Andrei Platonovich Klimentov, Russian-born writer of the Soviet period;

Andrei Tarkovsky, Russian film director;

Andrei Chikatilo, Russian serial killer

Andrei Osterman, Russian statesman;

Andrei Bolotov, Russian agriculturalist and memoirist;

Andrei Kirilenko (politician), Soviet politician;

Andrei Sakharov, Russian physicist and activist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (declined);