Moscow has produced a number of well-known computer scientists, philosophers, tennis players, ice hockey players, emperors & kings and several other personalities from other spheres. Our list of famous people from Moscow includes Sergey Brin, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Anna Kournikova, Alexander Ovechkin, Peter the Great, and many others.

Famous People Born In Moscow

Anna KournikovaAnna Kournikova
07 June 1981, Russian
Tennis Star
Sergey BrinSergey Brin
21 August 1973, Russian, American
Computer scientist

Peter the GreatPeter the Great
09 June 1672, Russian
First Emperor of Russia

Fyodor DostoevskyFyodor Dostoevsky
11 November 1821, Russian
Russian novelist

Ivan the TerribleIvan the Terrible
25 August 1530, Russian
First Russian Tsar

Alexander II of RussiaAlexander II of Russia
29 April 1818, Russian
Emperor of Russia
Svetlana AlliluyevaSvetlana Alliluyeva
28 February 1926, Russian
Joseph Stalin's Daughter

Mikhail ProkhorovMikhail Prokhorov
03 May 1965, Russian
Business Tycoon

Valeri BureValeri Bure
13 June 1974, American, Russian
Ice Hockey Player

Wassily KandinskyWassily Kandinsky
16 December 1866, Russian
Painters
Alexander OvechkinAlexander Ovechkin
17 September 1985, Russian
Ice Hockey Player

Vasily StalinVasily Stalin
21 March 1921, Russian
Joseph Stalin's Son
Nastia LiukinNastia Liukin
30 October 1989, American
Gymnast

Lev YashinLev Yashin
22 October 1929, Russian, Russian
Football Player

Dasha ZhukovaDasha Zhukova
08 June 1981, Russian
Businesswoman & Art Collector
Kristina PimenovaKristina Pimenova
27 December 2005, Russian
Instagram Star, Model

Peter KropotkinPeter Kropotkin
09 December 1842, Russian
Philosopher & Activist
Svetlana BilyalovaSvetlana Bilyalova
13 January 1992, Russian
Instagram Star

Boris PasternakBoris Pasternak
10 February 1890, Russian, Russian
Poet & Writer

Andrei SakharovAndrei Sakharov
21 May 1921, Russian
The Father of Soviet nuclear bomb’
Oleg GordievskyOleg Gordievsky
10 October 1938, Russian
Secret Agent

Olesya RulinOlesya Rulin
17 March 1986, American, Russian
Actress
Arkadiy AbramovichArkadiy Abramovich
14 September 1993, Russian
Roman Abramovich's Son

Danila KozlovskyDanila Kozlovsky
03 May 1985, Russian
Actor

Vladimir Petrovich DemikhovVladimir Demikhov
18 July 1916, Russian
Organ Transplant Pioneer

Alexander AlekhineAlexander Alekhine
31 October 1892, Portuguese, Russian
French chess player
Ilya PrigogineIlya Prigogine
25 January 1917, Belgian
Physical Chemist
Alexander HerzenAlexander Herzen
06 April 1812, Russian
Father of Russian socialism

Pavel GrudininPavel Grudinin
20 October 1960, Russian
Politician

Anastasia BezrukovaAnastasia Bezrukova
05 January 2004, Russian
Child Model

Maria ShukshinaMaria Shukshina
27 May 1967, Russian
Actress
Aziz ShavershianZyzz (Aziz Shavershian)
24 March 1989, Australian, Thai, Russian
Body Builder, Internet Personality

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Egor TarabasovEgor Tarabasov
30 April 1993, Russian
Ex-Fiancé of Lindsay Lohan

Aleksandr ScriabinAleksandr Scriabin
06 January 1872, Russian
Russian Symbolist Composer

Vladimir KomarovVladimir Komarov
16 March 1927, Russian
Pilot

Marat SafinMarat Safin
27 January 1980, Russian
Tennis player, Politician
Sergey LazarevSergey Lazarev
01 April 1983, Russian
Actor, Opera singer, Musician, Singer

Lena KatinaLena Katina
04 October 1984, Russian
Russian singer
Alla PugachevaAlla Pugacheva
1949 AD, Russian
Russian-Soviet music performer

Anna of RussiaAnna of Russia
07 February 1693, Russian
Former Emperor of All Russia

Nikolai BukharinNikolai Bukharin
09 October 1888, Russian
Russian Politician
Alexis of RussiaAlexis of Russia
29 March 1629, Russian
Tsar of Russia

Fyodor DostoyevskyFyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian
 
Mikhail KhodorkovskyMikhail Khodorkovsky
26 June 1963, Russian, Russian
Businessman

Alexander ScriabinAlexander Scriabin
06 January 1872, Russian
Composer, Pianist, University teacher

Mikhail TukhachevskyMikhail Tukhachevsky
16 February 1893, Russian
Military personnel, Officer

Alexander SuvorovAlexander Suvorov
24 November 1730, Russian
military personnel, officer

Ivan III of RussiaIvan III of Russia
22 January 1440, Russian
 
Yuri MilnerYuri Milner
11 November 1961, Russian
Entrepreneur

Feodor III of RussiaFeodor III of Russia
09 June 1661, Russian
 

Feodor I of RussiaFeodor I of Russia
31 May 1557, Russian
 

Lev KamenevLev Kamenev
18 July 1883, Russian
Revolutionary
Artem DzyubaArtem Dzyuba
22 August 1988, Russian
Footballer

Sergey LavrovSergey Lavrov
21 March 1950, Russian
Diplomat, Politician
Vladimir VysotskyVladimir Vysotsky
25 January 1938, Russian
Singer-songwriter

Ekaterina GordeevaEkaterina Gordeeva
28 May 1971, Russian
Figure skater

Ivan V of RussiaIvan V of Russia
27 August 1666, Russian
monarch
TimatiTimati
15 August 1983, Russian
Rapper, Singer, Record producer, Composer

Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of RussiaAlexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia
28 February 1690, Russian
 
Evgeny KissinEvgeny Kissin
10 October 1971, Israeli, British, Russian
Pianist

Maria KirilenkoMaria Kirilenko
25 January 1987, Russian
Tennis player

Joseph AlliluyevJoseph Alliluyev
22 May 1945, Russian
Cardiologist
Viacheslav FetisovViacheslav Fetisov
20 April 1958, Russian
Ice hockey player

Alexander LebedevAlexander Lebedev
16 December 1959, Russian
Businessman
Mikhail LermontovMikhail Lermontov
15 October 1814, Russian
writer

Sofia KovalevskayaSofia Kovalevskaya
Russian
 

Peter I of RussiaPeter I of Russia
09 June 1672, Russian
Former Emperor of All Russia

Tsarevich Ivan Ivanovich of RussiaTsarevich Ivan Ivanovich of Russia
28 March 1554, Russian
composer
Roman JakobsonRoman Jakobson
11 October 1896, Russian
Linguist
Svetlana SavitskayaSvetlana Savitskaya
08 August 1948, Russian
Aviator, Astronaut, Politician, Military

Vasili III of RussiaVasili III of Russia
25 March 1479, Russian
 

Valery GergievValery Gergiev
02 May 1953, Russian
Conductor

Nikita MikhalkovNikita Mikhalkov
21 October 1945, Russian
Filmmaker
Andrey AndreevAndrey Andreev
03 February 1974, Russian
Russian entrepreneur

Evgeny LebedevEvgeny Lebedev
08 May 1980, British, Russian
Owner of Lebedev Holdings Ltd

P. D. OuspenskyP. D. Ouspensky
04 March 1878, Russian
philosopher, writer

Valeri KharlamovValeri Kharlamov
14 January 1948, Russian
Ice hockey player

Maya PlisetskayaMaya Plisetskaya
20 November 1925, Spanish, Russian
Ballet dancer, Dancer, Choreographer, Actor, Prima
Daria GavrilovaDaria Gavrilova
05 March 1994, Australian, Russian
Tennis player

Olga SeryabkinaOlga Seryabkina
12 April 1985, Russian
Singer, Songwriter
Nikolai VavilovNikolai Vavilov
13 November 1887, Russian
botanist, biologist, explorer, geneticist,

Yuri KolokolnikovYuri Kolokolnikov
15 December 1980, Russian
Actor

Marina TsvetaevaMarina Tsvetaeva
28 May 1892, Russian, Russian
Poet, Writer
Alexander GrischukAlexander Grischuk
31 October 1983, Russian
Chess player

Sasha PivovarovaSasha Pivovarova
21 January 1985, Russian
Russian model
Ilia KulikIlia Kulik
23 May 1977, Russian
Figure skater

Pavel PogrebnyakPavel Pogrebnyak
08 November 1983, Russian
Association football player

False Dmitriy IFalse Dmitriy I
19 October 1582, Russian
Emperor

Michael I of RussiaMichael I of Russia
12 July 1596, Russian
 
Dmitry DonskoyDmitry Donskoy
12 October 1350, Russian
 

Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna of RussiaGrand Duchess Anna Petrovna of Russia
07 February 1708, Russian
pretender
Yegor GaidarYegor Gaidar
19 March 1956, Russian
Economist, Politician, Professor

Victor PelevinVictor Pelevin
22 November 1962, Russian
Fiction writer
Alexander AbramovAlexander Abramov
1959 AD, Russian
entrepreneur

Eudoxia LopukhinaEudoxia Lopukhina
10 July 1669, Russian
The first wife of Peter I of Russia
Bulat OkudzhavaBulat Okudzhava
09 May 1924, Russian
Screenwriter, Poet, Actor, Singer, Writer,