Arts and Music

• Sergei Prokofiev (born 1891, died 1953)

  Russian composer.

  • Composed Peter and the Wolf (see list of Composers of the 20th Century)
• Sergei Rachmaninov (born 1873, died 1943)

  Russian composer and pianist.

  • Composer of concertos, piano pieces and symphonies (see list of Composers of the 20th Century)

Science and Philosophy

• Sergei V. Avdayev

  Russian cosmonaut.

  • Cosmonaut on Soyuz TM-15 (1992), TM-22 (1995) (see list of Spaceflight Veterans)
• Sergei M. Krikalev (born 1958)

  The first Russian cosmonaut aboard a U.S. space shuttle.

  • Cosmonaut on Soyuz TM-7 (1988), Soyuz TM-12 (1991), Discovery (1994) (see list of Spaceflight Veterans)

Sports

• Sergei Belov

  Russian basketball player.

  • Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1992 (see list of Basketball Hall of Fame)
• Sergei Bubka

  Soviet athlete.

  • 1988 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for Pole Vault (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in Miscellaneous Field Events)
• Sergei Federov

  Hockey player.

  • 1994 Hart Trophy winner (see list of Hart Trophy Winners)
• Sergei Fesenko

  Soviet athlete.

  • 1980 Olympic swimming gold medal winner for 200m butterfly (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in Miscellaneous Swimming Events)
• Sergei Fokichev

  Soviet athlete.

  • 1984 Olympic speed skating gold medal winner for 500m (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in Speed Skating)
• Sergei Kharikov

  Soviet athlete.

  • 1988 Olympic gymnastics gold medal winner for Floor Exercise (see list of Gold Medalists in Individual Gymnastics Events)
• Sergei Kopliakov

  Soviet athlete.

  • 1980 Olympic swimming gold medal winner for 200m Freestyle (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in Freestyle Swimming)
• Sergei Litvinov

  Soviet athlete.

  • 1988 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for Hammer (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in Miscellaneous Field Events)
• Sergei Makarov

  Hockey player.

  • 1990 Calder Memorial Trophy winner (see list of Calder Memorial Trophy Winners)
• Sergei Saveliev

  Soviet athlete.

  • 1976 Olympic Nordic skiing gold medalist for 30km Cross-country (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in Cross-country Skiing)
• Sergei Tarasov

  Russian athlete.

  • 1994 Olympic Nordic skiing gold medalist for 20km Biathlon (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in Cross-country Skiing)
• Sergei Tchepikov

  Russian athlete.

  • 1994 Olympic Nordic skiing gold medalist for 10km Biathlon (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in Cross-country Skiing)
• Sergei Volkov
  • 1975 World Figure Skating champion (see list of World Figure Skating Champions)

Stage and Screen

• Sergei Vasilyev

  Writer and director.

  • Winner of the 1955 Cannes Film Festival Best Director award, for Heroes of Shipka (see list of Cannes Film Festival Best Director Winners)
• Sergei Yutkevich (born 1904, died 1985)

  Russian writer, director and producer.

  • Winner of the 1956 and 1966 Cannes Film Festival Best Director awards, for Othello and Lenin in Poland (see list of Cannes Film Festival Best Director Winners)