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

Sergey BrinSergey Brin
21 August 1973, Russian, American
Computer scientist
Ivan the TerribleIvan the Terrible
25 August 1530, Russian
First Russian Tsar

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

Fyodor DostoevskyFyodor Dostoevsky
11 November 1821, Russian
Russian novelist

Anna KournikovaAnna Kournikova
07 June 1981, Russian
Tennis Star

Alexander OvechkinAlexander Ovechkin
17 September 1985, Russian
Ice Hockey Player
Valeri BureValeri Bure
13 June 1974, American, Russian
Ice Hockey Player

Alexander II of RussiaAlexander II of Russia
29 April 1818, Russian
Emperor of Russia

Wassily KandinskyWassily Kandinsky
16 December 1866, Russian
Painters

Svetlana AlliluyevaSvetlana Alliluyeva
28 February 1926, Russian
Joseph Stalin's Daughter
Nastia LiukinNastia Liukin
30 October 1989, American
Gymnast

Boris PasternakBoris Pasternak
10 February 1890, Russian, Russian
Poet & Writer
Vasily StalinVasily Stalin
21 March 1921, Russian
Joseph Stalin's Son

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

Anna of RussiaAnna of Russia
07 February 1693, Russian
Empress of Russia
Peter KropotkinPeter Kropotkin
09 December 1842, Russian
Philosopher & Activist

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

Svetlana BilyalovaSvetlana Bilyalova
13 January 1992, Russian
Instagram Star

Danila KozlovskyDanila Kozlovsky
03 May 1985, Russian
Actor
Andrei SakharovAndrei Sakharov
21 May 1921, Russian
The Father of Soviet nuclear bomb’

Olesya RulinOlesya Rulin
17 March 1986, American, Russian
Actress
Mikhail ProkhorovMikhail Prokhorov
03 May 1965, Russian
Business Tycoon

Oleg GordievskyOleg Gordievsky
10 October 1938, Russian
Secret Agent

Mikhail KhodorkovskyMikhail Khodorkovsky
26 June 1963, Russian, Russian
Businessman

Arkadiy AbramovichArkadiy Abramovich
14 September 1993, Russian
Roman Abramovich's Son
Alexander AlekhineAlexander Alekhine
31 October 1892, Portuguese, Russian
French chess player
Vladimir Petrovich DemikhovVladimir Demikhov
18 July 1916, Russian
Organ Transplant Pioneer

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

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Maria ShukshinaMaria Shukshina
27 May 1967, Russian
Actress

Aziz ShavershianZyzz (Aziz Shavershian)
24 March 1989, Australian, Thai, Russian
Body Builder, Internet Personality

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

Alexander PushkinAlexander Pushkin
06 June 1799, Russian
Poet
Lena KatinaLena Katina
04 October 1984, Russian
Russian singer

Alla PugachevaAlla Pugacheva
1949 AD, Russian
Russian-Soviet music performer

Ekaterina GordeevaEkaterina Gordeeva
28 May 1971, Russian
Figure skater
Alexander SuvorovAlexander Suvorov
24 November 1730, Russian
military personnel, officer

Ivan III of RussiaIvan III of Russia
22 January 1440, Russian
 
Alexander ScriabinAlexander Scriabin
06 January 1872, Russian
Composer, Pianist, University teacher

Marat SafinMarat Safin
27 January 1980, Russian
Tennis player, Politician

Alexis of RussiaAlexis of Russia
29 March 1629, Russian
Tsar of Russia

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

Mikhail TukhachevskyMikhail Tukhachevsky
16 February 1893, Russian
Military personnel, Officer
TimatiTimati
15 August 1983, Russian
Rapper, Singer, Record producer, Composer

Yuri MilnerYuri Milner
11 November 1961, Russian
Entrepreneur

Lev KamenevLev Kamenev
18 July 1883, Russian
Revolutionary

Feodor III of RussiaFeodor III of Russia
09 June 1661, Russian
 
Artem DzyubaArtem Dzyuba
22 August 1988, Russian
Footballer

Ivan V of RussiaIvan V of Russia
27 August 1666, Russian
monarch
Eugene MirmanEugene Mirman
24 July 1974, American, Russian
Comedian

Vladimir VysotskyVladimir Vysotsky
25 January 1938, Russian
Singer-songwriter

Svetlana KhodchenkovaSvetlana Khodchenkova
21 January 1983, Russian
Actress
Viacheslav FetisovViacheslav Fetisov
20 April 1958, Russian
Ice hockey player

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

Joseph AlliluyevJoseph Alliluyev
22 May 1945, Russian
Cardiologist

Roman JakobsonRoman Jakobson
11 October 1896, Russian
Linguist
Tsarevich Ivan Ivanovich of RussiaTsarevich Ivan Ivanovich of Russia
28 March 1554, Russian
composer

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

Sofia KovalevskayaSofia Kovalevskaya
Russian
 

Ilia KulikIlia Kulik
23 May 1977, Russian
Figure skater

Peter I of RussiaPeter I of Russia
09 June 1672, Russian
Former Emperor of All Russia
Sergey LazarevSergey Lazarev
01 April 1983, Russian
Actor, Opera singer, Musician, Singer
Maya PlisetskayaMaya Plisetskaya
20 November 1925, Spanish, Russian
Ballet dancer, Dancer, Choreographer, Actor, Prima

Svetlana SavitskayaSvetlana Savitskaya
08 August 1948, Russian
Aviator, Astronaut, Politician, Military

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

Alexander GrischukAlexander Grischuk
31 October 1983, Russian
Chess player
Leonid HurwiczLeonid Hurwicz
21 August 1917, Polish, American
Mathematician, Economist

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
Olga SeryabkinaOlga Seryabkina
12 April 1985, Russian
Singer, Songwriter

Valeri KharlamovValeri Kharlamov
14 January 1948, Russian
Ice hockey player
Michael I of RussiaMichael I of Russia
12 July 1596, Russian
 

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

Nikolai VavilovNikolai Vavilov
13 November 1887, Russian
botanist, biologist, explorer, geneticist,
Dmitry DonskoyDmitry Donskoy
12 October 1350, Russian
 

Yuri KolokolnikovYuri Kolokolnikov
15 December 1980, Russian
Actor
Maria KirilenkoMaria Kirilenko
25 January 1987, Russian
Tennis player

Marina TsvetaevaMarina Tsvetaeva
28 May 1892, Russian, Russian
Poet, Writer

Sasha PivovarovaSasha Pivovarova
21 January 1985, Russian
Russian model

Olga BaclanovaOlga Baclanova
19 August 1900, Russian
actor
Pavel PogrebnyakPavel Pogrebnyak
08 November 1983, Russian
Association football player

False Dmitriy IFalse Dmitriy I
19 October 1582, Russian
Emperor
Yegor GaidarYegor Gaidar
19 March 1956, Russian
Economist, Politician, Professor

Irina SlutskayaIrina Slutskaya
09 February 1979, Russian
Figure skater
Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna of RussiaGrand Duchess Anna Petrovna of Russia
07 February 1708, Russian
pretender

Mikhail KasyanovMikhail Kasyanov
08 December 1957, Russian
Politician, Economist
Victor PelevinVictor Pelevin
22 November 1962, Russian
Fiction writer