Famous People with Name Svetlana

Svetlana Yevgenyevna Savitskaya            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Svetlana Yevgenyevna Savitskaya: was a Soviet female aviator and cosmonaut who flew the Soyuz T-7 in 1982, becoming the second woman in space some 19 years after Valentina Tereshkova. She is the daughter of a Soviet military commander Yevgeniy Savitskiy.

Svetlana Alexievich            Origin/Culture/Country: Ukrainian

Svetlana Alexievich: is a Belarusian investigative journalist and prose writer. Born in the Ukrainian town of Ivano-Frankovsk to a Belarusian father and a Ukrainian mother, she grew up in Belarus, where after finishing school, she worked as a reporter in several local newspap

Svetlana Leonidovna Boginskaya            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Svetlana Leonidovna Boginskaya: She was called the "Belarusian Swan" and the "Goddess of Gymnastics" due to her height, balletic grace, and long lines. She is especially renowned for the drama and artistry she displayed on floor exercise. Boginskaya is a three-time Olympic Champion, winning individual gold medals in Vault at the 1988, and team golds in 1988 and 1992.Boginskaya was a figure skater for several years, but began gymnastics at age eight. Two years later, she moved from Minsk to train full-time at the Moscow Round Lake Gymnastics Center. By age fourteen she was a member of the Soviet national team. She won her first medal, a bronze for balance beam, during the 1987 World Championships. She became one of the best gymnasts on the Soviet team and was expected to place very well at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea.

Svetlana RaPnatovi?            Origin/Culture/Country: Serbia, Europe

Svetlana RaPnatovi?: Ceca is a very popular and successful Serbian pop folk singer in the Balkan countries.Her success has made her one of the highest paid artists in the Serbian music industry. Ceca began her career as a folk and turbo folk singer but her style has evolved to resemble the Serbian modern folk-pop-dance music, and is mostly a mixture of Eastern European, Latin and Oriental styles. Ceca is also popular among the expatriate Balkan population living in Western Europe.

Svetlana Matveeva            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Svetlana Matveeva: is a chess player from Russia. She is a Woman Grandmaster and an International master.She had a surprise result in the Women's World Chess Championship 2008 when she knocked out the defending champion, Xu Yuhua, in the second round.