Immanuel Kant was an 18th-century German philosopher from the Prussian city of Königsberg . He is regarded as one of the...
David Hilbert /ˈdaːfɪt ˈhɪlbʌt/ (January 23, 1862 – February 14, 1943) was a German mathematician, recognized as one of the most influential and universal mathematicians of the 19th and...
Algis Budrys was a Lithuanian-American science fiction author, editor, and critic. He was also known under the pen names "Frank Mason", "Alger Rome", "John A. Sentry",...
Walter Bruno Henning (August 26, 1908—January 8, 1967) was a scholar of Middle Iranian languages and literature, especially of the corpus discovered by the Turpan expeditions of the early...
Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Yevtushenko (Russian: Евге́ний Алекса́ндрович Евтуше́нко) (also transliterated as Evgenii Alexandrovich Evtushenko, Yevgeniy Yevtushenko, or Evgeny Evtushenko) (born...
Nathalie Sarraute (French pronunciation: [natali saˈʁot]; July 18, 1900, Ivanovo, Russia – October 19, 1999, Paris, France) was a French lawyer and writer of Russian Jewish origin. Sarraute...
Yuri Lvovich Averbakh (born February 8, 1922 in Kaluga, Russia) is a Soviet and Russian chess player and author. He is currently the oldest living chess grandmaster. His father was German...
Sir Paul Vinogradoff (Russian: Па́вел Гаври́лович Виногра́дов, transliterated: Pavel Gavrilovich Vinogradov; 18 (30) November 1854, Kostroma, Russia– 19 December 1925, Paris, France) was a...
Nadezhda Konstantinovna "Nadya" Krupskaya (Russian: Наде́жда Константи́новна Кру́пская, scientific transliteration Nadežda Konstantinovna Krupskaja) (26 February [O.S. 14 February] 1869...
Daniil Kharms (Russian: Дании́л Ива́нович Хармс; 30 December [O.S. 17 December] 1905 – 2 February 1942) was an early Soviet-era surrealist and absurdist poet, writer and dramatist. One of...
George Henry Sanders was an Academy Award-winning English film and television actor. Sanders was born at 6:00 am in Saint Petersburg, Russia at number 6 Petroffski...
Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich ; 25 September [O.S. September 12] 1906 – 9 August 1975 was a Russian composer of the Soviet period. After...
Nicolas Slonimsky was a Russian-American composer, conductor, musician, music critic, lexicographer and author. He described himself as a "diaskeuast";...
Viktor Lvovich Korchnoi (also Korchnoy, Kortchnoy, Kortschnoi, etc.; pronounced in the original Russian as "karch NOY"; Ви́ктор Льво́вич Корчно́й, born March 23, 1931, in Leningrad, USSR...
Iosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky was a Russian poet, essayist, and Nobel Laureate in Literature. He was appointed Poet...
Lou Andreas-Salomé (born Louise von Salomé or Luíza Gustavovna Salomé, Луиза Густавовна Саломе; 12 February 1861 – 5 January 1937) was a Russian-born psychoanalyst and author. Her diverse...
Gary Shteyngart is an American writer born in Leningrad, USSR . Much of his work is satirical and relies on the invention of elaborately...
Sergei (Serge) Platonovich 5th Knyaz Obolensky-Neledinsky-Meletzky (Tsarskoye Selo, 20 September/3 October 1890 - Grosse Pointe, Wayne County, Michigan, 29 September 1978) was a Russian...
Ayn Rand , born Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum , was a Russian-born American novelist, philosopher,...
Dmitri Borisovich Kabalevsky was a Russian Soviet composer. Kabalevsky is regarded as one of the great modern...
Count Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, often referred to as A. K. Tolstoy (Russian: Алексе́й Константи́нович Толсто́й) (September 5 [O.S. August 24] 1817 – October 10 [O.S. September...
Tee Corine (1943–2006) was a lesbian visual artist notable for the portrayal of sexuality in her artwork. Tee was born and grew up in Florida. Her mother introduced her to principles and...
Léon Poliakov (Russian: Лев Поляков; November 25, 1910 in Saint Petersburg – December 8, 1997 in Orsay) was a historian who wrote extensively on the Holocaust and anti-Semitism. Born into a...
Alexander Alexandrovich Blok (Russian: Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Блок [] ( listen), 28 November [O.S. 16 November] 1880 – 7 August 1921) was a Russian lyrical poet. Blok was born in Saint...
Aleksander Mikhailovich Rodchenko (Russian: Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Ро́дченко, 5 December [O.S. 23 November] 1891 – December 3, 1956) was a Russian artist, sculptor, photographer and graphic...