Famous People Born In Russia

• Nicholas Nikolaevich

  Military Leader

  Northwestern, Russia

• Boris Godunov

  Tsar of Russia

  Smolensk Oblast, Russia

• Ayn Rand

  Novelist

  Northwestern, Russia

• Nikolai Rimsky korsakov

  Composer

  Leningrad, Russia

• Boris Vasilyevich Spassky

  Chess Player

  Russia

• George Balanchine

  Choreographer

  Russia

• Boris Yeltsin

  Politician

  Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia

• Ivan Petrovich Pavlov

  Scientist

  Ryazan, Russia

• Anton Chekhov

  Author

  Rostov, Russia

• Sergei Diaghilev

  Journalist

  Chudovsky, Russia

• Dmitri Mendeleyev

  Academic

  Tyumen, Russia

• Igor Sikorsky

  Engineer

  Ukraine, Russia

• Oksana Baiul

  Athlete

  Ukraine, Russia

• El Lissitzky

  Architect

  Smolensk Oblast, Russia

• Ivan The Terrible

  Royalty

  Moscow, Russia

• Mikhail Kalashnikov

  General

  Altai Krai, Russia

• Louis B. Mayer

  Business Leader

  Minsk, Russia

• Gala Dalí

  Artist

  Kazan, Russia

• Leo Tolstoy

  Author

  Tula Province, Russia

• Louise Nevelson

  Artist

  Poltava, Russia

• Nicholas II

  Royalty

  St. Petersburg, Russia

• Tamerlan Tsarnaev

  Criminal

  Kalmykia, Russia

• Lavrentiy Beria

  Military Leader

  Abkhazia, Russia

• Anna Chapman

  Spy

  Volgograd, Russia

• Prince Paul of Yugoslavia

  Prince

  North Western, Russia

• Alex Ovechkin

  Hockey Player

  Moscow, Russia

• Roman Arkadyevich Abramovich

  Businessperson

  Saratov Oblast, Russia

• Alexei Nikolaevich

  Royalty

  North Western, Russia

• Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin

  Author

  Moscow, Russia

• Sergei Rachmaninov

  Pianist

  Novgorod, Russia

• Meyer Lansky

  Criminal

  Belarus, Russia

• Léonide Massine

  Ballet Dancer

  Russia

• Marina Oswald Porter

  pharmacologist

  )Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia

• Alexander Pichushkin

  Criminal

  Moscow, Russia

• Kim Jong-il

  Politician

  Khabarovsk Krai, Russia

• Ekaterina Gordeeva

  Athlete

  Central Region, Russia

• Evgeni Plushenko

  Athlete

  Khabarovsk Krai, Russia

• Vladimir Putin

  Politician

  Russia

• Irving Berlin

  Songwriter

  Tyumen Oblast, Russia

• Yuri Gagarin

  Astronaut

  Smolensk Oblast, Russia