List of Moscow State University people

The list of Moscow State University people includes notable alumni, non-graduates, and faculty affiliated with the Lomonosov Moscow State University (also known as "Moscow State University"). A fuller list is available as a .

Notable awards recipients

Nobel laureates

• Alexey Abrikosov, MS 1948Soviet-Russian-American physicist; Nobel Prize in Physics (2003)
• Ilya Frankprofessor of physics; Nobel Prize in Physics (1958)
• Vitaly Ginzburg, MS 1938, PhD 1942physicist; Nobel Prize in Physics (2003)
• Mikhail Gorbachev, MA 1955Head of State of the Soviet Union; Nobel Peace Prize (1990)
• Pyotr Kapitsaprofessor of physics; Nobel Prize in Physics (1978)
• Lev Landauprofessor of physics; Nobel Prize in Physics (1962)
• Boris Pasternak, MA 1913writer, Nobel Prize in Literature (1958)
• Alexander ProkhorovAustralian-Soviet-Russian professor of physics; Nobel Prize in Physics (1964)
• Andrei Sakharov, MS 1942nuclear physicist; Nobel Peace Prize (1975)
• Nikolay Semyonovprofessor of chemistry; Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1956)
• Igor Tamm, MS 1918physicist; Nobel Prize in Physics (1958)

Fields Medal laureates

• Vladimir Drinfeld (attended 1969–1974)Soviet-American mathematician; Fields Medal (1990); Harry Pratt Judson Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago
• Maxim Kontsevich (attended 1980–1985)Russian-French mathematician; Fields Medal (1998)
• Grigory Margulis, PhD 1970Russian-American mathematician; Erastus L. De Forest Professor of Mathematics at Yale University; Fields Medal (1978)
• Sergei Novikov, BA 1960mathematician; Fields Medal (1970)
• Andrei Okounkov, PhD 1995mathematician; Fields Medal (2006); Professor of Mathematics at Princeton University
• Vladimir Voevodsky (attended 1982)Russian-American mathematician

Turing Award laureates

• C. A. R. Hoare (attended as graduate student)British computer scientist; Turing Award (1980)

Literature, journalism and philosophy

Academics

Astronomy

• Alexander Salomonovich - radio astronomer

Chemistry

• Nikolay Emanuel - specialist in chemical kinetics and mechanics of chemical reactions
• Alexei Kharitonenkov - biochemist and medical researcher
• Aleksandr Oparin - biochemist
• Natalia Shustova - Professor of Chemistry
• Alexei Bogdanov - Chemist and molecular biologist
• Nguyen Dinh Duc - researcher of composite materials in Vietnam
• Nikolay Semyonov - professor of chemistry; Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1956

Computer science

• Georgy Adelson-Velsky - Soviet-Israeli inventor of AVL tree algorithm; developer of Kaissa (the first World Computer Chess Champion)
• C. A. R. Hoare - British computer scientist; winner of Turing Award in 1980
• Lam M. Nguyen - computer scientist and applied mathematician; Research Scientist at IBM Research
• Alexander Stepanov - Russian-American, known for C++ Standard Template Library

Economics

• Sergey Glazyev - economist, politician
• Avraham Katznelson - physician and Zionist political figure
• Yuri Maltsev - Austrian School economist

Engineering

• Klaudia Sergejewna Kildisheva (1917 - 1994),aviation engineer and H ero of Socialist Labor
• Victor Lyatkher (1933), renewable energy engineer

Geosciences

• Boris Fedtschenko - botanist
• Naomi Feinbrun-Dothan - Russian-Israeli botanist
• Alexander Goldfarb - Russian-American microbiologist, activist, and author
• Boris Kozo-Polyansky - botanist and evolutionary biologist
• Grigori Gamburtsev - seismologist
• Grigorii Kozhevnikov - entomologist
• Irina Pavlovna Zarutskaya - geomorphologist, cartographer

History

• Zalpa Bersanova - Chechen ethnographer and author
• Anatoly Bokschanin - historian of Rome, professor
• Igor Golomstock - art historian
• Vladimir Guerrier - historian and founder of higher education for women in Russia
• Anatoly Khazanov- anthropologist and historian
• Vasily Klyuchevsky - historian
• Nikolay Kun - historian, writer and educator
• Nikolai Mashkin - historian of Rome, professor
• Suleyman Aliyarli - Azeri historian and Turkologist
• Sigurd Schmidt - historian, ethnographer
• Pavel Polian - geographer and historian
• Alec Rasizade - professor of history and political science, author of Rasizade's algorithm
• V. S. Lelchuk - historian
• Konstantin Zel'in - historian

Law

• Daphna Hacker - professor at the Tel Aviv University law faculty
• Tatiana Vladislavovna Petrova - Environmental law lecturer
• Anatoly Shesteryuk - Environmental and land law professor

Linguistics and philology

• Victor Baydalinguist
• Alexander DolinJapanologist, author, translator, academic
• Ahmet Cevat EmreTurkish linguist
• Elena Fedorovaphilologist
• Margalit FinkelbergBelarusian-Israeli historian and linguist
• Vyacheslav Ivanovphilologist
• Yuri KnorozovRussian linguist, epigrapher and ethnographer
• Anatoly Moskvinacademic and linguist, arrested in 2011 after the bodies of 26 mummified young women were discovered in his home
• Victor Raskindistinguished professor of linguistics at Purdue University

Mathematics

Paleontology

• Alexei Petrovich Pavlov - paleontologist and geologist
• Maria Vasillievna Pavlova - paleontologist

Pedagogy

• Victor Della-Vos
• Alexander Bogomolny, Israeli American mathematician; creator of the mathematical education website Cut-the-Knot

Physics

Psychology

• Georgy Shchedrovitsky
• Lev Semenovich Vygotsky - psychologist

Sociology

• Georgi Derluguian - sociologist
• Yuri Levada - sociologist

Other

Business and finance

• Pyotr Aven
• Oleg Deripaska
• Andrey Melnichenko, billionaire, founder and chairman of EuroChem
• Margarita Louis-Dreyfus, Russian-born French billionaire, chairman of Louis Dreyfus
• Elena Kotova
• Alexander Mamut, Russian-Israeli lawyer, banker and investor
• Denis Morozov, Russian entrepreneur
• Irina Nevzlin, Israeli entrepreneur and author
• Oleg Vyugin, former head of Russian financial markets regulator

Musicians and actors

• Nipun Akter - actress
• Sergei Bodrov, Jr. - actor
• Nashenas - Afghan musician
• Natalia O'Shea - singer-songwriter
• Alla Yoshpe - singer
• Elena Zoubareva - opera singer
• Elena Katina - singer

Politics

• Leonid Gozman - politician and president of the Union of Right Forces
• Ivan Laluha (1932–2025) - Slovak politician
• Marina Solodkin - Israeli politician
• Vladislav Stashinsky - deputy of the State Duma of the 2nd convocation, first Minister of Internal Affairs of Lithuania in 1918 and director of the Bank of Lithuania
• Araik Tunyan - member of the Constitutional Court of Armenia
• Aun Pornmoniroth - Deputy Prime Minister of Cambodia

Religion

• Ê»Alí-Akbar Furútan, Hand of the Cause of the Baháʼí Faith

Sports

• Semyon Belits-Geiman - swimmer, world record holder and two-time Olympic medalist
• Marina Granovskaia - director at Chelsea F.C.
• Nikita Mazepin - former Formula 1 driver of Team Haas F1
• Nikolai Melnikov - Olympic champion water polo player
• Mikhail Romm - football player and author

Visual arts

• Anna Alchuk - poet and visual artist
• Wassily Kandinsky - painter, printmaker and art theorist
• Vsevolod Meyerhold - theatre director and producer
• Ernst Neizvestny - sculptor, painter, graphic artist, and art philosopher
• Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko - theatre director, writer
• Leonid Pasternak - post-impressionist painter
• Vsevolod Pudovkin - film director
• Yuli Raizman -- film director and screenwriter
• Yulia Spiridonova - photographer

Video games

• Vadim Gerasimov - co-developer of Tetris

Automobiles

• Misha Charoudin - test driver, automotive influencer, social media personality

See also

• List of Russian scientists

References