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

Alexander OvechkinAlexander Ovechkin
(Ice Hockey Player)

17 September 1985

Russian

Sergey BrinSergey Brin
(Computer scientist)

21 August 1973

Russian,American

Fyodor DostoevskyFyodor Dostoevsky
(Russian novelist)

11 November 1821

Russian

Anna KournikovaAnna Kournikova
(Tennis Star)

07 June 1981

Russian

Peter the GreatPeter the Great
(First Emperor of Russia)

09 June 1672

Russian

Ivan the TerribleIvan the Terrible
(First Russian Tsar)

25 August 1530

Russian

Alexander II of RussiaAlexander II of Russia
(Emperor of Russia)

29 April 1818

Russian

Wassily KandinskyWassily Kandinsky
(Painters)

16 December 1866

Russian

Svetlana AlliluyevaSvetlana Alliluyeva
(Joseph Stalin's Daughter)

28 February 1926

Russian

Valeri BureValeri Bure
(Ice Hockey Player)

13 June 1974

American,Russian

Lev YashinLev Yashin
(Football Player)

22 October 1929

Russian,Russian

Vasily StalinVasily Stalin
(Joseph Stalin's Son)

21 March 1921

Russian

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Nastia LiukinNastia Liukin
(Gymnast)

30 October 1989

American

Kristina PimenovaKristina Pimenova
(Instagram Star, Model)

27 December 2005

Russian

Mikhail ProkhorovMikhail Prokhorov
(Business Tycoon)

03 May 1965

Russian

Peter KropotkinPeter Kropotkin
(Philosopher & Activist)

09 December 1842

Russian

Boris PasternakBoris Pasternak
(Poet & Writer)

10 February 1890

Russian,Russian

Svetlana BilyalovaSvetlana Bilyalova
(Instagram Star)

13 January 1992

Russian

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Dasha ZhukovaDasha Zhukova
(Businesswoman & Art Collector)

08 June 1981

Russian

Andrei SakharovAndrei Sakharov
(The Father of Soviet nuclear bomb’)

21 May 1921

Russian

Olesya RulinOlesya Rulin
(Actress)

17 March 1986

American,Russian

Arkadiy AbramovichArkadiy Abramovich
(Roman Abramovich's Son)

14 September 1993

Russian

Alexander AlekhineAlexander Alekhine
(French chess player)

31 October 1892

Portuguese,Russian

Vladimir Petrovich DemikhovVladimir Demikhov
(Organ Transplant Pioneer)

18 July 1916

Russian

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Ilya PrigogineIlya Prigogine
(Physical Chemist)

25 January 1917

Belgian

Alexander HerzenAlexander Herzen
(Father of Russian socialism)

06 April 1812

Russian

Pavel GrudininPavel Grudinin
(Politician)

20 October 1960

Russian

Maria ShukshinaMaria Shukshina
(Actress)

27 May 1967

Russian

Anastasia BezrukovaAnastasia Bezrukova
(Child Model)

05 January 2004

Russian

Aziz ShavershianZyzz (Aziz Shavershian)
(Body Builder, Internet Personality)

24 March 1989

Australian,Thai,Russian

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Egor TarabasovEgor Tarabasov
(Ex-Fiancé of Lindsay Lohan)

30 April 1993

Russian

Aleksandr ScriabinAleksandr Scriabin
(Russian Symbolist Composer)

06 January 1872

Russian

Vladimir KomarovVladimir Komarov
(Pilot)

16 March 1927

Russian

Lena KatinaLena Katina
(Russian singer)

04 October 1984

Russian

Alla PugachevaAlla Pugacheva
(Russian-Soviet music performer)

1949 AD

Russian

Sergey LazarevSergey Lazarev
(Actor, Opera singer, Musician, Singer)

01 April 1983

Russian

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Alexander ScriabinAlexander Scriabin
(Composer, Pianist, University teacher)

06 January 1872

Russian

Nikolai BukharinNikolai Bukharin
(Russian Politician)

09 October 1888

Russian

Fyodor DostoyevskyFyodor Dostoyevsky

Russian

Ivan III of RussiaIvan III of Russia

22 January 1440

Russian

Mikhail KhodorkovskyMikhail Khodorkovsky
(Businessman)

26 June 1963

Russian,Russian

Anna of RussiaAnna of Russia
(Former Emperor of All Russia)

07 February 1693

Russian

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Danila KozlovskyDanila Kozlovsky
(Model, Stage actor, Film actor)

03 May 1985

Russian

Sergey LavrovSergey Lavrov
(Diplomat, Politician)

21 March 1950

Russian

Ekaterina GordeevaEkaterina Gordeeva
(Figure skater)

28 May 1971

Russian

Viacheslav FetisovViacheslav Fetisov
(Ice hockey player)

20 April 1958

Russian

Mikhail TukhachevskyMikhail Tukhachevsky
(Military personnel, Officer)

16 February 1893

Russian

Alexander SuvorovAlexander Suvorov
(military personnel, officer)

24 November 1730

Russian

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Yuri MilnerYuri Milner
(Entrepreneur)

11 November 1961

Russian

Lev KamenevLev Kamenev
(Revolutionary)

18 July 1883

Russian

Marat SafinMarat Safin
(Tennis player, Politician)

27 January 1980

Russian

Vladimir VysotskyVladimir Vysotsky
(Singer-songwriter)

25 January 1938

Russian

Evgeny KissinEvgeny Kissin
(Pianist)

10 October 1971

Israeli,British,Russian

Pavel PogrebnyakPavel Pogrebnyak
(Association football player)

08 November 1983

Russian

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Alexis of RussiaAlexis of Russia
(Tsar of Russia)

29 March 1629

Russian

Artem DzyubaArtem Dzyuba
(Footballer)

22 August 1988

Russian

Joseph AlliluyevJoseph Alliluyev
(Cardiologist)

22 May 1945

Russian

TimatiTimati
(Rapper, Singer, Record producer, Composer)

15 August 1983

Russian

Mikhail LermontovMikhail Lermontov
(writer)

15 October 1814

Russian

Maria KirilenkoMaria Kirilenko
(Tennis player)

25 January 1987

Russian

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Alexander LebedevAlexander Lebedev
(Businessman)

16 December 1959

Russian

Feodor I of RussiaFeodor I of Russia

31 May 1557

Russian

Sofia KovalevskayaSofia Kovalevskaya

Russian

Roman JakobsonRoman Jakobson
(Linguist)

11 October 1896

Russian

Feodor III of RussiaFeodor III of Russia

09 June 1661

Russian

Peter I of RussiaPeter I of Russia
(Former Emperor of All Russia)

09 June 1672

Russian

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Ivan V of RussiaIvan V of Russia
(monarch)

27 August 1666

Russian

Valery GergievValery Gergiev
(Conductor)

02 May 1953

Russian

Nikita MikhalkovNikita Mikhalkov
(Filmmaker)

21 October 1945

Russian

Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of RussiaAlexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia

28 February 1690

Russian

Ilia KulikIlia Kulik
(Figure skater)

23 May 1977

Russian

Marina TsvetaevaMarina Tsvetaeva
(Poet, Writer)

28 May 1892

Russian,Russian

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Tsarevich Ivan Ivanovich of RussiaTsarevich Ivan Ivanovich of Russia
(composer)

28 March 1554

Russian

Valeri KharlamovValeri Kharlamov
(Ice hockey player)

14 January 1948

Russian

P. D. OuspenskyP. D. Ouspensky
(philosopher, writer)

04 March 1878

Russian

Olga SeryabkinaOlga Seryabkina
(Singer, Songwriter)

12 April 1985

Russian

Maya PlisetskayaMaya Plisetskaya
(Ballet dancer, Dancer, Choreographer, Actor, Prima ballerina assoluta)

20 November 1925

Spanish,Russian

Evgeny LebedevEvgeny Lebedev
(Owner of Lebedev Holdings Ltd)

08 May 1980

British,Russian

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Andrey AndreevAndrey Andreev
(Russian entrepreneur)

03 February 1974

Russian

Daria GavrilovaDaria Gavrilova
(Tennis player)

05 March 1994

Australian,Russian

Svetlana SavitskayaSvetlana Savitskaya
(Aviator, Astronaut, Politician, Military personnel, Writer)

08 August 1948

Russian

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