Famous People with Name Larisa

Larisa Efimovna Shepitko            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Larisa Efimovna Shepitko: was a Soviet Russian film director. She went to the Moscow Film school (VGIK) as a pupil of Alexander Dovzhenko. She was a student of Dovzhenko's for 18 months until he died in 1956. Shepitko graduated from VGIK in 1963 with her prize winning diploma film

Larisa Romanovna Oleynik            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Larisa Romanovna Oleynik: is a solo musician best known for his work in his former band The Calling and their signature song 'Wherever You Will Go' which peaked at #3 on the top 40 in 2001.[1] As a solo artist he is well known for providing the vocals on the top 10 hit, "Why Don't You & I" in 2004. In 2008 he created his own record label and released a 5 song EP, "Alex Band EP".[2] He currently resides with his wife, Jennifer Sky in Los Angeles.During and after his time in The Calling, Band and Kamin co-wrote all of the band's songs. They also wrote songs for several other artists as well as for several movie soundtracks, most of which Band would perform on

Larisa Ilinichna Volpert            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Larisa Ilinichna Volpert: is a Russian chess Woman Grandmaster. Her peak was in the 1950s and 1960s. She was three times Soviet women's chess champion (1954, 1958, and 1959).

Larisa Mikhaylovna Popova            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Larisa Mikhaylovna Popova: is a Moldovan rower who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1976 Summer Olympics.In 1976 she was a crew member of the Soviet boat which won the silver medal in the quadruple sculls event.

Larisa Netšeporuk            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Larisa Netšeporuk: is a retired heptathlete who represents Estonia, having changed nationality from her birth country Ukraine.