1. Yul Brynner (1920)

Actor

Russian/Swiss actor well-known for his typecast roles as stern rulers in The King and I and The Ten Commandments. His other films include Anastasia, The Sound and the Fury, and...

2. Olya Zueva (1987)

Director

Director who created her first feature film In the Hood in 2016, which was released in 2018. 

3. Ksenia Kahnovich (1987)

Russian Fashion Model

Russian model who rose to fame after competing on, and winning, the first season of Russia's Next Top Model. She walked the runway at several major fashion events for brands...

4. Kristina Rihanoff (1977)

Dancer

Russian professional ballroom dancer and choreographer who has appeared on the television show Strictly Come Dancing, beginning in 2008.

5. Natalia Pogonina (1985)

Chess Player

Russian chess Grandmaster who is one of the highest ranking female players in the world.

6. Dasha Kapustina (1989)

Model

Russian model who has modeled for many high profile companies such as Gucci, Dior, and Chanel.

7. Denis Voronov (1991)

Russian Footballer

Denis Igorevich Voronov is a Russian football defender currently playing for FC Khimki of the Russian Second Division.

8. Artur Nigmatullin (1991)

Russian Footballer

Artur Eduardovich Nigmatullin is a Russian football goalkeeper who is currently playing for Volga Nizhny Novgorod in the Russian Premier League. He made his professional debut for FC Mordovia Saransk...

9. Irina Ruslyakova (1975)

Russian Badminton Player

Irina Ruslyakova is a female badminton player from Russia. Ruslyakova competed in badminton at the 2000 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with partner Marina Yakusheva. She won a bronze medal...

10. Aleksandr Sharov (1981)

Russian Footballer

Aleksandr Alekseyevich Sharov is a Russian professional football player. He plays for FC Sever Murmansk.

11. Taras Burlak (1990)

Russian Footballer

Taras Aleksandrovich Burlak is a professional association footballer. Currently he plays in the Russian Football Premier League for Rubin Kazan.

12. Alexander Zaitsev (chess player) (1935)

Russian Chess Grandmaster

Alexander Nikolayevich Zaitsev was a leading Soviet chess grandmaster. He was born in Vladivostok Russia. Perhaps his finest achievement was a share of first place at the 1968/69 USSR Chess...

13. Sergey von Freymann (1882)

Russian-uzbekistani Chess Player

Sergey von Freymann was a Russian-Uzbekistani chess master. In 1906 von Freymann took 2nd behind Semyon Alapin in Sankt Petersburg. In 1907 he tied for 6-7th in St Petersburg....

14. Igor Kunitsyn (1981)

Russian Tennis Player

Igor Kunitsyn is a retired professional male tennis player from Russia. He made it into the top 100 for the first time in 2006 and reached a career-high singles ranking...

15. Yevgeni Skoblikov (1990)

Russian Footballer

Yevgeni Georgiyevich Skoblikov is a Russian professional football player. He last played for FC Volga Ulyanovsk. He played one match for FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok in 2011–12 Russian Cup

16. Mishel Savelyev (1987)

Russian Footballer

Mishel Nikolayevich Savelyev is a Russian professional football player. He plays for FC Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo.

17. Artyom Mikheyev (1987)

Russian Footballer

Artyom Olegovich Mikheyev is a Russian footballer who plays for FC Smena Komsomolsk-na-Amure. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League for Luch-Energiya on November 2 2008 in...

18. Feliks Gromov (1937)

Soviet Admiral

Admiral Feliks Nikolayevich Gromov is a former Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy. Gromov is married and has a daughter and a son. Gromov was born in Vladivostok and joined the...

19. Artur V. Shachnev (1982)

Russian Theatre Producer

Artur Vladimirovich Shachnev is a Russian entrepreneur and musician who founded and directs the Artur V. Shachnev Production production center organizers of the Notre-Dame de Paris la Concert and founded...

20. Eugene Kozlovsky (1946)

Russian Writer And Dramatist

Eugene Antonovich Kozlovsky ) is a Russian writer journalist theatre director and film director. He lives in Moscow.

21. Viktoriya Klimina (1976)

Russian Distance Runner

Viktoriya Klimina is a Russian long-distance runner. She finished sixteenth at the 2001 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships and 22nd in the marathon at the 2003 World Championships. At the...

22. Boris Gryzlov (1950)

Russian Politician

Boris Vyacheslavovich Gryzlov is a Russian politician and was the Speaker of Russia's State Duma from 29 December 2003 to 14 December 2011. He is one of the leaders...

23. Andrei Fedyakin (1959)

Russian Footballer

Andrei Anatolyevich Fedyakin is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. In 2010 he managed FC Mostovik-Primorye Ussuriysk in the Russian Second Division.

24. Viktor Tyulkin (1951)

Russian Politician

Viktor Arkadyevich Tyulkin is a Russian Communist politician. Tyulkin is the leader of the Russian Communist Workers' Party – Revolutionary Party of Communists a Communist hardline party. The RKRP-RPK...

25. Dmitri Tikhiy (1992)

Footballer

Dmitri Mikhailovich Tikhiy is a Russian football defender who last played for FC Alania Vladikavkaz. He made his debut in the FNL for FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok on August 19 2011...

26. Oleg Manaev (1952)

Belarusian Sociologist

Oleg Manaev is a well-known Belarusian sociologist and public person.

27. Karen Akopyan (1992)

Footballer

Karen Akopovich Akopyan is a Russian professional football player of Armenian descent. Currently he plays for FC Smena Komsomolsk-na-Amure.

28. Vyacheslav Kalashnikov Polishchuk (1955)

Russian Mathematician

Vyacheslav Kalashnikov Polishchuk is a Russian mathematics professor and researcher currently working at the Tec de Monterrey Monterrey Campus in Mexico. His work has been recognized by awards from the...

29. Anatoli Agrofenin (1980)

Russian Footballer

Anatoli Alekseyevich Agrofenin is a Russian professional football player. He last played for FC Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.

30. Konstantin Yemelyanov (1970)

Russian Footballer

Konstantin Vladilenovich Yemelyanov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. Currently he works as an assistant coach with FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok.

31. Betina Popova (1996)

Russian Ice Dancer

Betina Vadimovna Popova is a Russian ice dancer. With partner Yuri Vlasenko she is the 2013 JGP Czech Republic champion.

32. Semyon Fomin (1989)

Russian Footballer

Semyon Anatolyevich Fomin is a Russian professional footballer. He plays for FC Rotor Volgograd as a midfielder. He made his professional debut in the Russian First Division in 2008 for...

33. Andrejs Pildegovics (1971)

Latvian Diplomat

Andrejs Pildegovics is the ambassador of Latvia to the United States. He became ambassador on July 18 2007. He was sent to America on June 2008 after Vladis Zatlers was...

34. Filipp Yegorov (1978)

Russian Bobsledder

Yevgenyevich Yegorov is a Russian bobsledder who has competed since 2000. Competing in three Winter Olympics he won the silver medal in the four-man event at Turin in 2006 with...

35. Mark Shulzhitskiy (1989)

Russian Racing Driver

Mark Olegovich Shulzhitskiy is a Russian racing driver who entered professional racing by winning a spot in a PlayStation 3 Gran Turismo competition.

36. Maksim Kulyomin (1989)

Russian Footballer

Maksim Aleksandrovich Kulyomin is a Russian footballer. He last played in the Russian Second Division for FC Yakutiya Yakutsk. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League for Luch-Energiya...

37. Ihor Tyschenko (1989)

Footballer

Ihor Tyschenko is a professional Ukrainian football midfielder who plays for Arka Gdynia on loan from Karpaty Lviv.

38. Sergei Dudkin (1991)

Russian Footballer

Sergei Sergeyevich Dudkin is a Russian professional football player. He plays for FC Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk in the Russian Second Division.

39. Maksim Nasadyuk (1989)

Russian Footballer

Maksim Aleksandrovich Nasadyuk is a Russian professional football player who last played for FC Okean Nakhodka in the Russian Second Division. He played one game for the main squad of...

40. Igor Portnyagin (1989)

Russian Footballer

Igor Igorevich Portnyagin is a professional Russian footballer. Currently he plays for FC Tom Tomsk on loan from FC Rubin Kazan.

41. Olga Detenyuk (1993)

Olympic Swimmer

Olga Igoryevna Detenyuk is a Russian swimmer who specialized in breaststroke events. Detenyuk set a games record of 2:25. 19 to claim the 200 m breaststroke title at the 2008...

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43. Ivan Elagin (1918)

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44. Nikolai Matveev-Bodry (1891)

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45. Gustav Naan (Unknow)

Estonian Philosopher And Physici

Gustav Naan was an Estonian physicist and philosopher. Gustav Naan was born in Russian SFSR in a village near Vladivostok to a family of Estonian settlers. He graduated from the...

46. Diana Goustilina (1974)

Basketball Player

Diana Vladimirovna Goustilina is a Russian basketball player who competed for the Russian National Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics winning the bronze medal.

47. Ilya Zimin (1972)

Russian Journlaist

Ilya Anatolyevich Zimin was a Russian journalist and television reporter who worked for the NTV network. He was killed by a youth who turned out to be his sexual partner.

48. Pavel Ruminov (1974)

Russian Film Director

Pavel Yurevich Ruminov is a Russian film director. He began his career in Vladivostok directing music videos for Russian acts such as Mumiy Troll and Zemfira before relocating to Moscow....

49. Stepan Ganzey (1981)

Olympic Swimmer

Stepan Sergeyevich Ganzey is a retired Russian swimmer who specialized in freestyle events. He is a multiple-time Russian champion and a two-time medalist at the European Junior Championships. He is...

50. Evgeny Zelenov (1966)

Russian Racecar Driver

Evgeny Zelenov is a Russian auto racing driver. He competed in one rounds of the 2007 FIA World Touring Car Championship at Zandvoort. Driving for the Russian Bears Motorsport team...