1. Vlad Yashin (1999)

Painter

Painter, illustrator, and artist who is known for drawing and painting hyperrealistic portraits of different celebrities and cultural icons. He shares his portrait work with his over 460,000 Instagram followers. 

2. Chernovii (1999)

TikTok Star

Lifestyle influencer on Instagram and TikTok who earned the coveted verification crown and the style guru badge on TikTok. She's worked with brands such as Fila and Kappa.

3. Anastasia Kisigach (1999)

Instagram Star

Model who has gained notoriety for her kisigachh Instagram account. She has earned popularity for her chic and often risque bikini and lingerie-based fashion modeling.

4. Pasha Pozdnyakova (1999)

Instagram Star

Social media star who is famous for her missparaskeva Instagram account. She has gained massive popularity for her glam, lingerie, and chic fashion modeling of her curvaceous physique. 

5. Ivan III (1440)

Prince

From 1462 until his death in 1505, the ruler known as Ivan the Great guided his native Russia to military dominance and economic stability. 

6. Oleg Lobatsevich (1999)

YouTube Star

Russian YouTube star who is best known for his gaming-based video content and gamer reviews. He produces and often voices all of his own content, which have focused on such...

7. Lera Lovato (1999)

Instagram Star

Social media star who is widely known for her eponymous Instagram account. She has gained popularity there for her personal lifestyle and modeling photos.

8. TheKost9 (1999)

YouTube Star

Gamer who has risen to fame for his TheKost9 YouTube channel. His Counter-Strike: Global Offensive gameplays, Let's Plays, and montages have helped him earn more than 53 million views. 

9. Alexey Voevoda (1970)

Bobsledder

Professional bobsledder and arm wrestler from Russia. He has been competing professionally since 2002 and has won several Olympic medals, but in 2017 received a lifetime ban from the Olympic...

10. Dmitry Larionov (1999)

TikTok Star

Russian video creator who has gained fame for his dimasblog TikTok channel. He has earned more than 190 million likes for his original sketches and scenes often done in public alongside...

11. Valentina Ivanova (1963)

Discus Thrower

Discus thrower who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

12. Mikhail Lomonosov (1711)

Inventor

Mikhail Lomonosov is a famous Inventor, who was born on November 19, 1711 in Russia. Russian scholar and natural scientist who improved the telescope, formed the theory of continental drift,...

13. Dmitry Kupriyanov (1970)

eSports Player

Russian Dota 2 off laner and carry who rose to fame under his LighTofHeaveN gamertag. He gained renown for his play with Natus Vincere, with whom he won the 2012 Premier...

14. Oleg Lee (1984)

Entrepreneur

Also known as ThatPillowGuy, he is an entrepreneur who founded the company Life Like Pillows. His company created custom life-sized pillows that can feature faces of celebrities, animals and more.

15. Elizabeth Petrovna (1709)

Emperor

Tsarina Elizabeth of Russia from 1741 to 1762 who greatly expanded the territory of the Russian Empire. She famously led her country into the two major European conflicts: the War...

16. Fedot Shubin (1740)

Russian Sculptor

Russian sculptor regarded as the best of the 18th century. He sculpted a marble statue of Catherine II, completed in 1790.

17. ZigTheHedge (1970)

YouTube Star

Russian gamer who has earned fame for his ZigTheHedge YouTube channel. His full Minecraft mod playthroughs have seen him garner more than 37 million views. 

18. Anka Zhuravleva (1980)

Photographer

Photographer who is known for her portraits of models and photos of different Russian landscapes. She shares her surreal photography both in color and black and white through Instagram for...

19. Sveta B (1980)

Instagram Star

Russian fitness model sponsored by the supplement company MyProtein. She has over 800,000 followers on Instagram. 

20. Elena Grinenko (1976)

Dancer

National and World title holder as a professional ballroom dancer who is seen on the ABC series Dancing With the Stars. She owns a ballroom dance studio in Los Angeles...

21. Kurban Omarov (1980)

Mma Fighter

Russian mixed martial arts fighter who is recognized for competing in the light heavyweight division of the sport. In February 2017 he defeated Joaquim Ferreira in the Fight Nights Global 59...

22. Peter Clodt von Jurgensburg (1805)

Sculptor

Peter Clodt von Jurgensburg is a famous Sculptor, who was born on June 8, 1805 in Russia. Russian sculptor who made monuments and equestrian statues, such as his monument to...

23. Natalia Pushkina (1812)

Family Member

Natalia Pushkina is a famous Family Member, who was born on September 8, 1812 in Russia. Wife of the acclaimed Russian poet Alexander Pushkin. Following Pushkin’s death in an 1837...

24. Oleg Saitov (1970)

Boxer

Russian boxer and two-time Olympic gold medalist in the welterweight division, and won the Val Barker Trophy.

25. Otto Pius Hippius (1970)

Architect

Baltic-German architect who became famous for his buildings in Estonia.

26. Leo Tolstoy (1828)

Novelist

Nineteenth-century Russian author whose most famous works of realism are his epic novels, War and Peace (1869) and Anna Karenina (1877). His other works include autobiographical novels, novellas, essays, and...

27. Gustav Kross (1831)

Pianist

Holds the unfortunate distinction of giving a bad performance as a soloist for the Russian premiere of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1.

28. Anton Rubinstein (1829)

Pianist

Founder of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory and transitional figure in the life of Russian art and culture.

29. Nikolai Przhevalsky (1839)

Explorer

This Russian general's explorations contributed greatly to the geographical understanding of central Asia.

30. Mark Antokolski (1840)

Sculptor

Russian-Jewish sculptor known for the psychological complexity of his historical images. He sculpted Mephistopheles, finished in 1884.

31. Otto Mears (1840)

Entrepreneur

Built the Million Dollar Highway over Red Mountain Pass and hundreds more miles of toll roads that opened up southern Colorado to settlement.

32. Ilya Ilyich Metchnikoff (1845)

Biologist

Ilya Ilyich Metchnikoff is a famous Biologist, who was born on May 15, 1845 in Russia. Russian biologist who pioneered research into the immune system and human aging. He won...

33. Peter Carl Faberge (1846)

Entrepreneur

Peter Carl Faberge is a famous Entrepreneur, who was born on May 30, 1846 in Russia. Russian jeweler who created the Faberge eggs made of gemstones and precious meals. According...

34. Aleksandr Lyapunov (1970)

Mathematician

Russian applied mathematics expert who played a key role in the development of the stability theory of a dynamical system. He was also a respected professor at Kharkiv University.

35. Simon Alapin (1856)

Chess Player

Russian Chess great who is best known for his contributions to chess strategy.

36. Arthur Friedheim (1859)

Russian Musician

Had to audition several times for Franz Liszt before being accepted as a pupil. He would become one of Liszt's best.

37. Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko (1970)

Director

In the last years of the nineteenth century, this Russian stage director and dramatist co-founded the famous Moscow Art Theatre with Constantin Stanislavski and also headed the organization's Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theatre wing,...

38. Anton Arensky (1861)

Composer

Romantic classical music composer criticized for not having a personal style. He gained esteem years after his death.

39. Life of Boris (1990)

YouTube Star

Enormously popular comedic personality on YouTube whose 3.3 million subscribers tune in to see videos consisting of gaming, cooking and a seemingly random content. He has also operated a side...

40. Pyotr Kozlov (1863)

Explorer

Russian explorer of Mongolia, Tibet, and the Gobi Desert. In the early 1900s, he uncovered the lost Tangut city of Khara-Khoto.

41. Alexej von Jawlensky (1864)

Painter

Alexej von Jawlensky is a famous Painter, who was born on March 13, 1864 in Russia. Russian artist who belonged to The Blue Four group in Germany and became known...

42. Arnold Edward Ortmann (1863)

Zoologist

Arnold Edward Ortmann is a famous Zoologist, who was born on April 8, 1863 in Russia. Naturalist and zoologist whose work focused on invertebrates in the field of malacology. He...

43. Anna Golubkina (1864)

Russian Sculptor

Russian impressionist sculptor, known as the first notable female sculptor from Russia. She sculpted The Mist and Sleepers.

44. Ivan Sergeyevich Kuznetsov (1867)

Architect

Neoclassical and Russian Revival architect whose work included the Savvinskoye Podvorie monastery in Moscow. Many of his 600 commissions came through industrialist Nikolay Vtorov.

45. Vasily Kalinnikov (1866)

Composer

Russian composer best known for his famous First Symphony, written between 1984 to 1895.

46. Olga Knipper (1970)

Stage Actress

A renowned Russian stage actress of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Knipper performed in the Moscow Art Theatre's original productions of Anton Chekhov's famous plays Uncle Vanya (as...

47. Konstantin Igumnov (1970)

Pianist

Acclaimed musician whose teaching career influenced many notable Russian pianists, including Natalia Satina, Sergei Rachmaninoff's wife.

48. Gleb Kotelnikov (1872)

Entrepreneur

Inventor of the first knapsack parachute, which saved countless pilots' lives.

49. Olga Preobrajenska (1871)

Dancer

Former ballerina most known for performing with the Russian Imperial Ballet.

50. Dmitri Nossov (1970)

Martial Artist

Judoka who won bronze in half-middleweight at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens despite suffering a broken arm in the semifinals.