Famous People From Russia
Find out more about the greatest Russian Sportspersons, including Fedor Emelianenko, Anna Kournikova, Garry Kasparov, Maria Sharapova and Khabib Nurmagomedov.
Khabib Nurmagomedov20 September 1988
Mixed Martial Artist
Fedor Emelianenko28 September 1976
MMA Artist
Maria Sharapova19 April 1987
Tennis Player
Anna Kournikova07 June 1981
Tennis Star
Alexander Ovechkin17 September 1985
Ice Hockey Player
Alexander Povetkin02 September 1979
Professional Boxer
Valeri Bure13 June 1974
Ice Hockey Player
Garry Kasparov13 April 1963
Chess Player
Nikolai Valuev21 August 1973
Boxer, Actor
Lev Yashin22 October 1929
Football Player
Andrey Arshavin29 May 1981
Football Player
Kostya Tszyu19 September 1969
Boxer
Alexander Alekhine31 October 1892
French chess player
Nataliya Kuznetsova01 July 1991
Bodybuilder
Anastasia Bryzgalova13 December 1992
Curler
Yulia Lipnitskaya05 June 1998
Skater
Pavel Bure31 March 1971
Ice hockey player
Ilya Kovalchuk15 April 1983
Ice hockey player
Evgeni Malkin31 July 1986
Ice hockey player
Ekaterina Gordeeva28 May 1971
Figure skater
Timofey Mozgov16 July 1986
Basketball player
Daniil Kvyat26 April 1994
Racecar driver
Vladimir Konstantinov19 March 1967
Ice hockey player
Sergei Fedorov13 December 1969
Ice hockey player
Marat Safin27 January 1980
Tennis player, Politician
Boris Spassky30 January 1937
Chess player
Aleksandr Karelin19 September 1967
Politician, Amateur wrestler
Pavel Datsyuk20 July 1978
Ice hockey player
Yelena Isinbayeva03 June 1982
Pole vaulter, Athletics competitor
Svetlana Kuznetsova27 June 1985
Tennis player
Aliya Mustafina30 September 1994
Artistic gymnast
Alina Kabaeva12 May 1983
Politician, Model, Artistic gymnast, Rhythmic
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Sergei Kharitonov18 August 1980
Boxer, Kickboxer, Military personnel, Thai boxer
Vladimir Kramnik25 June 1975
Chess player, Writer
Denis Cheryshev26 December 1990
Association football player
Sergei Bobrovsky20 September 1988
Ice hockey player
Andrei Kirilenko18 February 1981
Basketball player
Alexander Emelianenko02 August 1981
Mixed Martial Artist
Evgeni Plushenko03 November 1982
Figure skater
Artem Dzyuba22 August 1988
Footballer
Oleg Taktarov26 August 1967
Actor, Judoka
Andrei Kanchelskis23 January 1967
association football player, association football
Yuri Zhirkov20 August 1983
Association football player
Svetlana Khorkina19 January 1979
Politician, Artistic gymnast
Viacheslav Fetisov20 April 1958
Ice hockey player
Jeff Monson18 January 1971
Mixed martial artist, Boxer
Vladimir Tarasenko13 December 1991
Ice hockey player
Sergey Karjakin12 January 1990
Chess Grandmaster
Igor Akinfeev08 April 1986
Association football player
Vladislav Tretiak25 April 1952
Ice hockey player, Politician
Semyon Varlamov27 April 1988
Ice hockey player
Igor Larionov03 December 1960
Ice hockey player
Ilia Kulik23 May 1977
Figure skater
Dmitry Klokov18 February 1983
Weightlifter
Alexander Grischuk31 October 1983
Chess player
Roman Pavlyuchenko15 December 1981
Footballer
Aleksandr Kokorin19 March 1991
Association football player
Evgeny Kuznetsov19 May 1992
Ice hockey player
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova03 July 1991
Tennis player
Alexey Shved16 December 1988
Basketball player
Nikolay Davydenko02 June 1981
tennis player
Mikhail Botvinnik17 August 1911
Electrical engineer, Chess Champion
Valeri Kharlamov14 January 1948
Ice hockey player
Dinara Safina27 April 1986
Tennis player
Viacheslav Datsik13 February 1980
Mixed martial artist, Kickboxer, Thai boxer
Alan Dzagoev17 June 1990
Association football player
Alexei Yashin05 November 1973
Ice hockey player
Maria Kirilenko25 January 1987
Tennis player
Ilya Bryzgalov22 June 1980
Ice hockey player
Vitaly Minakov06 February 1985
Mixed Martial Artist
Fyodor Smolov09 February 1990
Russian footballer
Alexander Radulov05 July 1986
Ice hockey player
Viktor Korchnoi23 March 1931
Chess player, Writer
Denis Lebedev14 August 1979
Boxer
Yevgeny Kafelnikov18 February 1974
Tennis player, Golfer
Aleksandr Kerzhakov27 November 1982
Association football player
Pavel Pogrebnyak08 November 1983
Association football player
Ian Nepomniachtchi14 July 1990
Chess player
Stanislav Cherchesov02 September 1963
Association football player, Association football
Irina Slutskaya09 February 1979
Figure skater
Vasily Alekseyev07 January 1942
Weightlifter, Politician
Alexei Kovalev24 February 1973
Ice hockey player
Alexey Voyevoda09 May 1980
Bobsledder
Oleg Salenko25 October 1969
Footballer
Irina Rodnina12 September 1949
Politician
Ekaterina Makarova07 June 1988
Tennis player
Elena Dementieva15 October 1981
Tennis player
Vitaly Petrov08 September 1984
Racecar driver
Alexander Semin03 March 1984
Ice hockey player
Artem Anisimov24 May 1988
Ice hockey player
Rinat Dasayev13 June 1957
Russian-Soviet goalkeeper
Daria Gavrilova05 March 1994
Tennis player
Alexei Cherepanov15 January 1989
Ice hockey player
Vera Zvonareva07 September 1984
Mikhail Youzhny25 June 1982
Tennis player
Peter Svidler17 June 1976
Chess player