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
Anna Kournikova07 June 1981
Tennis Star
Maria Sharapova19 April 1987
Tennis Player
Fedor Emelianenko28 September 1976
MMA Artist
Garry Kasparov13 April 1963
Chess Player
Valeri Bure13 June 1974
Ice Hockey Player
Lev Yashin22 October 1929
Football Player
Nikolai Valuev21 August 1973
Boxer, Actor
Alexander Ovechkin17 September 1985
Ice Hockey Player
Andrey Arshavin29 May 1981
Football Player
Alexander Povetkin02 September 1979
Professional Boxer
Kostya Tszyu19 September 1969
Boxer
Alexander Alekhine31 October 1892
French chess player
Nataliya Kuznetsova01 July 1991
Bodybuilder
Yulia Lipnitskaya05 June 1998
Skater
Anastasia Bryzgalova13 December 1992
Curler
Roy Jones Jr.16 January 1969
Boxer
Andrei Kanchelskis23 January 1967
association football player, association football
Aleksandr Karelin19 September 1967
Politician, Amateur wrestler
Pavel Bure31 March 1971
Ice hockey player
Andrei Kirilenko18 February 1981
Basketball player
Alina Kabaeva12 May 1983
Politician, Model, Artistic gymnast, Rhythmic
Daniil Kvyat26 April 1994
Racecar driver
Vladimir Konstantinov19 March 1967
Ice hockey player
Boris Spassky30 January 1937
Chess Grandmaster
Marat Safin27 January 1980
Tennis player, Politician
Sergei Fedorov13 December 1969
Ice hockey player
Alexander Emelianenko02 August 1981
Mixed Martial Artist
Aliya Mustafina30 September 1994
Artistic gymnast
Oleg Taktarov26 August 1967
Actor, Judoka
Vladimir Kramnik25 June 1975
Chess player, Writer
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Sergey Karjakin12 January 1990
Chess Grandmaster
Ekaterina Gordeeva28 May 1971
Figure skater
Svetlana Khorkina19 January 1979
Politician, Artistic gymnast
Vladislav Tretiak25 April 1952
Ice hockey player, Politician
Fyodor Smolov09 February 1990
Russian footballer
Yelena Isinbayeva03 June 1982
Pole vaulter, Athletics competitor
Roman Pavlyuchenko15 December 1981
Footballer
Timofey Mozgov16 July 1986
Basketball player
Pavel Datsyuk20 July 1978
Ice hockey player
Viacheslav Fetisov20 April 1958
Ice hockey player
Evgeni Malkin31 July 1986
Ice Hockey Player
Ilya Kovalchuk15 April 1983
Ice hockey player
Evgeni Plushenko03 November 1982
Figure skater
Larisa Latynina27 December 1934
Gymnast
Denis Cheryshev26 December 1990
Association football player
Alexander Grischuk31 October 1983
Chess player
Igor Larionov03 December 1960
Ice hockey player
Jeff Monson18 January 1971
Mixed martial artist, Boxer
Artem Dzyuba22 August 1988
Footballer
Svetlana Kuznetsova27 June 1985
Tennis player
Dinara Safina27 April 1986
Tennis player
Mikhail Botvinnik17 August 1911
Chess player
Ian Nepomniachtchi14 July 1990
Chess player
Yuri Zhirkov20 August 1983
Association football player
Sergei Kharitonov18 August 1980
Boxer, Kickboxer, Military personnel, Thai boxer
Igor Akinfeev08 April 1986
Association football player
Valeri Kharlamov14 January 1948
Ice hockey player
Maria Kirilenko25 January 1987
Tennis player
Sergei Grinkov04 February 1967
Fgure skater
Ilia Kulik23 May 1977
Figure skater
Aleksandr Kokorin19 March 1991
Association football player
Rinat Dasayev13 June 1957
Russian-Soviet goalkeeper
Oleg Salenko25 October 1969
Footballer
Yevgeny Kafelnikov18 February 1974
Tennis player, Golfer
Vitaly Minakov06 February 1985
Mixed Martial Artist
Pavel Pogrebnyak08 November 1983
Association football player
Ilya Bryzgalov22 June 1980
Ice hockey player
Viktor Korchnoi23 March 1931
Chess player, Writer
Alexei Yashin05 November 1973
Ice hockey player
Vera Zvonareva07 September 1984
Elena Dementieva15 October 1981
Tennis player
Dmitry Klokov18 February 1983
Weightlifter
Alexei Kovalev24 February 1973
Ice hockey player
Alexey Voyevoda09 May 1980
Bobsledder
Vladimir Tarasenko13 December 1991
Ice hockey player
Alexey Shved16 December 1988
Basketball player
Ludmilla Tourischeva07 October 1952
Gymnast
Alan Dzagoev17 June 1990
Association football player
Vasily Smyslov24 March 1921
Chess grandmaster
Dmitri Alenichev20 October 1972
Association football player, Association football
Aron Nimzowitsch07 November 1886
Danish-Russian chess master
Vitaly Petrov08 September 1984
Racecar driver
Peter Svidler17 June 1976
Chess player
Viacheslav Datsik13 February 1980
Mixed martial artist, Kickboxer, Thai boxer
Denis Lebedev14 August 1979
Boxer
Nikolay Davydenko02 June 1981
tennis player
Aleksandr Kerzhakov27 November 1982
Association football player
Irina Slutskaya09 February 1979
Figure skater
Daria Gavrilova05 March 1994
Tennis player
Sergei Gonchar13 April 1974
Ice hockey player
Alexandra Kosteniuk23 April 1984
Chess player
Diniyar Bilyaletdinov27 February 1985
Association football player
Sergei Ignashevich14 July 1979
Footballer