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    Most Famous People from Russia

    People from Russia, ranked by worldwide fame rather than local attention.

    As of September 14, 2026, Vladimir Putin leads iFANN's Famous rankings for Russia, ahead of Khabib Nurmagomedov and Vladimir Lenin.

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    Vladimir Putin
    #1

    Vladimir Putin

    Fame score 29.1

    Khabib Nurmagomedov
    #2

    Khabib Nurmagomedov

    Fame score 21.0

    Vladimir Lenin
    #3

    Vladimir Lenin

    Fame score 20.4

    #4
    Islam Makhachev

    Islam Makhachevru

    827.3K Wikipedia views · 92+ news articles

    19.4    #5
    Fyodor Dostoyevsky

    Fyodor Dostoyevskyru

    490.5K Wikipedia views · 111 news articles

    18.4    #6
    Irina Shayk

    Irina Shaykru

    310.7K Wikipedia views · 22+ news articles

    17.3    #7
    Mikhail Gorbachev

    Mikhail Gorbachevru

    317.9K Wikipedia views · 513 news articles

    16.6    #8
    Pavel Durov

    Pavel Durovru

    547.6K Wikipedia views · 3+ news articles

    16.1    #9
    Maria Sharapova

    Maria Sharapovaru

    203.4K Wikipedia views · 23+ news articles

    15.4    #10
    Dmitry Medvedev

    Dmitry Medvedevru

    122.5K Wikipedia views · 34+ news articles

    15.0    #111
    Andrei Tarkovsky

    Andrei Tarkovskyru

    121.5K Wikipedia views · 11+ news articles

    14.5    #121
    Boris Yeltsin

    Boris Yeltsinru

    157K Wikipedia views · 335 news articles

    14.5    #13
    Sergey Lavrov

    Sergey Lavrovru

    41K Wikipedia views · 5.5K news articles

    14.1    #14
    Peter the Great

    Peter the Greatru

    161.8K Wikipedia views · 96 news articles

    13.5    #15
    Khamzat Chimaev

    Khamzat Chimaevru

    225.5K Wikipedia views · 53 news articles

    13.5    #16
    Garry Kasparov

    Garry Kasparovru

    122.9K Wikipedia views · 53 news articles

    13.1    #17
    Catherine II of Russia

    Catherine II of Russiaru

    304.3K Wikipedia views · 11 news articles

    13.0    #181
    Ayn Rand

    Ayn Randru

    241.2K Wikipedia views · 68 news articles

    12.6    #191
    Daniil Medvedev

    Daniil Medvedevru

    191.1K Wikipedia views · 585 news articles

    12.6    #20
    Yuri Gagarin

    Yuri Gagarinru

    156.3K Wikipedia views · 173 news articles

    11.6    #21
    Marie Curie

    Marie Curieru

    353.4K Wikipedia views · 574 news articles

    11.4    #221
    Alla Pugacheva

    Alla Pugachevaru

    33K Wikipedia views · 210 news articles

    11.4    #231
    Fedor Emelianenko

    Fedor Emelianenkoru

    107.7K Wikipedia views · 22 news articles

    11.3    #24
    Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

    Aleksandr Solzhenitsynru

    94.2K Wikipedia views · 36 news articles

    11.1    #25
    Isaac Asimov

    Isaac Asimovru

    209.9K Wikipedia views · 225 news articles

    11.0    #26
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovskyru

    110.2K Wikipedia views · 177 news articles

    10.9    #27
    Grigori Perelman

    Grigori Perelmanru

    98.7K Wikipedia views · 48 news articles

    10.4    #28
    Alexandra Trusova

    Alexandra Trusovaru

    129K Wikipedia views · 92 news articles

    9.9    #29
    Natalia Vodianova

    Natalia Vodianovaru

    47.4K Wikipedia views · 55 news articles

    9.7    #301
    Alexander Ovechkin

    Alexander Ovechkinru

    57.9K Wikipedia views · 138 news articles

    9.7    #311
    Anna Kournikova

    Anna Kournikovaru

    190.7K Wikipedia views · 1+ news articles

    9.6    #32
    Valentina Tereshkova

    Valentina Tereshkovaru

    65K Wikipedia views · 0+ news articles

    9.6    #33
    Mikhail Kalashnikov

    Mikhail Kalashnikovru

    69.7K Wikipedia views · 1+ news articles

    9.4    #34
    Vladimir Nabokov

    Vladimir Nabokovru

    143K Wikipedia views · 119 news articles

    9.3    #35
    Vladimir Zhirinovsky

    Vladimir Zhirinovskyru

    27.8K Wikipedia views · 92 news articles

    8.4    #36
    Karen Khachanov

    Karen Khachanovru

    274.4K Wikipedia views · 104+ news articles

    7.7    #37
    Gennady Zyuganov

    Gennady Zyuganovru

    30.2K Wikipedia views · 100 news articles

    7.6    #38
    Nikita Mikhalkov

    Nikita Mikhalkovru

    11.7K Wikipedia views · 234 news articles

    7.3    #39
    Maxim Galkin

    Maxim Galkinru

    15.4K Wikipedia views · 46 news articles

    7.2    #40
    Usman Nurmagomedov

    Usman Nurmagomedovru

    338.6K Wikipedia views · 49 news articles

    6.9    #41
    Sweetie Fox

    Sweetie Foxru

    280.4K Wikipedia views · 5+ news articles

    6.8    #42
    Alexey Pajitnov

    Alexey Pajitnovru

    84.8K Wikipedia views · 1+ news articles

    6.6    #43
    Nikolai Valuev

    Nikolai Valuevru

    103.2K Wikipedia views · 8 news articles

    6.1    #44
    Umar Nurmagomedov

    Umar Nurmagomedovru

    428.5K Wikipedia views · 121 news articles

    5.7    #45
    Evgenia Medvedeva

    Evgenia Medvedevaru

    22.3K Wikipedia views · 0+ news articles

    5.6    #46
    Andrei Konchalovsky

    Andrei Konchalovskyru

    31.5K Wikipedia views · 1+ news articles

    5.2    #47
    Maya Plisetskaya

    Maya Plisetskayaru

    9.3K Wikipedia views · 19 news articles

    4.7    #48
    Sharabutdin Magomedov

    Sharabutdin Magomedovru

    88.8K Wikipedia views · 8 news articles

    4.4    #49
    Hasbulla

    Hasbullaru

    75.1K Wikipedia views · 0+ news articles

    4.0    #50
    Jacob Tsimerman

    Jacob Tsimermanru

    169.2K Wikipedia views · 10 news articles

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