List of Russian Americans

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This is a list of notable Russian Americans , including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.

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To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Russian American or must have references showing they are Russian American and are notable.

Arts

Performance

Yul Brynner Yul Brynner in The Magnificent Seven (1960) (cropped).jpg
Yul Brynner
Mikhail Baryshnikov Mikhail Baryshnikov 2014.jpg
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Anton Yelchin Anton Yelchin, 2011.jpg
Anton Yelchin
Sofia Vassilieva Sofia Vassilieva on vlogbrothers 2019 (cropped).png
Sofia Vassilieva
Eugenia Kuzmina Eugenia Kuzmina.jpg
Eugenia Kuzmina
George Gershwin George Gershwin 1937.jpg
George Gershwin
Sarah Natochenny Sarah Natochenny Photo Op Animate! Columbus 2024 (cropped).jpg
Sarah Natochenny
Michael Dudikoff Michael Dudikoff 2013.jpg
Michael Dudikoff
Sergei Rachmaninoff Rachmaninov.jpg
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Igor Stravinsky Igor Stravinsky LOC 32392u.jpg
Igor Stravinsky

Visual arts

Literature

Isaac Asimov Isaac.Asimov01.jpg
Isaac Asimov

Science

Igor Sikorsky on Time magazine cover, 1953 Igor Sikorsky-TIME-1953.jpg
Igor Sikorsky on Time magazine cover, 1953
Vladimir K. Zworykin Zvorykin0.jpg
Vladimir K. Zworykin

Sports

Anna Kournikova Anna Kournikova, 2009.JPG
Anna Kournikova
Maria Sharapova Maria Sharapova (2016).JPG
Maria Sharapova
Sue Bird Sue Bird 2012.jpg
Sue Bird
Bill Goldberg Bill goldberg.jpg
Bill Goldberg
Ted Williams Ted Williams BBall Digest May 1949 raw.jpg
Ted Williams
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Maria Sharapova

Military

Business

Dmitri Alperovitch Dmitri Alperovitch, official portrait, Homeland Security Council.jpg
Dmitri Alperovitch

Politics

Economics

Modeling

Sasha Pivovarova Sasha Pivovarova in Anna Sui Feb 2008, Photographed by Ed Kavishe for Fashion Wire Press.jpg
Sasha Pivovarova

Other

Alsu Kurmasheva Alsu Kurmasheva 2024 (cropped).jpg
Alsu Kurmasheva

References

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