Famous People Born in Russia

Adrianov Nikolai (Athlete, Gymnastics) - Vladimir, Russia (October 14th, 1952)

Mikhail Botvinnik (Chess player, Engineer) - Kuokkala, Russia (August 17th, 1911)

Yul Brynner (Actor) - Vladivostok, Russia (July 11th, 1920)

Anton Chekhov (Writer) - Taganrog, Russia (January 29th, 1860)

Vladimir Fedoseev (Chess player) - Saint Petersburg, Russia (February 16th, 1995)

Anish Giri (Chess player) - Saint Petersburg, Russia (June 28th, 1994)

Ivan Goncharov (Writer) - Simbirsk, Russia (June 18th, 1812)

Sacha Guitry (Actor, Filmmaker) - Saint Petersburg, Russia (February 21st, 1885)

Isinbayeva Yelena (Athlete, Track and Field) - Volgograd, Russia (June 3rd, 1982)

Anatoly Karpov (Chess player, Politician) - Zlatoust, Russia (May 23rd, 1951)

Käthe Kollwitz (Printmaker, Sculptor) - Kaliningrad, Russia (July 8th, 1867)

Viktor Korchnoi (Chess player) - Leningrad, Russia (March 23rd, 1931)

Alexandra Kosteniuk (Chess player) - Perm, Russia (April 23rd, 1984)

Vladimir Kramnik (Chess player) - Tuapse, Russia (June 25th, 1975)

Anatoly Lutikov (Chess player) - Kaluga, Russia (April 4th, 1933)

Dmitri Mendeleev (scientist) - Verkhnie Aremzyany, Russia (February 8th, 1834)

Vladimir Nabokov (Writer) - Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 22nd, 1899)

Ian Nepomniachtchi (Chess player) - Bryansk, Russia (July 14th, 1990)

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (Writer) - Kislovodsk, Russia (December 11th, 1918)

Boris Spassky (Chess player) - Leningrad, Russia (January 30th, 1937)

Leo Tolstoy (Writer) - Yasnaya Polyana, Russia (September 9th, 1828)

Ivan Turgenev (Writer) - Oryol, Russia (November 9th, 1818)

T. H. White (Writer) - Saratov, Russia (May 29th, 1906)

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