *

Nikolai Grigoriev Nikalai (Nikolay) Dmitrievich Grigoriev (russian: Никола́й Дми́триевич Григо́рьев) was a Russian chess player and a composer of endgame study, endgame studies. He was born on 14 August 1895 in Moscow, and he died ther ...

(1895–1938), chess player; composer of endgame studies (born and died in Moscow) * Léonide Massine (1896–1979), choreographer and ballet dancer *

George Sachs George Sachs (April 5, 1896 – October 30, 1960) was a Russian-born German and American metallurgist. Born in Moscow, he taught at Frankfurt University (1930-1935), and the Case Institute of Technology (now Case Western Reserve University, '' CWR ...

(1896–1960), Russian-born German and American metallurgist *

Sophrony (Sakharov) Saint Sophrony (23 September 1896, in Moscow – 11 July 1993, in Tolleshunt Knights), known also as Elder Sophrony or Father Sophrony was an archimandrite and one of the noted ascetic Christian monks of the twentieth century. He is best known a ...

(1896–1993), monk, theologian and writer *

Viktor Lazarev Viktor Nikitich Lazarev (russian: Ви́ктор Ники́тич Ла́зарев; 3 September (22 August O.S.) 1897 – 1 February 1976) was a Russian art critic and historian who specialized in medieval Byzantine, Russian, and Armenian rel ...

(1897–1976), art critic and historian * Lazar Berenzon (1898–1956), military commander * M. Ageyev (1898–1973), author *

Leonid Leonov Leonid Maximovich Leonov (russian: Леони́д Макси́мович Лео́нов; — 8 August 1994) was a Soviet novelist and playwright of socialist realism. His works have been compared with Dostoyevsky's deep psychological torment. ...

(1899–1994), novelist and playwright * Georg Witt (1899–1973), Russian-born German film producer *

Mikhail Zharov Mikhail Ivanovich Zharov (russian: Михаи́л Ива́нович Жа́ров; 27 October 1899 – 15 December 1981) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor and director. People's Artist of the USSR (1949) and Hero of Socialist Labour ...

(1899–1981), actor *

Nikolai Nekrasov Nikolay Alexeyevich Nekrasov ( rus, Никола́й Алексе́евич Некра́сов, p=nʲɪkɐˈlaj ɐlʲɪkˈsʲejɪvʲɪtɕ nʲɪˈkrasəf, a=Ru-Nikolay_Alexeyevich_Nekrasov.ogg, – ) was a Russian poet, writer, critic and publi ...

(1900–1938), Esperanto writer, translator and critic

20th century

1901–1910

Vladimir Lugovskoy Vladimir Alexandrovich Lugovskoy (russian: Влади́мир Алекса́ндрович Луговско́й; July 1, 1901 Moscow - June 5, 1957 Yalta) was a constructivist poet known for writing the choir of " Arise, Russian People!" for the fi ...

(1901–1957), constructivist poet * Sergey Obraztsov (1901–1992), puppeteer *

Vladimir Fogel Vladimir Pavlovich Fogel (russian: Влади́мир Па́влович Фо́гель; 19029 June 1929) was a Russian silent film actor. Biography Vladimir Fogel was born in Moscow. His family name comes from his German father, an immigrant who ...

(1902–1929), silent film actor *

Yevgenia Ginzburg Yevgenia Solomonovna Ginzburg (December 20, 1904 – May 25, 1977) (russian: Евге́ния Соломо́новна Ги́нзбург) was a Soviet writer who served an 18-year sentence in the Gulag. Her given name is often Latinized to Eugenia ...

(1904–1977), author *

Vera Menchik Vera Francevna Mencikova (russian: Вера Францевна Менчик, ''Vera Frantsevna Menchik''; cz, Věra Menčíková; 16 February 1906 – 26 June 1944), was a Russian-born Czechoslovak chess player who primarily resided in En ...

(1906–1944), British-Russian chess player, the world's first women's chess champion *

Olga Menchik Olga Menchik (Menčíková, Menčik) Rubery (1908, Moscow – 26 June 1944, Clapham, London) was a Czech–British female chess master. Born in Moscow to a Czech father and a British mother, she was younger sister to Vera Menchik. They all move ...

(1907–1944), Czech–British female chess master *

Lev Oborin Lev Nikolayevich Oborin (russian: Лев Николаевич Оборин, ''Lev Nikolaevič Oborin''; Moscow, Moscow, 5 January 1974) was a Soviet and Russian pianist, composer and pedagogue. He was the winner of the first International Chopin ...

(1907–1974), pianist *

Alexander Golitzen Prince Alexander Golitzen (Golitsyn), (Moscow, February 28, 1908San Diego, July 26, 2005) was a Russian-born American production designer who oversaw art direction on more than 300 movies. Born in Moscow in the princely Golitsyn family, Alexande ...

(1908–2005), production designer * Boris Leven (1908–1986), Russian-born Academy Award-winning art director and production designer * Georgy Gause (1910–1986), biologist *

Evgeny Golubev Yevgeny Kirillovich Golubev (russian: Евге́ний Кири́ллович Го́лубев) (16 February 1910 25 December 1988) was a Soviet and Russian composer. Golubev was born and died in Moscow. He was taught by Nikolai Myaskovsky, and h ...

(1910–1988), composer (born and died in Moscow) * Vladimir Shcherbakov (1909–1985), Soviet scientist and politician

1911–1920

Gavriil Kachalin Gavriil Dmitriyevich Kachalin (russian: Гавриил Дмитриевич Качалин; 17 January 1911 – 23 May 1995) was a Soviet and Russian football player and coach. He led the USSR national football team to their greatest achievem ...

(1911–1995), Russian football player and coach *

Alexey Lyapunov Alexey Andreevich Lyapunov (russian: Алексе́й Андре́евич Ляпуно́в; 25 September 1911 – 23 June 1973) was a Soviet mathematician and an early pioneer of computer science. One of the founders of Soviet cybernetics ...

(1911–1973), mathematician and an early pioneer of computer science * George Costakis (1913–1990), collector of Russian art *

Boris Carmi Boris Carmi (1 January 1914 in Moscow, as Boris Winograd – 18 September 2002 in Tel Aviv) was a Russian-born Israeli photographer. He is considered as one of the pioneers of Israeli photojournalism and documented the very beginnings of the foun ...

(1914–2002), Russian-born Israeli photographer *

Aleksander Gieysztor Aleksander Gieysztor (17 July 1916 – 9 February 1999) was a Polish medievalist historian. Life Aleksander Gieysztor was born to a Polish family in Moscow, Russia, where his father worked as a railwayman. In 1921, the family relocated to Po ...

(1916–1999), Polish medievalist historian *

Vitaly Ginzburg Vitaly Lazarevich Ginzburg, ForMemRS (russian: Вита́лий Ла́заревич Ги́нзбург, link=no; 4 October 1916 – 8 November 2009) was a Russian physicist who was honored with the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2003, together wit ...

(1916–2009), theoretical physicist, astrophysicist, Nobel laureate *

Jørgen Hviid Jørgen Alfred Hviid ( lv, Jergens Alfreds Hvīds; 1 September 1916 – 5 September 2001) was a Danish and Latvian multi-sport athlete, and an officer in the Royal Danish Navy. He was primarily an ice hockey player, but also competed in speed sk ...

(1916–2001), Danish and Latvian sportsman and naval officer *

Urie Bronfenbrenner Urie Bronfenbrenner (April 29, 1917 – September 25, 2005) was a Russian-born American psychologist who is most known for his ecological systems theory.Bronfenbrenner, U. (1979).The ecology of human development. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University ...

(1917–2005), Russian-born American developmental psychologist *

Leonid Hurwicz Leonid Hurwicz (; August 21, 1917 – June 24, 2008) was a Polish-American economist and mathematician, known for his work in game theory and mechanism design. He originated the concept of incentive compatibility, and showed how desired outcome ...

(1917–2008), Polish-American economist and mathematician *

Tatiana Riabouchinska Tatiana Mikhailovna Riabouchinska (russian: Татья́на Миха́йловна Рябуши́нская, 23 May 191724 August 2000) was a Russian American prima ballerina and teacher. Famous at age 14 as one of the three " Baby Balleri ...

(1917–2000), Russian American prima ballerina and teacher *

George Zoritch George Zoritch (born Yuri Zorich; Russian: Юрий Зорич; 6 June 1917 – 1 November 2009), was a Russian-born American ballet dancer who starred in performances by Ballet Russe companies on stages all over the United States from the 193 ...

(1917–2009), dancer

1921–1930

* Spartak Belyaev (1923–2017), theoretical physicist * Aryeh Eliav (1921–2010), Israeli politician *

Andrei Sakharov Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov ( rus, Андрей Дмитриевич Сахаров, p=ɐnˈdrʲej ˈdmʲitrʲɪjevʲɪtɕ ˈsaxərəf; 21 May 192114 December 1989) was a Soviet nuclear physicist, dissident, nobel laureate and activist for n ...

(1921–1989), nuclear physicist, Soviet dissident and human rights activist * Kim Yaroshevskaya (1923), Russian-born Canadian film, television and stage actress * Lidiya Alekseyeva (1924–2014), Russian basketball coach *

Maya Plisetskaya Maya Mikhailovna Plisetskaya (russian: link=no, Майя Михайловна Плисецкая; 20 November 1925 – 2 May 2015) was a Soviet and Russian ballet dancer, choreographer, ballet director, and actress. In post-Soviet times, she he ...

(1925–2015), ballet dancer, choreographer, ballet director, and actress * Yevgeny Lyadin (1926–2011), football manager and player * Boris Uspensky (1927–2005), poster and graphics painter *

Gurgen Askaryan Gurgen Ashotovich Askaryan ( hy, Գուրգեն Ասկարյան; russian: Гурген Аскарьян or Гурген Аскарян) (14 December 1928 – 2 March 1997) was a prominent Soviet - Armenian physicist, famous for his discovery of ...

(1928–1997), Armenian physicist * Vladimir Sokolov (1928–1998), scientist in the field of zoology and ecology *

Sergei K. Godunov Sergei Konstantinovich Godunov (russian: Серге́й Константи́нович Годуно́в; born July 17, 1929) is a Soviet and Russian professor at the Sobolev Institute of Mathematics of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Novosibir ...

(1929), mathematician *

Lev Gor'kov Lev Petrovich Gor'kov (russian: Лев Петро́вич Горько́в; 14 June 1929 – 28 December 2016) was a Russian-American research physicist internationally known for his pioneering work in the field of superconductivity. He was particul ...

(1929–2016), Russian-American research physicist * Nikolai Karpov (1929–2013), ice hockey player *

Lyudmila Zykina Lyudmila Georgievna Zykina (russian: link=no, Людми́ла Гео́ргиевна Зы́кина; 10 June 1929 – 1 July 2009) was a national folk singer of Russia. She was born in Moscow and joined the Pyatnitsky Choir in 1947. Her surna ...

(1929–2009), national folk singer of Russia *

Lev Yashin Lev Ivanovich Yashin (russian: Лев Иванович Яшин; 22 October 1929 – 20 March 1990), nicknamed the "Black Spider" or the "Black Panther", was a Soviet professional footballer regarded by many as the greatest goalkeeper in the h ...

(1929–1990), football goalkeeper * Viktor Frayonov (1930–2002), music theorist and teacher * Lev Kuznetsov (1930–2015), fencer *

Oleg Popov Oleg Konstantinovich Popov (russian: Олег Константинович Попoв, 31 July 1930 – 2 November 2016) was a Soviet and Russian clown and circus artist. People's Artist of the USSR (1969). Early life Popov was born on 31 July 19 ...

(1930–2016), famous Soviet and Russian clown and circus artist

1931–1940

Lev Durov Lev Konstantinovich Durov ( rus, Лев Константинович Дуров, p=ˈlʲef kənstɐnʲˈtʲinəvʲɪdʑ ˈdurəf; 23 December 1931 – 20 August 2015) was a Soviet and Russian theatre and film actor who appeared in more than 200 ...

(1931–2015), theatre and film actor; a People's Artist of USSR * Nikolay Kamenskiy (1931–2017), Soviet ski jumper *

Alfred Kuchevsky Alfred Iosifovich Kuchevsky (russian: Альфред Иосифович Кучевский; 17 May 1931 – 15 May 2000) was a Soviet professional ice hockey defenceman. He played for the HC Krylya Sovetov Moscow of the Soviet Championship League a ...

(1931–2000), professional ice hockey player *

Mark Midler Mark Petrovich Midler (russian: Марк Петрович Мидлер; 24 September 1931 – 31 May 2012) was a Soviet Russian foil fencer. He competed at four Olympic Games, and won two gold medals. Early and personal life Midler was b ...

(1931–2012), Olympic champion foil fencer *

Viktor Tsaryov Viktor Grigoryevich Tsaryov (russian: Виктор Григорьевич Царёв; 2 June 1931 – 2 January 2017) was a Russian footballer. Career During his career he played for FC Dynamo Moscow (1954–1966). He earned 12 caps for the USS ...

(1931–2017), footballer * Alla Gerber (1932), politician, journalist and film critic * Yevgeni Urbansky (1932–1965), actor * Yuri Druzhnikov (1933–2008), actor, photographer, editor, journalist and travel correspondent *

Nikolai Fadeyechev Nikolai Borisovich Fadeyechev (russian: Николай Борисович Фадеечев, 27 January 1933 – 23 June 2020) was a Soviet and Russian ballet dancer and teacher. He was awarded People's Artist of the USSR in 1976. Biography Fad ...

(1933–2020), dancer, People's Artist of the USSR * Yelena Gorchakova (1933–2002), javelin thrower * Stanislav Lyubshin (1933), actor and film director * Boris Batanov (1934–2004), football player *

Georgy Garanian Georgy Aramovich Garanian (russian: Гео́ргий Ара́мович Гараня́н; 15 August 1934 – 11 January 2010) was an ethnic Armenian Russian jazz saxophone player, bandleader and composer. He was the People's Artist of Russia in ...

(1934–2010), jazz saxophone player, bandleader and composer *

Yuri Korolev Yuri Nikolayevich Korolyov (russian: Юрий Николаевич Королёв; born 25 August 1962 in Vladimir) is a Soviet artistic gymnast who competed during the 1980s, winning many World and European Medals. Part of a deep Soviet team t ...

(born 1934), ice hockey administrator, coach and civil servant * Yuri Ovchinnikov (1934–1988), bioorganic chemist *

Victor Brailovsky Dr Victor Brailovsky ( he, ויקטור בריילובסקי, born 27 December 1935) is a computer scientist, mathematician, aliyah activist and a former Israeli politician. He served as Minister of Science and Technology for six days in 2004. In ...

(1935), computer scientist, aliyah activist, former Israeli politician * Anatoliy Sass (1935), rower * Philaret (Vakhromeyev) (1935–2021), emeritus Metropolitan of Minsk and Slutsk, the Patriarchal Exarch of All Belarus * Leonid Yengibarov (1935–1972), clown and actor * Oleg Fedoseyev (1936–2001), athlete *

Alexander Ginzburg Alexander "Alik" Ilyich Ginzburg ( rus, Алекса́ндр Ильи́ч Ги́нзбург, p=ɐlʲɪkˈsandr ɨˈlʲjidʑ ˈɡʲinzbʊrk, a=Alyeksandr Il'yich Ginzburg.ru.vorb.oga; 21 November 1936 – 19 July 2002), was a Russian journalist ...

(1936–2002), journalist, poet, human rights activist and dissident *

Natalya Gorbanevskaya Natalya Yevgenyevna Gorbanevskaya ( rus, Ната́лья Евге́ньевна Горбане́вская, p=nɐˈtalʲjə jɪvˈɡʲenʲjɪvnə ɡərbɐˈnʲefskəjə, a=Natal'ya Yevgen'yevna Gorbanyevskaya.ru.vorb.oga; 26 May 1936 – 29 Nove ...

(1936–2013), poet, translator of Polish literature and civil rights activist * Yuri Popov (1936–2016), paleoentomologist *

Bella Akhmadulina Izabella Akhatovna Akhmadulina ( rus, Бе́лла (Изабе́лла) Аха́товна Ахмаду́лина, tt-Cyrl, Белла Әхәт кызы Әхмәдуллина; 10 April 1937 – 29 November 2010) was a Soviet and Russian poet, ...

(1937–2010), poet * Yuri Falin (1937–2003), Soviet football player * Yevgeny Feofanov (1937–2000), boxer *

Simon Gindikin Simon Grigorevich Gindikin (russian: Семён Григорьевич Гиндикин; born 7 December 1937, Moscow, Russian SFSR) is a mathematician at Rutgers University Rutgers University (; RU), officially Rutgers, The State University o ...

(1937), mathematician at

Rutgers University Rutgers University (; RU), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a public land-grant research university consisting of four campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's College, and was ...

* Bruno Mahlow (1937–2023), German politician (SED/PDS/Die Linke) and former East German diplomat * Umyar Mavlikhanov (1937–1999), fencer * Aleksandr Medakin (1937–1993), football player * Alexey Obukhov (1937–2022), diplomat and author * Boris Zaytsev (1937–2000), ice hockey player *

Valery Chalidze Author and publisher Valery Nikolaevich Chalidze (russian: Вале́рий Никола́евич Чали́дзе; ka, ვალერი ჭალიძე: 25 November 1938 – 3 January 2018) was a Soviet dissident and human rights activis ...

(1938–2018), Georgian-American author and publisher *

Galina Gorokhova Galina Yevgenyevna Gorokhova (russian: Галина Евгеньевна Горохова; born 31 August 1938) is a Russian and former Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of f ...

(1938), fencer and five-time Olympic medalist, nine-time world gold medalist *

Boris Mayorov Boris Aleksandrovich Mayorov (born February 11, 1938, in Moscow, Soviet Union) is a retired ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He played for HC Spartak Moscow. He was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame ...

(1938), ice hockey player * Yevgeni Mayorov (1938–1997), ice hockey player *

Mark Rakita Mark Semenovich Rakita (russian: Марк Семенович Ракита; born July 22, 1938) is a famed Russian two-time Olympic champion sabreur and coach from the Soviet era. Early life Rakita was born in Moscow, USSR, and is Jewish. Fencin ...

(1938), two-time Olympic champion saber fencer *

Vladimir Vysotsky Vladimir Semyonovich Vysotsky ( rus, links=no, Владимир Семёнович Высоцкий, p=vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr sʲɪˈmʲɵnəvʲɪtɕ vɨˈsotskʲɪj; 25 January 1938 – 25 July 1980), was a Soviet singer-songwriter, poet, and actor ...

(1938–1980), singer-songwriter, poet, and actor *

Yury Glazkov Yury Nikolayevich Glazkov (russian: Ю́рий Никола́евич Глазко́в; 2 October 1939 – 9 December 2008) was a Soviet Air Force officer and a cosmonaut. Glazkov held the rank of major general in the Russian Air Force. Biograph ...

(1939–2008), cosmonaut, major general in the Russian Air Force * Viktor Shustikov (1939), footballer *

Elena Tchaikovskaia Elena Anatolyevna Tchaikovskaia, also spelled as Chaykovskaya or Chaikovskaia (, née Osipova (russian: О́сипова); born 30 December 1939) is a Russian figure skating coach, choreographer, and former competitor for the Soviet Union. She r ...

(1939), figure skating coach and choreographer *

Gennadi Volnov Gennadi Georgievich Volnov (russian: Геннадий Георгиевич Вольнов, November 28, 1939 – July 15, 2008) was a Russian basketball player who played for the senior Soviet Union national basketball team from the late 1950 ...

(1939–2008), basketball player * Igor Ryomin (1940–1991), Soviet football player * Alexei Fridman (1940–2010), Soviet physicist *

Vyacheslav Ionov Vyacheslav Ionov (russian: Вячеслав Ионов; June 26, 1940 – June 25, 2012) was a Soviet sprint canoeist who competed in the mid-1960s. He won a gold in the K-4 1000 m event at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Ionov also ...

(1940–2012), sprint canoer

1941–1950

Anatoli Firsov Anatoli Vasilievich Firsov (1 February 1941 – 24 July 2000) was a Russians, Russian ice hockey left wing and center, who competed internationally for the Soviet Union, USSR. In the IIHF World Championships, he won the scoring title four times a ...

(1941–2000), ice hockey player * Yevgeny Frolov (1941), boxer *

Gennady Logofet Gennady Olegovich Logofet (russian: Геннадий Олегович Логофет; 15 April 1942 – 5 December 2011) was a Soviet and Russian football player and football coach. Career Logofet earned 17 caps for the USSR national team as a ...

(1942–2011), footballer and football coach *

Vladimir Fedotov Vladimir Grigoryevich Fedotov (russian: Владимир Григорьевич Федотов; 18 January 1943 – 29 March 2009) was a Soviet football striker and manager who holds the all-time record of caps for CSKA Moscow. He was the son of ...

(1943–2009), football striker and manager * Valentina Kamenyok-Vinogradova (1943–2002), volleyball player *

Aleksandr Filippenko Aleksandr Georgievich Filippenko (russian: links=no, Александр Георгиевич Филиппенко; born September 2, 1944) is a Soviet and Russian actor. People's Artist of Russia (2000). Biography He was born in Moscow. His pare ...

(1944), actor * Alexander Kovarski (1944), physical chemist and professor * Viktor Logunov (1944–2022), racing cyclist * Viktor Luferov (1945–2010), singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, poet and performer * Vladimir Shcherbakov (1945–1993), footballer * Victoria Fyodorova (1946–2012), Russian-American actress and author * Aleksandr Gorshkov (1946–2022), ice dancer, 1976 Olympic champion *

Zoja Rudnova Zoja Rudnova (19 August 1946 - 12 March 2014) was an international table tennis player from the former Soviet Union. Table tennis career From 1964 to 1976 she won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the Table Tennis European ...

(1946–2014), female table tennis player *

Alexander Varshavsky Alexander Jacob Varshavsky (russian: link=no, Александр Яковлевич Варшавский; born 8 November 1946) is a Russian-American biochemist, noted for his discovery of the N-end rule of ubiquitination. A native of Moscow, he ...

(1946), Russian-American biochemist *

Josef Zieleniec Josef Zieleniec (born 28 May 1946) is a Czech politician and former Member of the European Parliament. From 2004, was a member of the SNK European Democrats (SNK-ED). In the European Parliament, he was a member of the European People's Part ...

(1946), Czech politician and 1st Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic * Tasoltan Tazretovich Basiev (1947–2012), Russian scientist in the field of photonics * Elena Fatalibekova (1947), chess Woman Grandmaster and the 2000, 2001 and 2004 Senior Women's World Chess Champion *

Karen Grigorian Karen Ashotovich Grigorian (7 September 1947 – 30 October 1989) was an Armenian chess master, and son of the poet Ashot Grashi. Born in Moscow, Russia, Grigorian won the Armenian Chess Championship three times (joint winner 1969, winner 197 ...

(1947–1989), chess master *

Boris Kerner Boris S. Kerner (born 1947) is a German physicist and civil engineer who created three phase traffic theory. ttp://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/200404/upload/apr04.pdf Article by Davis in "APS News" titled "Physicists and traffic flow" The ...

(1947), German pioneer of three phase traffic theory *

Askold Khovanskii Askold Georgievich Khovanskii (russian: Аскольд Георгиевич Хованский; born 3 June 1947, Moscow) is a Russian and Canadian mathematician currently a professor of mathematics at the University of Toronto, Canada. His area ...

(1947), Russian and Canadian mathematician *

Yuri Ushakov Yuri Viktorovich Ushakov (russian: Юрий Викторович Ушаков; born 13 March 1947) is a Russian and former Soviet diplomat who served as the Ambassador of Russia to the United States from 1998 until 2008. Since 2012, he has been ...

(1947), career diplomat * Valentin Kuklev (born 1948), Russian author and researcher of semantics * Tatjana Lematschko (1948–2020), Russian-Swiss chess player * Natalya Lebedeva (1949), athlete * Aleksandr Lukyanov (1949), rower *

Alla Pugacheva Alla Borisovna Pugacheva, ) (born 15 April 1949), is а Soviet and Russian musical performer. Her career started in 1965 and continues to this day, even though she has retired from performing. For her "clear mezzo-soprano and a full display o ...

(1949), musical performer * Natalya Sokolova (1949), athlete * Sabir Gusein-Zade (1950), mathematician *

Sergey Lavrov Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov (russian: Сергей Викторович Лавров, ; born 21 March 1950) is a Russian diplomat and politician who has served as the Foreign Minister of Russia since 2004. Lavrov served as the Permanent Represe ...

(1950), diplomat and currently the Foreign Minister of Russia * Sergey Musaelyan (1950), pianist *

Tatyana Ovechkina Tatyana Nikolaevna Ovechkina (russian: Татьяна Николаевна Овечкина, мордовка по национальности; maiden name: Kabayeva; born 19 March 1950) is a former Soviet Union, Soviet Russian basketball player ...

(1950), basketball player

1951–1960

Vyacheslav Chanov Vyacheslav Viktorovich Chanov (russian: Вячеслав Викторович Чанов; born 23 October 1951) is a Russian football coach and a former goalkeeper. International career Chanov played his only game for USSR on 28 March 1984 in ...

(1951), football goalkeeper and coach *

Ivan Cherednik Ivan Cherednik (Иван Владимирович Чередник) is a Russian-American mathematician. He introduced double affine Hecke algebras, and used them to prove Macdonald's constant term conjecture in . He has also dealt with algebr ...

(1951), mathematician * Aleksandr Laveykin (1951), cosmonaut * Pyotr Mamonov (1951–2021), rock musician, songwriter and actor *

Vitaly Churkin Vitaly Ivanovich Churkin ( rus, Вита́лий Ива́нович Чу́ркин, p=vʲɪˈtalʲɪj ɪˈvanəvʲɪtɕ ˈtɕurkʲɪn; 21 February 1952 – 20 February 2017) was a Russian diplomat and former child actor. Churkin served as Russia ...

(1952–2017), diplomat *

Arcadi Gaydamak Arcadi Aleksandrovich Gaydamak ( he, ארקדי אלכסנדרוביץ' גאידמק; russian: Аркадий Александрович Гайдамак; born 8 April 1952 in Moscow, USSR) is a Russian-born French-Israeli businessman, philanthr ...

(1952), Russian-born Israeli business magnate, investor and philanthropist * Mikhail Kuznetsov (1952), rower * Andrey Zubov (1952), historian and political scientist *

Alexander Barkashov Alexander Petrovich Barkashov (russian: Алекса́ндр Петро́вич Баркашо́в, sometimes transliterated as ''Aleksandr''; born 6 October 1953) is a Russian political leader and far-right nationalist who in 1990 founded Russia ...

(1953), political leader on the far-right *

Valery Gergiev Valery Abisalovich Gergiev (russian: Вале́рий Абиса́лович Ге́ргиев, ; os, Гергиты Абисалы фырт Валери, Gergity Abisaly fyrt Valeri; born 2 May 1953) is a Russian conductor and opera company d ...

(1953), conductor and opera company director *

Kirill Gevorgian Kirill Goratsiyevich Gevorgian (russian: Кирилл Горациевич Геворгян; born 8 April 1953) is a Russian jurist and diplomat. From 2003 to 2009, he served as Russia's ambassador to the Netherlands. In 2014, he was elected to t ...

(1953), diplomat and jurist *

Sergey Makarichev Sergei Yuryevic Makarichev (russian: Серге́й Юрьевич Макарычев; born November 17, 1953) is a Russian chess player, who gained the Grandmaster title in 1976. Background In 1974 he won the European Junior Chess Championship ...

(1953), chess player * Sergey Yastrzhembsky (1953), politician and diplomat * Alexei Kornienko (1954), Austrian conductor and pianist of Russian descent *

Andrei Minenkov Andrei Olegovich Minenkov (russian: Андрей Олегович Миненков; born 6 December 1954) is a Russian retired ice dancer who represented the Soviet Union. With his wife Irina Moiseeva, he is the 1976 Olympic silver medalist, ...

(1954), ice dancer * Sergei O. Prokofieff (1954–2014), anthroposophist *

Andrei Gavrilov Andrei Gavrilov (in Russian Андрей Гаврилов; born September 21, 1955) is a Swiss pianist of Russian background. Early life and music career Andrei Gavrilov was born into a family of artists in Moscow. His father was Vladimir Gav ...

(1955), pianist *

Irina Moiseeva Irina (Cyrillic: Ирина) is a feminine given name of Ancient Greek origin, commonly borne by followers of the Eastern Orthodox Church. It is derived from Eirene (Ancient Greek: Εἰρήνη), an ancient Greek goddess, personification of pe ...

(1955), ice dancer * Alex Nepomniaschy (1955), Russian-American cinematographer * Sergei Petrenko (1955), professional football coach and former player *

Alexey Pajitnov Alexey Leonidovich Pajitnov. (born 16 April 1955) is a Russian-born American computer engineer and video game designer. He is best-known for designing and developing ''Tetris'' in 1984 while working at the Dorodnitsyn Computing Centre under the ...

(1955), video game designer * Igor Chetvertkov(1956), painter, draftsman, and theater designer *

Kirill Eskov Kirill Yuryevich Eskov (russian: Кири́лл Ю́рьевич Есько́в; born 16 September 1956) is a Russian writer, biologist and paleontologist. As an author he is known for '' The Gospel of Afranius'' in which he presents an atheistic ...

(1956), writer, biologist and paleontologist *

Yuri Felshtinsky Yuri Georgievich Felshtinsky (russian: Юрий Георгиевич Фельштинский, born 7 September 1956 in Moscow) is a Russian American historian. Felshtinsky has authored a number of books on Russian history, including ''The Bol ...

(1956), Russian American historian *

Yegor Gaidar Yegor Timurovich Gaidar (russian: link=no, Его́р Тиму́рович Гайда́р; ; 19 March 1956 – 16 December 2009) was a Soviet and Russian economist, politician, and author, and was the Acting Prime Minister of Russia from 15 Ju ...

(1956–2009), economist, politician and author *

Alexey Ulyukaev Alexey Valentinovich Ulyukaev ( rus, Алексе́й Валенти́нович Улюка́ев, , ɐlʲɪkˈsʲej vəlʲɪnʲˈtʲinəvʲɪtɕ ʊlʲʊˈka(j)ɪf; born 23 March 1956) is a Russian politician, scientist, and economist. Between 24 ...

(1956), politician, scientist, and economist *

Victor Vassiliev Victor Anatolyevich Vassiliev or Vasilyev ( ru , Виктор Анатольевич Васильев; born April 10, 1956), is a Soviet and Russian mathematician. He is best known for his discovery of the Vassiliev invariants in knot theory (als ...

(1956), mathematician * Nina Belyaeva (1957), public policy researcher * Olga Buryakina (1958), Russian basketball player *

Viacheslav Fetisov Viacheslav Alexandrovich "Slava" Fetisov (Russian: Вячеслав Александрович Фетисов, ''Vjačeslav Aleksandrovič Fetisov''; born 20 April 1958) is a Russian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He played for HC CS ...

(1958), professional ice hockey defenseman *

Boris Fyodorov Boris Grigoryevich Fyodorov (russian: Борис Григорьевич Фёдоров) (13 February 1958 in Moscow – 20 November 2008 in London) was a Russian economist, politician, and reformer. Early life He was awarded a doctor of economi ...

(1958–2008), economist, politician and reformer * Nadezhda Ovechkina (1958), field hockey player and Olympic medalist *

Yuriy Pimenov Yuriy Igorevich Pimenov (russian: Юрий Игорьевич Пименов; 29 March 1958 – 19 April 2019)
was a Russian row ...

(1958), Russian rower * Vladimir Zubkov (1958), ice hockey player * Irina Vdovets (1958 or 1959), rhythmic gymnastics coach * Tom Cain (1959), English journalist and author * Fyodor Cherenkov (1959–2014), football midfielder * Sergey Golovkin (1959–1996), serial killer * Simon Nabatov (1959), jazz pianist * Paul Goldberg (1959), novelist * Vladimir Yakovlev (1959), journalist * Marina Kosheveya (1960), swimmer and olympic champion * Vladimir Pivtsov (1960), former Russian professional footballer *

Sergei Ponomarenko Sergei Vladilenovich Ponomarenko (russian: Серге́й Владиленович Пономаренко; born October 6, 1960) is a Russian former competitive ice dancer who competed for the Soviet Union and the Unified team. With ska ...

(1960), ice dancer

1961–1970

* Oleg Bozhev (1961), speed skater *

Igor Glek Igor Vladimirovich Glek (russian: Игорь Владимирович Глек; born 7 November 1961) is a Russian chess player, trainer, writer and theorist. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1990. Glek was born in Moscow. Com ...

(1961), chess Grandmaster, coach, theorist, writer and organiser * Igor Moukhin (1961), photographer * Igor Rivin (1961), Russian-Canadian mathematician *

Aleksandr Dugin Aleksandr Gelyevich Dugin ( rus, Александр Гельевич Дугин; born 7 January 1962) is a Russian political philosopher, analyst, and strategist, who has been widely characterized as a fascist. Born into a military intelligen ...

(1962), political scientist *

Olga Golodets Olga Golodets (Russian: Ольга Юрьевна Голодец; born 1 June 1962) is Russian politician and economist who served as a deputy prime minister from 2012 to 2020. She was the most senior woman in the Russian government. Early life ...

(1962), economist and the deputy prime minister for social affairs of the Russian Federation * Eduardo del Llano (1962), Cuban writer, university professor, film director, producer and screenwriter * Gary Tabach (1962), retired

United States Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage ...

captain, first Soviet-born citizen to be commissioned an officer in the Armed Forces of the United States *

Elena Denisova Elena Denisova (Елена Денисова; born February 14, 1963, in Moscow) is a Russian violinist and festival director. She emigrated to Austria and has been an Austrian citizen since 1992. Life The musical career of Denisova started at th ...

(1963), Austrian violinist and festival director of Russian descent * Maria Mazina (born 1964), Olympic champion épée fencer * Sergey Zagraevsky (1964), painter, architectural historian, writer and theologian *

Igor Jijikine Igor Vitalievich Jijikine (Russian: И́горь Вита́льевич Жижи́кин; born 8 October 1965) is a Russian-American actor working in Los Angeles and Moscow. Early life and career Jijikine was born in Moscow and from 1983 to 1 ...

(1965), actor * Igor Presnyakov (1965), guitarist * Inna Zhelannaya (1965), singer-songwriter * Nikolai Zykov (1965), actor, director, artist, designer, puppet-maker, master puppeteer *

Hilarion (Alfeyev) Hilarion (secular name Grigory Valerievich Alfeyev, russian: Григо́рий Вале́риевич Алфе́ев; 24 July 1966) is a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church and the current metropolitan of Budapest and Hungary. He is also a no ...

(1966), bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church, Metropolitan of Volokolamsk *

Natalya Kaspersky Natalya Ivanovna Kasperskaya (russian: Наталья Ивановна Касперская; born 5 February 1966 in Moscow, Soviet Union)—who, in the West, uses as her surname the masculine form ''Kaspersky''—is a Russian IT entrepreneur ...

(1966), Russian IT entrepreneur, President of the 'InfoWatch' Group of companies, and co-founder and ex-CEO of antivirus security software company 'Kaspersky Lab' * Olga Kryuchkova (1966), historical and mystical writer *

Maxim Udalov Maxim Lvovich Udalov (russian: Максим Львович Удалов, born June 16, 1966, in Moscow, USSR) is the drummer of the Russian heavy metal band Aria. In his early career, Udalov participated in Chorny Coffee and Metallachord, where ...

(1966), drummer of the Russian heavy metal band Aria * Fedor Bondarchuk (1967), film director, actor, TV and film producer, clipmaker *

Masha Gessen Masha Gessen (born 13 January 1967) is a Russian-American journalist, author, translator and activist who has been an outspoken critic of the president of Russia, Vladimir Putin, and the former president of the United States, Donald Trump. Gess ...

(1967), journalist * Andrey Chernyshov (1968), association football manager and former player * Rubén Gallego (1968), writer *

Yelena Grishina Yelena Borisovna Grishina (russian: Елена Борисовна Гришина; born 6 November 1968) is a Soviet fencer. She competed in the women's team foil events at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics. She is also a member of Match TV, th ...

(1968), Olympic fencer * Platon Obukhov (1968), journalist, writer, translator and painter * Leonid Slutsky (1968), politician * Sergei Fyodorov (1969),

icon An icon () is a religious work of art, most commonly a painting, in the cultures of the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Catholic churches. They are not simply artworks; "an icon is a sacred image used in religious devotion". The most ...

painter * Stas Misezhnikov (1969), Israeli politician * Yaroslav Ognev (1969), Internet personality, co-founder and the first editor-in-chief of inoSMI *

Elena Timina Elena Timina (born 8 May 1969) is a Russian-born Dutch professional table tennis player. She was born in Moscow, Soviet Union. Career highlights ;Summer Olympic Games: :1992, Barcelona, women's singles, 1st round :1992, Barcelona, women's doubl ...

(1969), Russian-born Dutch professional table tennis player * Anya Verkhovskaya (circa 1969), film producer and activist *

Sergei Filin Sergei Yurevitch Filin (russian: Серге́й Ю́рьевич Фи́лин; born 27 October 1970) is a Russian ballet dancer and the former artistic director of the Bolshoi Theater from 2011 through 2016. He is currently the Director of the ...

(1970), ballet dancer and the Ballet Director of the Bolshoi Theater * Alexander F. Gavrilov (1970), literary critic and editor *

Igor Girkin Igor Vsevolodovich Girkin ( rus, И́горь Все́володович Ги́ркин, p=ˈiɡərʲ ˈfsʲevələdəvʲɪdʑ ˈɡʲirkʲɪn; born 17 December 1970), also known by the alias Igor Ivanovich Strelkov ( rus, И́горь Ива́ ...

(1970), FSB Colonel * Sergei Ovchinnikov (1970), manager and former association football goalkeeper *

Oleg Ovsyannikov Oleg Vladimirovich Ovsyannikov (russian: Олег Владимирович Овсянников; born 23 January 1970) is a Russian former competitive ice dancer. With partner Anjelika Krylova, he is the 1998 Olympic silver medalist and two-tim ...

(1970), ice dancer * Kirill Preobrazhenskiy (1970), artist * Dmitry Ulyanov (1970), professional footballer *

Genndy Tartakovsky Gennady Borisovich Tartakovsky (russian: Геннадий Борисович Тартаковский, born ), commonly known as Tartakovsky (), is a Russian-American animator, director, producer, screenwriter, voice actor, storyboard artist, ...

(1970), Russian-American animator

1971–1980

Vladimir Fedorov Vladimir Anatolyevich Fedorov or Fyodorov (russian: Владимир Анатольевич Фёдоров, born 22 April 1971) is a Russian former competitive ice dancer. He is the 1993 World bronze medalist with Anjelika Krylova. He is now ma ...

(1971), ice dancer * Kirill Gerasimov (1971), professional poker player *

Alexander Geringas Alex Geringas (born March 2, 1971) is an American composer and songwriter based in Los Angeles, United States. Awards * 1998 Echo Award – Best Newcomer – Die 3. Generation * 2003 Echo Award – Best Video – No Angels "Something about ...

(1971), record producer, songwriter and composer *

Ekaterina Gordeeva Ekaterina "Katia" Alexandrovna Gordeeva (russian: Екатерина Александровна Гордеева; born 28 May 1971) is a Russian figure skater. Together with her husband, the late Sergei Grinkov, she was the 1988 and 1994 Olymp ...

(1971), figure skater *

Vitaly Lunkin Vitaly Lunkin (born 7 May 1971) is a Russian professional poker player from Moscow, Russia who has won two World Series of Poker bracelets. Vitaly Lunkin started playing at the WSOP in 2006, finishing 829th in the Main Event. In 2008, he won hi ...

(1971), professional poker player * Sergei Kishchenko (1972), former Russian professional football player *

Nikolai Lugansky Nikolai Lvovich Lugansky (russian: Никола́й Льво́вич Луга́нский; born 26 April 1972) is a Russian pianist. Early life and education Nikolai Lugansky was born on 26 April 1972 in Moscow, Russia, to research scientist p ...

(1972), pianist *

Sergey Brin Sergey Mikhailovich Brin (russian: link=no, Сергей Михайлович Брин; born August 21, 1973) is an American business magnate, computer scientist, and internet entrepreneur, who co-founded Google with Larry Page. Brin was th ...

(1973), computer scientist and internet entrepreneur who, co-founded Google *

Ivan Farmakovsky Ivan Farmakovsky (born February 1, 1973, Moscow, Russia) is a Russian jazz pianist, composer and arranger. Biography Born into a creative family of an actress and pianist, Ivan Farmakovsky attended a musical school under the studio of recreation ...

(1973), jazz pianist, composer and arranger * Natalya Gorelova (1973), middle-distance runner *

Anjelika Krylova Anjelika Alexeyevna Krylova (russian: Анжелика Алексеевна Крылова; born 4 July 1973) is a Russian retired Ice dancing, ice dancer. With partner Oleg Ovsyannikov, she is the 1998 Figure skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics, ...

(1973), ice dancer * Aleksei Shiyanov (1973), Russian professional football official, former player *

Anya Ulinich Anya Ulinich (born 1973) is a contemporary Russian American writer and visual artist. She is the author of ''Petropolis'' (Viking, 2007), and ''Lena Finkle’s Magic Barrel,'' a graphic novel (Penguin, 2014). ''Petropolis'', a Sami Rohr Prize F ...

(1973), Russian American novelist, graphic novelist, and short-story writer * Alexander Braverman (1974), Israeli mathematician *

Jeanna Friske Jeanna Vladimirovna Friske (russian: link=no, Жанна Владимировна Фриске; born Jeanna Vladimirovna Kopylova; 8 July 1974 – 15 June 2015), better known by the stage name Zhanna Friske, was a Russian actress, singer and mo ...

(1974–2015), film actress, singer and socialite *

Sergey Ryazansky Sergey Nikolayevich Ryazansky (russian: Серге́й Николаевич Рязанский; born November 13, 1974) is a Russian cosmonaut. He was selected as commander of the IMBP-6 cosmonaut group in 2003, but later transferred to the TsPK ...

(1974), cosmonaut * Sergey Sharikov (1974–2015), 2x Olympic champion saber fencer * Marina Yakusheva (1974), female badminton player * Aleksey Glushkov (1975), wrestler and Olympic bronze medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling * Konstantin Golovskoy (1975), footballer *

Olga Kern Olga Vladimirovna Kern (russian: Ольга Владимировна Керн; born Olga Pushechnikova, 23 April 1975) is a Russian American, Russian-American classical pianist. She became an American citizen in 2016. Early life Olga Kern was bor ...

(1975), classical pianist * Ilya Ponomarev (1975), politician, member of the State Duma, technology entrepreneur *

Andrei Soldatov Andrei Alekseyevich Soldatov (russian: Андрей Алексеевич Солдатов, born 4 October 1975 in Moscow, Russia) is a Russian investigative journalist and Russian security services expert. Together with fellow journalist Irina B ...

(1975), investigative journalist and Russian security services expert * Andrei Solomatin (1975), football manager, former player *

Natalia O'Shea Natalia Andreyevna O'Shea (russian: Ната́лья Андре́евна О’Шей, née Nikolayeva, russian: link=no, Никола́ева, known as Hellawes, russian: link=no, Хелависа; born 3 September 1976) is a Russian harpist, si ...

(1976), harpist, singer-songwriter and linguist *

Greg Kasavin Gregory A. Kasavin (; born August 21, 1977) is an American writer and designer for Supergiant Games, and the former site director and executive editor at the gaming website ''GameSpot'' for over 10 years. Early life and education Kasavin atten ...

(1977), former site director and executive editor at the gaming website

GameSpot ''GameSpot'' is an American video gaming website that provides news, reviews, previews, downloads, and other information on video games. The site was launched on May 1, 1996, created by Pete Deemer, Vince Broady and Jon Epstein. In addition ...

Alex Miller Alex Miller (born 4 July 1949) is a Scottish football manager and former player. As a player, he had a 15-year career with Rangers, winning several trophies. As a manager, he won the 1991–92 Scottish League Cup with Hibernian. He subsequen ...

(1977), Israeli politician * Anna Pletnyova (1977), singer, composer and songwriter * Olga Brusnikina (born 1978), competitor in synchronized swimming and three times Olympic champion *

Evgenia Kulikovskaya Evgenia Kulikovskaya (Russian: Евгения Куликовская; born 21 December 1978) is a former professional tennis player from Russia. She reached her highest singles ranking of No. 91 in June 2003. She had more success in doubles, win ...

(1978), professional tennis player * Pavel Trakhanov (1978–2011), professional ice hockey defenceman *

Olga Zaitseva Olga Alekseyevna Zaitseva (russian: Ольга Алексеевна Зайцева; born 16 May 1978) is a former Russian biathlete. She began her career in 1994. After not competing in the 2014–15 season, Zaitseva announced her retirement o ...

(1978), biathlete * Alexander Fomichev (1979), professional ice hockey goaltender *

Dmitry Glukhovsky Dmitry Alekseyevich Glukhovsky (russian: Дми́трий Алексе́евич Глухо́вский, born 12 June 1979) is a Russian author and journalist best known for the science fiction novel ''Metro 2033'' and its sequels. As a journal ...

(1979), author and journalist * Ekaterina Gubanova (1979), operatic mezzo-soprano *

Simon Kozhin Simon Leonidovitch Kozhin (russian: link=no, Семён Кожин, sometimes ''Kojin''; born March 1979) is a contemporary Russian artist. His art varies among genres, such as landscapes, portraits, still life, and historical photography. H ...

(1979), artist * Svetlana Lunkina (1979), ballerina * Kirill Terentyev (1979), football player *

Svetlana Feofanova Svetlana Yevgenyevna Feofanova (russian: Светлана Евгеньевна Феофанова; born 16 July 1980) is a Russian pole vaulter. Svetlana Feofanova was born in Moscow, Soviet Union. She has studied at the Finance University unde ...

(1980), pole vaulter * Aleksey Lukyanuk (1980), rally driver * Vitali Lykhin (1980), football player * Andrei Sidelnikov (1980), Russian-born Kazakh professional footballer *

Regina Spektor Regina Ilyinichna Spektor (russian: Регинa Ильинична Спектор, ; born February 18, 1980) is a Russian–born American singer, songwriter, and pianist. After self-releasing her first three records and gaining popularity in ...

(1980), Russian-born American singer-songwriter and pianist.

1981–1990

= 1981

= * Vasily Filippov (1981), handball player *

Sergio Galoyan Sergey Galoyan (russian: Сергей Галоян, born 25 December 1981) is an ASCAP/ PRS Award–winning songwriter/producer and DJ, born in Moscow. He is more commonly known as Sergio Galoyan and is of Armenian descent. One of the creators ...

(1981), songwriter, producer and DJ *

Elvira Khasyanova Elvira Ramilevna Khasyanova (russian: Эльвира Рамилевна Хасянова: born 28 March 1981, Moscow, USSR) is a former synchronised swimming, synchronised swimmer from Russia and is the director of the Northern Europe and Russia ...

(1981), synchronised swimmer *

Dasha Zhukova Darya "Dasha" Alexandrovna Zhukova (russian: Дарья "Даша" Александровна Жукова; born 8 June 1981) is a Russian-American art collector, businesswoman, magazine editor, and socialite. She is the founder of the Garage M ...

(1981), businesswoman, art collector and magazine editor

= 1982

= * Tamilla Abassova (1982), Russian racing cyclist *

Tatiana Antoshina Tatiana Andreyevna Antoshina (born 27 July 1982) is a Russian road bicycle racer. Career She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's road race, finishing 25th, and in the time trial, finishing 12th. Doping case On July 4, 2016, ...

(1982), Russian road bicycle racer *

Aleksei Berezutski Aleksei Vladimirovich Berezutski (; born 20 June 1982) is a Russian association football, football coach and a former player who played as a centre-back. Club career He began his professional career in 1999 at the age of 17 at FC Torpedo Moscow ...

(1982), Russian association footballer * Maksim Fokin (1982), former Russian professional footballer *

Alexander Frolov Alexander Alexandrovich Frolov (russian: Александр Александрович Фролов; born June 19, 1982) is a Russian professional ice hockey player currently playing for the Daemyung Killer Whales of the Asia League Ice Hockey ...

(1982), professional ice hockey player * Pyotr Fyodorov (1982), actor *

Yelena Ovchinnikova Yelena Valeryevna Ovchinnikova (russian: Елена Валерьевна Овчинникова) (born 17 July 1982 in Moscow) is a Russian competitor in synchronized swimming. She won a gold medal in team competition at the 2008 Summer Olym ...

(1982), competitor in synchronized swimming *

Aleksei Prokudin Aleksei Igorevich Prokudin (russian: Алексей Игоревич Прокудин; born 9 December 1982) is a former Russian professional football player. Club career He made his Russian Football National League debut for FC Zhemchuzhina S ...

(1982), former Russian professional football player

= 1983

= * Aravina Anastasia (1983), Russian theater and film actress *

Igor Andreev Igor Valeryevich Andreev (russian: link=no, И́горь Вале́рьевич Андре́ев, BGN/PCGN: ''Andreyev'', ISO 9: ''Andreev'', ; born 14 July 1983) is a Russian former professional tennis player. He won three ATP Tour singles ti ...

(1983), Russian professional tennis player * Evgeny Artyukhin (1983), Russian professional ice hockey right winger * Yuliya Golubchikova (1983), pole vaulter * Vladislav Kozhemyakin (1983), former professional footballer *

Sergey Lazarev Sergey Vyacheslavovich Lazarev ( rus, Серге́й Вячесла́вович Ла́зарев, , sʲɪrˈɡʲej vʲɪtɕɪˈslavəvʲɪtɕ ˈlazərʲɪf; born 1 April 1983) is a Russian singer, dancer and actor. He is most famous for his sin ...

(1983), singer * Sergei Pereshivalov (1983), former professional footballer *

Mikhail Rozhkov Mikhail Viktorovich Rozhkov (russian: Михаил Викторович Рожков; born 27 December 1983) is a Kazakh former international footballer. Career Club During the 2009 preseason, he tried out with FC Dynamo Moscow and FC Moscow but ...

(1983), football player

= 1984

= * Valeriya Gai Germanika (1984), film director *

Boris Giltburg Boris Leonidovich Giltburg ( he, בוריס גילטבורג, born June 21, 1984) is an Israeli classical pianist, born in Russia. Biography Giltburg was born into a Jewish family in Moscow, Russia, and began studying piano with his mother a ...

(1984), Israeli classical pianist * Alexander Grachev (1984), ice dancer *

Marina Karpunina Marina Germanovna Karpunina (russian: Марина Германовна Карпунина, born 21 March 1984) is a Russian basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one anoth ...

(1984), Russian basketball player *

Lena Katina Elena Sergeevna Katina (russian: link=no, Елена Сергеевна Катина; born 4 October 1984), better known as Lena Katina, is a Russian musician who gained fame as one half of the pop/electronica duo t.A.T.u. She started her car ...

(1984), singer-songwriter, former

t.A.T.u. t.A.T.u. (russian: Тату, ) were a Russian music duo that consisted of Lena Katina and Julia Volkova. The singers were part of children's music group Neposedy before being managed by producer and director Ivan Shapovalov and signing with ...

member * Evgeny Lapenkov (1984), professional ice hockey winger *

Kristina Oblasova Kristina Alexandrovna Oblasova (russian: Кристина Александровна Обласова; born 11 September 1984, in Moscow) is a Russian former competitive figure skater. She is the 2001 World Junior champion and the 2004 Russian ...

(1984), figure skater * Elena Romanovskaya (1984), ice dancer

= 1985

= * Sergey Borisov (1985), professional ice hockey goaltender *

Aleksey Cheremisinov Aleksey Borisovich Cheremisinov (russian: Алексей Борисович Черемисинов; born 9 July 1985) is a Russian right-handed foil fencer, two-time team European champion, two-time individual European champion, 2014 individual ...

(1985), fencer, 2012 European champion and 2014 World champion *

Gleb Galperin Gleb Sergeyevich Galperin (russian: Глеб Серге́евич Гальпе́рин; born 25 May 1985, in Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and larg ...

(1985), diver *

Alisa Ganieva Alisa Arkadyevna Ganieva (or Ganiyeva; russian: Алиса Аркадьевна Ганиева, born 1985) is a Russian author, writing novels, short prose and essays. Life Ganieva was born in Moscow in an Avar family but moved with her family ...

(1985), author *

Alexander Ovechkin Alexander Mikhailovich Ovechkin ( rus, Александр Михайлович Овечкин, p=ɐlʲɪˈksandr ɐˈvʲetɕkʲɪn; born 17 September 1985) is a Russian professional ice hockey left winger and captain of the Washington Capital ...

(1985), professional ice hockey winger * Mikhail Rekudanov (1985), former professional football player *

Julia Volkova Yulia Olegovna Volkova (russian: Юлия Олеговна Волкова; born 20 February 1985), better known by the alternative spelling of Julia, is a Russian singer best known for being a member of the Russian girl group t.A.T.u., along ...

(1985), singer, former member of

= 1986

= * Valeria Bystritskaia (1986), German beauty queen, model and actress *

Boris Grachev Boris Pavlovich Grachev (russian: Борис Павлович Грачёв; born 27 March 1986) is a Russian chess player. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 2007. Grachev competed in the FIDE World Cup in 2009, 2011, 2015, and ...

(1986), chess Grandmaster * Yury Kharchenko (1986), Russian German artist *

Darya Kustova Darya Kustova ( be, Дар'я Кустава; russian: Дарья Кустова; born 29 May 1986) is a former professional Belarusian tennis player. Her career-high WTA rankings are 117 in singles, which she reached in January 2010, and 66 i ...

(1986), professional Belarusian tennis player *

Evgenia Linetskaya Evgenia Simonovna Linetskaya (russian: Евгения Симоновна Линецкая, he, יבגניה לינצקיה; born 30 November 1986) is an Israeli professional tennis player. She won seven singles titles and one doubles title on ...

(born 1986), Russian-born Israeli tennis player *

Kirill Lyamin Kirill Lyamin (born January 13, 1986) is a Russian professional ice hockey player. He is currently under contract with HC Yugra of the Supreme Hockey League (VHL). Playing career Lyamin is a product of the CSKA Moscow ice hockey system. The youn ...

(1986), professional ice hockey player *

Mikhail Magerovski Mikhail Alexandrovich Magerovski (russian: Михаил Александрович Магеровский; born 7 April 1986 in Moscow) is a Russian former competitive figure skater. He won silver at the 2005 Skate Israel and two gold medals on ...

(1986), figure skater * Kirill Nababkin (1986), football player * Mariya Ocher (1986), singer-songwriter, poet, director and visual artist * Maksim Sidorov (1986), shot putter * Gennady Stolyarov (1986), professional ice hockey right winger *

Nina Vislova Nina Gennadyevna Vislova (russian: Нина Геннадьевна Вислова; born 4 October 1986) is a badminton player from Russia. Along with her doubles partner Valeria Sorokina, Vislova is the first Russian Olympic medalist in badminton ...

(born 1986), badminton player

= 1987

= *

Evgeny Busygin Evgeny Busygin (born September 9, 1987) is a Russian professional ice hockey player who currently plays for Metallurg Novokuznetsk in the Kontinental Hockey League The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL; russian: Континентальная х ...

(1987), professional ice hockey player *

Anna Chipovskaya Anna Borisovna Chipovskaya (russian: А́нна Бори́совна Чипо́вская; born 16 June 1987) is a Russian actress who has appeared in theater, television and film. Early life Anna Chipovskaya was born in Moscow. She was born ...

(1987), actress * Andrei Grankin (1987), professional ice hockey player * Shmuel Kozokin (1987), Israeli footballer * Igor Makarov (1987), professional ice hockey player * Igor Musatov (1987), professional ice hockey winger *

Olga Naidenova Olga Vladimirovna Naidenova (russian: Ольга Владимировна Найдёнова, born 8 December 1987) is a Russian former competitive figure skater. She is the 2003 Nebelhorn Trophy bronze medalist and won three ISU Junior Grand Pri ...

(1987), figure skater *

Olga Puchkova Olga Alekseyevna Puchkova (also Poutchkova; russian: links=no, Ольга Алексеевна Пучкова; be, Вольга Аляксееўна Пучкова, links=no; born 27 September 1987) is a Russian former professional tennis playe ...

(1987), professional tennis player and model *

Alexander Uspenski Alexander Sergeyevich Uspenski (russian: Александр Серге́евич Успенский; born 25 April 1987) is a Russian former competitive figure skater. He is the 2006 Finlandia Trophy silver medalist and 2004 ISU Junior Grand Pri ...

(1987), figure skater *

Polina Gagarina Polina Sergeyevna Gagarina ( rus, Поли́на Серге́евна Гага́рина, p=pɐˈlʲinə sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvnə ɡɐˈɡarʲɪnə; born 27 March 1987) is a Russian singer and songwriter. She represented Russia in the Eurovisio ...

(1987), singer

= 1988

= * Artem Dzyuba (1988), footballer * Marat Fakhrutdinov (1988), professional ice hockey forward *

Aleksandra Fedoriva Aleksandra Andreyevna Fedoriva (russian: Александра Андреевна Федорива) (born 13 September 1988 in Moscow) is a Russian track and field athlete who competes mainly in sprinting events. Fedoriva began her career as a h ...

(1988), track and field athlete *

Ekaterina Galkina Ekaterina Vladimirovna Galkina (russian: Екатери́на Влади́мировна Га́лкина; born 10 August 1988 in Moscow) is a Russian curler. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, in Turin, Italy, she was part of Ludmila Privivkova's t ...

(1988), curler *

Tatiana Golovin Tatiana Golovin ( rus, Татья́на Григóрьевна Головина́, r=Tatyana Grigoryevna Golovina; born 25 January 1988) is a Russian-born French professional tennis player. She won the 2004 French Open mixed-doubles event, partner ...

(1988), Russian-born French professional tennis player *

Ilya Kablukov Ilya Andreyevich Kablukov (russian: Илья Андреевич Каблуков) (born 18 January 1988) is a Russian professional ice hockey forward. He is currently playing with HC Dynamo Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Kablukov ...

(1988), professional ice hockey player *

Ekaterina Makarova Ekaterina Valeryevna Makarova ( rus, Екатери́на Вале́рьевна Мака́рова; ; born 7 June 1988) is a Russian former professional tennis player who was ranked world No. 1 in doubles, and world No. 8 in singles. She ...

(1988), professional tennis player * Pavel Mamayev (1988), footballer * Diana Yakovleva (1988), Russian foil fencer * Ruslan Yarkhamov (1988), former professional footballer

= 1989

= * Nick Afanasiev (1989), Russian-born American actor * Anastasia Baranova (1989), Russian-American actress *

Eve Harlow Eve Harlow (born ) is a Canadian-Israeli actress''. ''She is known for her roles on television, including as Maya in the CW series ''The 100'' (2014–2015), as Taylor in the NBC miniseries ''Heroes Reborn'' (2015), and as Tess in the ABC s ...

(1989), Russian-born Canadian actress * Evgeny Kovalev (1989), professional cyclist *

Nastia Liukin Anastasia "Nastia" Liukin (; russian: Анастасия Валерьевна Люкина ; born October 30, 1989) is a Russian-born American former artistic gymnast. She is the 2008 Olympic All-Around champion, a five-time Olympic medalist, ...

(1989), Russian-American artistic gymnast * Diana Markosian (1989), American and Russian documentary photographer, writer, and filmmaker *

Evgeniya Rodina Evgeniya Sergeyevna Rodina (russian: Евгения Сергеевна Родина, born 4 February 1989) is a Russian tennis player. On 6 May 2019, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of 67. Rodina has won 13 singles titles on the ITF ...

(1989), professional tennis player * Svetlana Romashina (1989), competitor in synchronized swimming; triple Olympic gold medalist *

Aziz Shavershian Aziz Sergeyevich Shavershian (russian: link=no, Ази́з Серге́евич Шавершя́н; 24 March 1989 – 5 August 2011), better known as Zyzz, was a Russian-born Australian bodybuilder, personal trainer and model. He established a ...

(1989–2011), Russian-Australian bodybuilder * David Sigachev (1989), race car driver * Filipp Toluzakov (1989), professional ice hockey player * Evgenia Ukolova (1989), beach volleyball player *

Ilya Zhitomirskiy Ilya Zhitomirskiy (12 October 1989 – 12 November 2011) was a Russian-American software developer and entrepreneur. Zhitomirskiy was a co-founder and developer of the Diaspora social network and the Diaspora free software that powers it. Biog ...

(1989–2011), Russian-American software developer and entrepreneur *

Misha Zilberman Misha Zilberman ( he, מישה זילברמן, russian: Миша Зильберман; born 30 January 1989) is an Israeli badminton player. He competed for Israel at the 2012, 2016, and 2020 Summer Olympics. He also won a bronze medal at the 20 ...

(1989), Israeli Olympic badminton player

= 1990

= *

Lilia Biktagirova Lilia Airatovna Biktagirova (russian: Лилия Айратовна Биктагирова, born 1 December 1990) is a Russian former competitive figure skater. She is the 2005–06 Russian national bronze medalist and placed 13th at the 2005 W ...

(1990), competitive figure skater *

Ekaterina Bobrova Ekaterina Alexandrovna Bobrova (russian: link=no, Екатерина Александровна Боброва, born 28 March 1990) is a Russian retired ice dancer. With partner Dmitri Soloviev, she is the 2014 Olympic champion in the team even ...

(1990), ice dancer * Sergei Denisov (1990), professional ice hockey goaltender *

Evgeny Donskoy Evgeny Evgenyevich Donskoy ( rus, Евге́ний Евге́ньевич Донско́й, , ɪ̯ɪvˈɡʲenʲɪɪ̯ dɐnˈskoɪ̯; born 9 May 1990) is a Russian professional tennis player. His career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 65, ...

(1990), tennis player *

Ksenia Doronina Ksenia Sergeyevna Doronina (russian: Ксения Серге́евна Доронина; born 20 October 1990 in Moscow) is a Russian figure skater, and two-time (2007 & 2008) Russian Champion. She competed for two seasons on the Junior Grand ...

(1990), figure skater * Nikita Filatov (1990), professional ice hockey player *

Svetlana Filippova Svetlana Vyacheslavovna Filippova (russian: Светлана Вячеславовна Филиппова; born July 8, 1990, in Moscow) is a Russian springboard diver. Filippova has won a total of three medals, along with her partners Nadezda Ba ...

(1990), springboard diver *

Lukas Geniušas Lukas Geniušas (russian: Лукас Генюшас; born July 1, 1990, in Moscow) is a Russian-Lithuanian pianist. Geniušas began to study piano at the age of five, and in 1996 he entered the Moscow Frederic Chopin College of Music Performing. ...

(1990), Lithuanian-Russian pianist * Igor Golovkov (1990), professional ice hockey defenceman * Mikhail Mamkin (1990), professional ice hockey defenceman * Arina Martynova (1990), figure skater * Nick Matuhin (1990), German freestyle wrestler *

Evgeny Novikov Evgeny Maksimovich Novikov (russian: Евгений Максимович Новиков, translit=Yevgeniy Maksimovich Novikov; born 19 September 1990) is a former Russian rally driver who competed in the World Rally Championship from 2007 to ...

(1990), rally driver * Nyusha (1990), singer-songwriter

1991–2000

=1991

= * Alexander Denezhkin (1991), ice hockey player *

Misha Ge Mikhail Tszyunovich Ge (born 17 May 1991) is an Uzbekistani former competitive figure skater. He is the 2017 Internationaux de France bronze medalist. In addition to this, he has won nine international medals and four Uzbekistani Figure Skating ...

(1991), Uzbekistani figure skater *

Nikita Katsalapov Nikita Gennadyevich Katsalapov (russian: Никита Геннадьевич Кацалапов; born 10 July 1991) is a Russian ice dancer. With Victoria Sinitsina, he is the 2022 Olympic champion in the team event, 2022 Olympic silver medalis ...

(1991), ice dancer * Ivan Lukashevich (1991), racing driver *

Vyacheslav Pimenov Vyacheslav Igorevich Pimenov (Russian: Вячеслав Игоревич Пименов; born 1 March 1991 in Moscow) is a Russian professional triathlete, 2010 Junior Champion and permanent member of the Russian National Team. In 2010, Vyachesl ...

(1991), triathlete *

Yury Revich Yury Revich (born 28 August 1991) is an Austrian classical violinist and composer. He was named the Young Artist of the Year in 2015 by the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) and the 2016 ECHO Klassik "Newcomer of the year (violin)" awar ...

(1991), classical violinist * Ekaterina Riazanova (1991), Russian ice dancer *

Ivan Righini Ivan Righini, previously Ivan Vadimovich Bariev (russian: Иван Вадимович Бариев, born 16 April 1991) is a retired Italian competitive figure skater and current chorographer. He is a two-time Bavarian Open champion and a four- ...

(1991), Russian-Italian competitive figure skater * Anastasia Rybachenko (1991), political and civic activist *

Georgi Shchennikov Georgi Mikhaylovich Shchennikov (russian: Георгий Михайлович Щенников; born 27 April 1991) is a Russian footballer who plays as a left defensive midfielder or left-back for CSKA Moscow. He is a son of the Olympic medalis ...

(1991), footballer * Anna Sidorova (1991), curler *

Marta Sirotkina Marta Aleksandrovna Sirotkina (russian: Марта Александровна Сироткина, born 22 March 1991) is a former Russian tennis player. Her career-high singles ranking is world No. 115, which she reached on 25 February 2013. In ...

(1991), tennis player * Daniil Tarasov (1991), ice hockey player * Yevgeni Tochilin (1991), former professional footballer * Nikita Zaitsev (1991), ice hockey defenceman

=1992

= * Stanislav Galiev (1992), ice hockey left winger * Nikita Gusev (1992), ice hockey player * Kirill Kabanov (1992), professional ice hockey forward *

Elena Nikitina Elena Valeryevna Nikitina (russian: Елена Валерьевна Никитина; born 2 October 1992) is a Russian skeleton racer who joined the national squad in 2009. She rides a Schneider sled, and her coach is Denis Alimov. Before star ...

(1992), skeleton racer * Olga Podchufarova (1992), biathlete * Artyom Pugolovkin (1992), ice hockey player * Alexandra Saitova (1992), member of the Russian national women's curling team

=1993

= *

Sergey Bida Sergey Olegovich Bida ( rus, Сергей Олегович Бида, , sʲɪrˈɡʲej ˈbʲidə; born 13 February 1993; nicknamed Bidon) is a Russian left-handed épée fencer, three-time European épée team champion, and 2021 Olympic épée ...

(1993), Olympic silver medalist épée fencer * Ivan Bukin (1993), ice dancer *

Ilja Dragunov Ilya Rukober (russian: Илья́ Руко́бер, translit=Ilʹya Rukober, translit-std=ALA-LC; born October 10, 1993) is a Russian professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Ilja Dragunov (). He is currently signed to WWE, appearin ...

(1993), professional wrestler, first non-

kayfabe In professional wrestling, kayfabe, as a noun, is the portrayal of staged events within the industry as "real" or "true", specifically the portrayal of competition, rivalries, and relationships between participants as being genuine and not staged ...

Russian in

WWE World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., d/b/a as WWE, is an American professional wrestling promotion. A global integrated media and entertainment company, WWE has also branched out into other fields, including film, American football, and vari ...

history *

Natela Dzalamidze Natela Georgiyevna Dzalamidze (russian: Натела Георгиевна Дзаламидзе, , ; born 27 February 1993) is a Russian-born Georgian tennis player. On 16 November 2015, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 2 ...

(1993), Russian-Georgian tennis player *

Romina Gabdullina Romina Eduardovna Gabdullina (russian: Ромина Эдуардовна Габдуллина; born 17 March 1993) is a Russian female badminton player. She won 2009 European Junior Badminton Championships in women's doubles event at Milan, Italy. ...

(1993), female badminton player *

Artur Gachinski Artur Andreyevich Gachinski (russian: Артур Андреевич Гачинский; born 13 August 1993) is a Russian former figure skater. He is the 2011 World bronze medalist, the 2012 European silver medalist, the 2010 World Junior bro ...

(1993), figure skater * Aslan Karatsev (1993), tennis player * Andrei Rogozine (1993), Canadian figure skater

=1994

= *

Daria Gavrilova Daria Saville (née Gavrilova, born 5 March 1994) is an Australian professional tennis player. She represented Russia until 2015, before emigrating to Australia. She competed under her maiden name until her marriage to Luke Saville in 20 ...

(1994), Russian-Australian tennis player *

Ilya Lyubushkin Ilya Nikolaevich Lyubushkin (russian: Илья Николаевич Любушкин; born 6 April 1994) is a Russian professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League (NHL). Playing caree ...

(1994), ice hockey player * Artem Markelov (1994), racing driver

=1995

= * Ivan Barbashev (1995), ice hockey player * Vyacheslav Karavayev (1995), footballer *

Yulia Putintseva Yulia Antonovna Putintseva ( rus, Ю́лия Анто́новна Пути́нцева; , ''puh-TEEN-tseh-vah''; born 7 January 1995) is a Russian-born Kazakhstani professional tennis player. She is a three-time Grand Slam quarterfinalist (twic ...

(1995), tennis player *

Igor Shesterkin Igor Olegovich Shestyorkin (russian: Игорь Олегович Шестёркин, commonly spelled as Shesterkin; born 30 December 1995) is a Russian professional ice hockey goaltender for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (N ...

(1995), ice hockey goaltender *

Victoria Sinitsina Victoria Alexandrovna Sinitsina (russian: Виктория Александровна Синицина; born 29 April 1995) is a Russian ice dancer. With Nikita Katsalapov, she is the 2022 Olympic champion in the team event, 2022 Olympic silve ...

(1995), ice dancer * Sergey Sirotkin (1995), professional racing driver *

Margarita Mamun Margarita Mamun (russian: Маргарита Мамун; born 1 November 1995) is a retired Russian individual rhythmic gymnast of Bangladeshi-Russian descent. She is the 2016 Olympic All-around champion, two-time (2015, 2014) World All-arou ...

(1995), rhythmic gymnast * Nikita Zadorov (1995), ice hockey player

=1996

= *

Daniil Dubov Daniil Dmitrievich Dubov (russian: Даниил Дмитриевич Дубов; born 18 April 1996) is a Russian chess grandmaster. He achieved his final norm for the Grandmaster title at the age of 14 years, 11 months, 14 days in 2011. He i ...

(1996), chess grandmaster *

Karen Khachanov Karen Abgarovich Khachanov (russian: Каре́н Абга́рович Хача́нов; born 21 May 1996) is a Russian professional tennis player. Khachanov has won four ATP Tour singles titles, including a Masters 1000 title at the 2018 Paris ...

(1996), tennis player *

Anna Ovcharova Anna Sergeyevna Ovcharova (russian: Анна Серге́евна Овчарова; born 16 March 1996) is a Russian figure skater. In 2013, she began competing for Switzerland. She is the 2014 Bavarian Open silver medalist, 2014 Challenge Cup br ...

(1996), figure skater *

Adelina Sotnikova Adelina Dmitriyevna Sotnikova (russian: link=no, Адели́на Дми́триевна Со́тникова ; born 1 July 1996) is a retired Russian figure skater. She is the 2014 Olympic champion, a two-time European silver medalist (2012, ...

(1996), figure skater

=1997

= *

Lina Fedorova Lina Alexeyevna Fedorova (russian: Лина Алексеевна Фёдорова; born 20 December 1997) is a Russian pair skater. With partner Maxim Miroshkin, she is the two-time World Junior bronze medalist, 2012 JGP Final champion, 2012 Wi ...

(1997), pair skater *

Yana Kudryavtseva Yana Alexeyevna Kudryavtseva (russian: Я́на Алексе́евна Кудря́вцева; born 30 September 1997) is a retired Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2016 Olympic All-around silver medalist, three-time World Champ ...

(1997), rhythmic gymnast

=1998

= *

Vasilisa Davankova Vasilisa Alexandrovna Davankova (russian: Василиса Александровна Даванкова; born 2 May 1998) is a Russian YouTuber and a former ice dancer and pair skater. With former partner Andrei Deputat, she was the 2012 Worl ...

(1998), pair skater

=1999

= *

Anastasiia Semenova Anastasiia Vladimirovna Semenova (russian: Анастасия Владимировна Семенова; born 12 March 1999) is a Russian badminton player. She won her first international tournament in Lithuanian International tournament in the w ...

(1999), Russian female badminton player *

Sofya Zhuk Sofya Andreyevna Zhuk ( rus, Софья Андреевна Жук, , ˈsofʲjə ɐnˈdrʲe(j)ɪvnə ˈʐuk; born 1 December 1999) is a former Russian tennis player. She won the 2015 Wimbledon girls' singles title. Career Early career Zhuk trai ...

(1999), tennis player *

Evgenia Medvedeva Evgenia Armanovna Medvedeva (alt. spelling: Yevgenia Medvedeva; rus, Евгения Армановна Медведева, p=jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪjə mʲɪˈdvʲedʲɪvə; born 19 November 1999), is a competitive Russian figure skater. She is a tw ...

(1999), figure skater *

Elena Radionova Elena Igorevna Radionova (russian: links=no, Елена Игоревна Радионова; born 6 January 1999) is a Russian former competitive figure skater. She is the 2015 World bronze medalist, a two-time (2015–2016) European silver me ...

(1999), figure skater *

Nikita Mazepin Nikita Dmitryevich Mazepin ( rus, Ники́та Дми́триевич Мазе́пин, p=nʲɪˈkʲitə ˈdmʲɪtrʲɪjɪvʲɪtɕ mɐˈzʲepʲɪn; born 2 March 1999) is a Russian professional racing driver who competes in rally raid. A fo ...

(1999), formula one racing driver

=2000

= * Mikhail Iakovlev (born 2000), Moscow-born Israeli racing cyclist * Mikhail Ignatov (2000) association footballer *

Vladimir Moskvichyov Vladimir Andreyevich Moskvichyov (russian: Владимир Андреевич Москвичёв; born 2 March 2000) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk on loan from FC Dynam ...

(2000), association footballer *

Danila Proshlyakov Danila Denisovich Proshlyakov (russian: Данила Денисович Прошляков; born 8 March 2000) is a Russian football player who plays as a centre-forward for FC Saturn Ramenskoye. Club career He made his debut in the Russian Foo ...

(2000), association footballer * Alexander Romanov (2000), ice hockey player * Anton Shitov (2000), association footballer *

Elizabet Tursynbayeva Elizabet Tursynbaeva ( kz, Элизабет Тұрсынбаева, ''Elizabet Tūrsynbaeva''; born 14 February 2000) is a Kazakh retired figure skater. She is the 2019 World silver medalist, the 2019 Four Continents silver medalist, the 20 ...

(2000), figure skater

21st century

2001-2010

* Ekaterina Starshova (2001), actress *

Alena Kostornaia Alena Sergeyevna Kostornaia (russian: Алёна Сергеевна Косторная; born 24 August 2003) is a Russian figure skater. She is the 2020 European champion, the 2019–20 Grand Prix Final champion, a six-time Grand Prix medal ...

(2003), figure skater * Polina Shmatko (2003), rhythmic gymnast * Mikhail Smirnov (2003), singer *

Anastasia Bezrukova Anastasia Dmitrievna Bezrukova (russian: Анастасия Дмитриевна Безрукова; born 5 January 2004) is a Russian model and actress. Biography Anastasia Bezrukova was born in Moscow. At the age of ten, she was one of the mos ...

(2004), actress and model * Anna Shcherbakova (2004), figure skater * Lala Kramarenko (2004), rhythmic gymnast *

Kristina Pimenova Kristina Ruslanovna Pimenova (russian: Кристина Руслановна Пименова; born 27 December 2005) is a Russian model living in the United States. Life and career Pimenova's parents are former footballer Ruslan Pimenov an ...

(2005), actress and model

Lived in Moscow

* Mahmoud Abbas (1935), President of the State of Palestine and Palestinian National Authority, Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organisation. Abbas studied at the Peoples' Friendship University, where he earned his doctorate. *

Alexander Afanasyev Alexander Nikolayevich Afanasyev (Afanasief, Afanasiev or Afanas'ev, russian: link=no, Александр Николаевич Афанасьев) ( — ) was a Russian Slavist and ethnographer who published nearly 600 Russian fairy and folk ta ...

(1826–1871), folklorist who recorded and published over 600 Russian folktales and fairytales *

Alexander Belyaev Alexander Romanovich Belyaev (russian: Алекса́ндр Рома́нович Беля́ев, ; – 6 January 1942) was a Soviet Russian writer of science fiction. His works from the 1920s and 1930s made him a highly regarded figure in Russia ...

(1884–1942), writer of science fiction, lived in Moscow after 1923 *

Sergej Ognew Sergey Ivanovich Ognev (russian: Серге́й Ива́нович Огнёв) (17 November 1886 in Moscow – 20 December 1951 in Moscow) was a scientist, zoologist and naturalist, remembered for his work on mammalogy. He graduated from Moscow Un ...

(1886–1951), scientist, zoologist and naturalist, graduated from Moscow University in 1910 *

Osip Mandelstam Osip Emilyevich Mandelstam ( rus, Осип Эмильевич Мандельштам, p=ˈosʲɪp ɨˈmʲilʲjɪvʲɪtɕ mənʲdʲɪlʲˈʂtam; – 27 December 1938) was a Russian and Soviet poet. He was one of the foremost members of the A ...

(1891–1938), Russian poet, moved to Moscow in 1922, exiled in 1934 *

Anna Akhmatova Anna Andreyevna Gorenko rus, А́нна Андре́евна Горе́нко, p=ˈanːə ɐnˈdrʲe(j)ɪvnə ɡɐˈrʲɛnkə, a=Anna Andreyevna Gorenko.ru.oga, links=yes; uk, А́нна Андрі́ївна Горе́нко, Ánna Andríyivn ...

(1889–1966), poet *

Nadezhda Mandelstam Nadezhda Yakovlevna Mandelstam ( rus, Надежда Яковлевна Мандельштам, p=nɐˈdʲeʐdə ˈjakəvlʲɪvnə mənʲdʲɪlʲˈʂtam, , Хазина; 29 December 1980) was a Russian Jewish writer and educator, and the wife of ...

(1899–1980), memoirist, first moved to Moscow in 1922, joined Osip Mandlestam in exile in 1934, returned to Moscow in 1964 *

Guy Burgess Guy Francis de Moncy Burgess (16 April 1911 – 30 August 1963) was a British diplomat and Soviet agent, and a member of the Cambridge Five spy ring that operated from the mid-1930s to the early years of the Cold War era. His defection in 1951 ...

(1911–1963), British spy for the Soviet Union, fled to Moscow in 1951 *

Kim Philby Harold Adrian Russell "Kim" Philby (1 January 191211 May 1988) was a British intelligence officer and a double agent for the Soviet Union. In 1963 he was revealed to be a member of the Cambridge Five, a spy ring which had divulged British secr ...

(1912–1988), British spy for the Soviet Union, fled to Moscow in 1963 * Donald Maclean (1913–1983), British spy for the Soviet Union, fled to Moscow in 1951 * Sergei Fomin (1917–1975), mathematician, entered

Moscow State University M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU; russian: Московский государственный университет имени М. В. Ломоносова) is a public research university in Moscow, Russia and the most prestigious ...

at the age of 16 *

Vera Gornostayeva Vera Gornostayeva (October 1, 1929 – January 19, 2015) was a Russian pianist and pedagogue. An Emeritus Artist of the Russian Federation at the time of her death, Gornostayeva was a graduate of the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, where her te ...

(1929–2015), pianist and pedagogue * German Fedorov-Davydov (1931–2000), historian, archaeologist, numismatist and art historian; professor of Moscow State University *

Oleg Gordievsky Oleg Antonovich Gordievsky, CMG (; born 10 October 1938) is a former colonel of the KGB who became KGB resident-designate (''rezident'') and bureau chief in London, and was a double agent, providing information to the British Secret Intelli ...

(1938), KGB defector *

Evgeny Kurochkin Yevgeny Nikolayevich Kurochkin (Евгений Николаевич Курочкин; 12 July 1940 - 13 December 2011) was a Russian paleornithologist at the Paleontological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He served as President of t ...

(1940–2011), paleornithologist, he graduated from the Moscow State University in 1964 *

Svetlana Gannushkina Svetlana Alekseevna Gannushkina (russian: Светла́на Алексе́евна Га́ннушкина, born 6 March 1942) is a mathematician and human rights activist in Russia who was reported to have been a serious contender for the 2010 ...

(1942), mathematician and human rights activist, professor of mathematics at a Moscow university (1970–1999) *

Valentin Gavrilov Valentin Aleksandrovich Gavrilov (russian: Валентин Александрович Гаврилов, 26 July 1946 – 23 December 2003) was a Russian high jumper who won a bronze medal at the 1968 Olympics. That year he also finished sec ...

(1946–2003), Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the high jump, he trained at

Dynamo "Dynamo Electric Machine" (end view, partly section, ) A dynamo is an electrical generator that creates direct current using a commutator. Dynamos were the first electrical generators capable of delivering power for industry, and the foundati ...

Armen Oganesyan Armen Garnikovich Oganesyan (russian: Оганесян, Армен Гарникович; born April 4, 1954) is the CEO of Russian state radio station ''Voice of Russia Voice of Russia ( rus, Голос России, r=Golos Rossii), commonly abb ...

(1954), CEO of Russian state radio station Voice of Russia, educated at Moscow State University, Department of Journalism * Karen Oganyan (1982), professional footballer, played in the Premier League with FC Moscow * Dmitri Monya (1988), professional ice hockey winger who currently plays for HC CSKA Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL)

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