Famous people from Russia
The most-searched people from Russia right now, with the latest news on each.
Diana Shnaider
Russian tennis player (born 2004)
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Nikita Kucherov
Nikita Igorevich Kucherov is a Russian professional ice hockey player who is a right winger and alternate captain for the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League (NHL). Regarded as one of the best to ever play for the franchise, and one of the best players in the world, Kucherov is a two-time recipient of the Hart Memorial Trophy as the NHL's most valuable player in 2019 and 2026, and twice was voted the winner of the Ted Lindsay Award as players' choice for the best player in the N...
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Irina Shayk
Russian model and television personality (born 1986)
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Kamilla Rakhimova
Kamilla Stanislavovna Rakhimova is a Russian-born Uzbekistani professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 60, achieved on 30 December 2024 and a best doubles ranking of No. 51, attained on 25 August 2025.
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Daniil Medvedev
Russian tennis player
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Dmitry Medvedev
President of Russia from 2008 to 2012, Prime Minister of Russia (2012-2020) and Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of Russia since 2020
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Gérard Depardieu
French actor (born 1948)
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Pavel Durov
technology entrepreneur (born 1984)
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Andrey Rublev
Andrey Andreyevich Rublev is a Russian professional tennis player. He has been ranked by the ATP as high as world No. 5 in singles, which he achieved on 13 September 2021, and No. 44 in doubles, attained on 6 November 2023. Rublev has won 18 ATP Tour singles titles, including two ATP Masters 1000 events in Monte-Carlo and Madrid. He has also won four tour-level doubles titles, including the 2023 Madrid Open, with Karen Khachanov. He has reached the singles quarterfinals of all four majors and...
Roman Safiullin
Roman Rishatovich Safiullin is a Russian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 36, achieved on 8 January 2024 and a best doubles ranking of No. 151, achieved on 19 August 2024.
Katya Jones
Katya Jones is a Russian dancer and choreographer. She is best known for being a professional dancer in the competition show Strictly Come Dancing, which she won in 2017 with her dance partner Joe McFadden. In the 2020 series, Jones was paired with the retired professional and Olympic champion boxer Nicola Adams, the first same-sex couple to compete in the UK competition's format.
Alisher Usmanov
Russian billionaire
Aleksey Batrakov
Aleksey Andreevich Batrakov is a Russian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Süper Lig club Galatasaray and the Russia national team.
Kirill Marchenko
Kirill Igorevich Marchenko is a Russian professional ice hockey player who is a winger for Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL). Marchenko was selected by the Columbus Blue Jackets with the 49th overall pick in the 2018 NHL entry draft.
Sergei Bobrovsky
Sergei Andreyevich Bobrovsky is a Russian professional ice hockey player who is a goaltender for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has also played in the NHL for the Philadelphia Flyers, Columbus Blue Jackets, and Florida Panthers. Bobrovsky is a two-time Vezina Trophy winner, winning in the 2012–13 and 2016–17 seasons while a member of the Blue Jackets. After signing with Florida in 2019, Bobrovsky backstopped the Panthers to back-to-back Stanley Cup championshi...
Mikhail Mishustin
Russian politician; Prime Minister of the Russian Federation
Marat Safin
Russian tennis player
Vasily Podkolzin
Vasily Alexandrovich Podkolzin is a Russian professional ice hockey player who is a winger for the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected tenth overall by the Vancouver Canucks in the 2019 NHL entry draft and made his NHL debut with them in 2021. Before joining Vancouver Podkolzin played for SKA Saint Petersburg of the Kontinental Hockey League. Internationally Podkolzin has played for the Russian national junior team at several tournaments.
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Vladimir Kramnik
Russian chess grandmaster
Ivan Demidov
Ivan Alexeyevich Demidov is a Russian professional ice hockey player who is a right winger for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected in the first round, fifth overall, by the Canadiens in the 2024 NHL entry draft.
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Andrei Svechnikov
Andrei Igorevich Svechnikov is a Russian professional ice hockey player who is a winger for the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Hurricanes selected him second overall in the 2018 NHL entry draft. Svechnikov won the Stanley Cup with the Hurricanes in 2026.
Sergei Murashov
Sergei Murashov is a Russian professional ice hockey player who is a goaltender for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted 118th overall by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 2022 NHL entry draft.
Liudmila Samsonova
Liudmila Dmitrievna Samsonova is a Russian professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 12, achieved on 27 February 2023, and a best doubles ranking of No. 32, reached on 20 April 2026. Samsonova competed for Italy from 2014 to 2018.
Yulia Putintseva
Yulia Antonovna Putintseva is a Russian-born Kazakhstani professional tennis player. She achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 20 on 27 January 2025, and a best doubles ranking of No. 57 on 16 June 2025.