Notable Baltic Russians
Famous modern Baltic Russians include:
- Patriarch Alexius II of the Russian Orthodox Church, born Aleksey Ridiger in Tallinn, of Baltic German origin.
- Mikhail Baryshnikov, famous Russian-American dancer and actor, born in Riga.
- Ludmilla Chiriaeff, ballet dancer, choreographer, and director, born in Riga.
- Mikhail Eisenstein, architect designer of many buildings in Riga, father of Sergei Eisenstein, born in Riga.
- Sergei Eisenstein, director who made some famous Russian films (including The Battleship Potemkin), born in Riga.
- Alexandr Kaleri, Russian cosmonaut born in Jūrmala.
- Valery Karpin, football midfielder, born in Narva.
- Alexander Kovalevsky, embryologist born near Daugavpils.
- Evgenii Miller, Russian general born in Daugavpils.
- Alexei Kudrin, former Russian finance minister born in Dobele.
- Marie N (Marija Naumova), winner of the 2002 Eurovision Song Contest for Latvia.
- Nikolai Novosjolov, an Estonian fencer
- Nikita Ivanovich Panin, Russian 18th century statesman from Pärnu.
- Vladimirs Petrovs (Vladimir Petrov), chess player, born in Riga.
- Aleksandr Petukhov (Aleksandr Petushkov) movie writer and director, born in Riga.
- Roman Romanov, a Lithuanian businessman and current Chairman of Heart of Midlothian F.C.
- Vladimir Romanov, owner of Heart of Midlothian F.C. football club, citizen of Lithuania
- Uljana Semjonova, basketball player from Daugavpils.
- Alexei Shirov, chess grandmaster born in Riga.
- Konstantin Sokolsky, singer from Riga.
- Anatoly Solovyev, pilot and cosmonaut, born in Riga.
- Aleksandr Starkov (Aleksandr Starkov), Latvia national football team coach of 2001-2004.
- Yury Tynyanov, writer, literary critic, translator, scholar and scriptwriter born in Rēzekne (Rezhitsa).
- Viktor Uspaskich, leader of the Lithuanian Labour Party, former Lithuanian minister of infrastructure and the current member of the European Parliament elected from Lithuania.
- Nils Ušakovs, the current mayor of Riga
- Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel, Russian of Baltic German ancestry, one of the leaders of the counterrevolution in Russia, born in Lithuania.
- Mikhail Veller, Russia writer, who lived in Estonia in 1979-2000.
- Sergei Zholtok, professional ice hockey player from Riga.
- Tatiana Bleicher, writer, lives in Tallinn.
- Mikhail Nikolayevich Zadornov, Latvian-born Russian comedian
- Tatjana Ždanoka, current member of the European Parliament elected from Latvia
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