Famous Russian - Russian Celebrities
Russia. The very mention of this country brings to memory the image of a proud Yuri Gagarin as he became the first human to journey into outer space. Russians have always been the pioneers in space travel and launched the first human made satellite. Extending across northern Asia and Eastern Europe, Russia is the largest country in the world by area. Russians over the past several centuries have played a very important role in the development of the world’s art, science and technology, philosophy, music, politics and literature.
Find out more about the greatest Russians, including Vladimir Putin, Joseph Stalin, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Vladimir Lenin and Nikita Khrushchev.
The Most Famous Russian | |||
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| Name | Birthday | Nationality | Bio |
| Vasily Zaytsev | March 23, 1915 | Russian | Vasily Zatysev was a Russian sniper who served during the World War II |
| Zyzz (Aziz Shavershian) | March 24, 1989 | Australian, Russian, Thai | Zyzz (Aziz Shavershian) was a popular Australian Body Builder and internet personality |
| Olesya Rulin | March 17, 1986 | Russian, American | Olesya Rulin is a Russian-American actress, best known for her role in Disney's commercially successful ‘High School Musical’ franchise |
| Nikolai Valuev | August 21, 1973 | Russian | Nikolai Valuev is a Russian retired professional boxer, actor, politician, and author |
| Vitaly Zdorovetskiy | March 8, 1992 | Russian, American | Check out all that you wanted to know about Vitaly Zdorovetskiy, the budding YouTube Personality; his birthday, family and personal life, his girlfriends, fun trivia facts and more. |
| Helga Lovekaty | May 7, 1992 | Russian | Helga Lovekaty is a famous Russian fashion model and actress |
| Konstantin Tsiolkovsky | September 17, 1857 | Russian | Konstantin Tsiolkovsky was a Russian rocket scientist and a pioneer of astronautics |
| Garry Kasparov | April 13, 1963 | Russian | Garry Kasparov is a Russian chess Grandmaster considered by many to be the greatest chess player of all time |
| Grigori Rasputin | January 21, 1869 | Russian | Rasputin was a Russian farmer-turned-healer, famous for his relationship with the Tsar’s family |
| Anastasia Kvitko | November 25, 1994 | Russian | Anastasia Kvitko is a Russian glamor model and entrepreneur |
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Lenin was a communist revolutionary who led the famous October revolution in Russia
Grigori Perelman
Grigori Perelman is a Russian mathematician who is best known for his contributions to Riemannian geometry and geometric topology
Kostya Tszyu
Kostya Tszyu is a Russian-Australian professional boxer
Andrei Chikatilo
Andrei Chikatilo was a soviet serial killer, who killed a total of 56 people in Soviet Russia during the 70s and 80s
Vyacheslav Molotov
Vyacheslav Molotov was a Soviet politician and diplomat
Zhores Ivanovich Alferov
Zhores Ivanovich Alferov is a Nobel Prize winning Russian physicist
Pyotr Kapitsa
Pyotr Kapitsa was a leading Soviet physicist who was jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1978
Anatole Litvak
Anatole Litvak was a Russian film editor, screenwriter and director
Aleksandr Prokhorov
Aleksandr Prokhorov was a Soviet physicist who earned the Nobel Prize for his pioneering work on laser-maser principle
Nikolay Basov
Nikolay Basov was a Soviet physicist who won Nobel Prize for his work on quantum electrodynamics