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 category. 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 Iosif Shklovsky (1916– 1985), astronomer and astrophysicist.
Chemistry Alexei Bogdanov - chemist and molecular biologist Nguyen Dinh Duc - researcher of composite materials in Vietnam Nikolay Emanuel - specialist in chemical kinetics and mechanics of chemical reactions Alexei Kharitonenkov - Russian-American biochemist and medical researcher Aleksandr Oparin - biochemist Natalia Shustova - Professor of Chemistry 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 - Vietnamese-American 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 Grigori Gamburtsev - seismologist Grigorii Kozhevnikov - entomologist Boris Kozo-Polyansky - botanist and evolutionary biologist Irina Pavlovna Zarutskaya - geomorphologist, cartographer
History
Suleyman Aliyarli - Azeri historian and Turkologist 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 V. S. Lelchuk - historian Nikolai Mashkin - historian of Rome, professor Sigurd Schmidt - historian, ethnographer Pavel Polian - geographer and historian Alec Rasizade - professor of history and political science, author of Rasizade's algorithm Konstantin Zel'in - historian
Law
Daphna Hacker - professor at the Tel Aviv University law faculty Tatiana Vladislavovna Petrova - Environmental law lecturerThe Department of Environment and Land Law Law Faculty, MSU - Petrova (in Russian) 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 Alexander Bogomolny, Israeli American mathematician; creator of the mathematical education website Cut-the-Knot Victor Della-Vos
Physics
Psychology Alexander Luria (1902–1977) , neuropsychologist Georgy Shchedrovitsky Lev Semenovich Vygotsky - psychologist
Sociology Alexander Bikbov - sociologist and political scientist 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 (born 1960), Russian-Israeli lawyer, banker,, and investor Yuri Milner (born 1961), Soviet-born Israeli entrepreneur, investor, physicist, and scientist. 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 Lev Kamenev (né Rozenfeld; 1883–1936), Russian revolutionary and Soviet politician. Ivan Laluha (1932–2025) - Slovak politician Michael Novakhov (born 1975) - American radio station founder and host, and member of the New York State Assembly 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
ʻAlí-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 Alexandra Trusova - figure skater and 2022 Olympic silver medalist
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 :Category:Moscow State University alumni List of Russian scientists
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