Most Famous Russian Academics

Russia has produced 259 notable academics throughout history, led by Rosa Luxemburg. Rankings are drawn from a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 people.

Top Ranked

  1. Rosa Luxemburg — Russian Philosopher (1871–1919) , ranked #479
  2. Yuri Gagarin — Russian Cosmonaut (1934–1968) , ranked #508
  3. Lev Vygotsky — Russian Philosopher (1896–1934) , ranked #1687
  4. Konstantin Tsiolkovsky — Russian Aerospace (1857–1935) , ranked #3442
  5. Valentina Tereshkova — Russian Astronaut (Born 1937) , ranked #4013
  6. Georgi Plekhanov — Russian Philosopher (1856–1918) , ranked #4054
  7. Anton Makarenko — Russian Education (1888–1939) , ranked #6251
  8. Alexey Leonov — Russian Cosmonaut (1934–2019) , ranked #6612
  9. Eliezer Ben-Yehuda — Russian Lexicographer (1858–1922) , ranked #6725
  10. Alexander Bogdanov — Russian Philosopher (1873–1928) , ranked #9143
  11. Gherman Titov — Russian Cosmonaut (1935–2000) , ranked #12459
  12. Alexander Zinoviev — Russian Philosopher (1922–2006) , ranked #13050
  13. Sergei Bulgakov — Russian Philosopher (1871–1944) , ranked #13465
  14. Andrei Tupolev — Russian Aerospace (1888–1972) , ranked #13860
  15. Ivan Yefremov — Russian Palaeontologist (1908–1972) , ranked #15291
  16. Andriyan Nikolayev — Russian Cosmonaut (1929–2004) , ranked #17662
  17. Nikolai Fyodorovich Fyodorov — Russian Philosopher (1829–1903) , ranked #21942
  18. Vasily Rozanov — Russian Philosopher (1856–1919) , ranked #22693
  19. Nikolay Kostomarov — Russian Historian (1817–1885) , ranked #23077
  20. Konstantin Leontiev — Russian Philosopher (1831–1891) , ranked #25448