The Man Who Made Tetris
The guy graduated from the same high-school a few years ahead of me (Moscow School 91). Me and my classmates had our ears full on how great he was from our homeroom teacher (yes, we had them in high-school). We were the bunch of pre-selected math wiz kids, but whatever we did, we often heard from the our homeroom lady "You are not Lesha Pazhitnov", or "Lesha did this...". We didn't quite know who he was, but hated him nonetheless :). This was way before he made Tetris.