Ivanov (surname)
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Ivanov Ivanoff or Ivanow (masculine) or Ivanova is one of the most common surnames in Russia
and Bulgaria
. The surname derived from the first name Ivan (equivalent to John, making the name effectively equivalent to Johnson
).
The following people share this surname (See Ivanov (disambiguation) for fictional characters):
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
and Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
. The surname derived from the first name Ivan (equivalent to John, making the name effectively equivalent to Johnson
Johnson
Johnson is an English, Scottish, and Irish name of Norman origin. The name itself is a patronym of the given name John, literally meaning "son of John." The name John derives from Latin Johannes, which is derived through Greek Ἰωάννης Iōannēs, from Hebrew יוחנן Yohanan meaning "Yahweh has favoured"...
).
The following people share this surname (See Ivanov (disambiguation) for fictional characters):
- Alexander Ivanov (disambiguation), several people
- Aleksei Ivanov (disambiguation), several people
- Alina IvanovaAlina IvanovaAlina Ivanova is a retired race walker from Russia, best known for winning the gold medal in the women's 10 km walk at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan...
(born 1969), Russian race walker and long-distance runner - Almaz IvanovAlmaz IvanovAlmaz Ivanovich Ivanov was a Russian statesman.From 1640 to 1646, Almaz Ivanov held the post of a dyak of the royal treasury . In 1646, he was transferred to the Posolsky Prikaz...
(died 1669), Russian statesman - Anton Ivanov-Goluboy (1818–1863), Russian painter
- Arkady Ivanov, Russian revolutionary
- Artyom Ivanov (disambiguation), several people
- Artemiy Ivanov, Russian zoologist
- Binio Ivanov, Bulgarian poet
- Desislava Ivanova (born 1979), Bulgarian singer
- Dimitar Ivanov PopovDimitar Ivanov PopovDimitar Ivanov Popov was a Bulgarian organic chemist and an academician of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. He is the namesake of the Ivanov reaction.-References:...
(1894–1975), Bulgarian organic chemist - Dimitar Ivanov Stoyanov (1877–1949), Bulgarian writer known as Elin PelinElin PelinElin Pelin , born Dimitar Ivanov Stoyanov is arguably considered Bulgaria’s best narrator of country life.Born into a large family in the village of Baylovo near Sofia, he loved writing and reading from an early age...
- Dmytro IvanovDmytro IvanovDmytro Ivanov is a Ukrainian goalkeeper is currently a free agent.-External links:**...
(born 1989), Ukrainian footballer - Elena IvanovaElena IvanovaElena Ivanova is a Russian former figure skater. She was the 1996 World Junior Champion. Elena Ivanova started skating at the age of 6, when figure skating coach Nina Ruchkina visited her kindergarten in search for talanted youth. She noticed Elena. Her parents approved skating, and Ivanova...
, Russian figure skater - Georgi Ivanov (disambiguation)Georgi Ivanov (disambiguation)Georgi Ivanov may refer to:*Georgi Ivanov , Bulgarian cosmonaut and politician*Georgi Ivanov , mayor of Haskovo, Bulgaria*Georgi Ivanov , Bulgarian footballer...
, several people - Georgy IvanovGeorgy IvanovGeorgii Vladimirovich Ivanov was a leading poet and essayist of the Russian emigration between the 1930s and 1950s.As a banker's son, Ivanov spent his young manhood in the elite circle of Russian golden youth. He started writing pretentious verses, imitative of Baudelaire and the French...
(1894–1958), leading poet of the Russian emigration - Igor Petrovich Ivanov (1923–1992), Russian pedagogue
- Igor Vasilyevich IvanovIgor Vasilyevich IvanovIgor Vasilyevich Ivanov was a Russian Grandmaster of chess and a concert pianist.- Early life :He was born in 1947 in Leningrad, USSR, and learned chess at age five. He studied music intensively as a youth, specializing in piano, and was very talented...
(1947–2004), Russian-born Canadian chess player - Igor IvanovIgor IvanovIgor Sergeyevich Ivanov is a Russian politician and was Russian Foreign Minister from 1998 to 2004.- Early life :...
(born 1945), Russian foreign minister - Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov (1870–1932?), Russian biologist
- Ivan Ivanov (born 1971), Bulgarian Weightlifter
- Ivan Ivanov (footballer)Ivan Ivanov (footballer)Ivan Ivanov is a Bulgarian footballer, currently playing for Serbian club FK Partizan Belgrade. He is a centre-back who started his career playing as a left-back.-Early career:...
(born 1988), Bulgarian footballer - Ivan Ivanov (mathematician) (1862–1939), Russian mathematician
- Ivan Ivanov-VanoIvan Ivanov-VanoIvan Pyetrovich Ivanov-Vano was a Soviet animator and Russian animation director, sometimes called the "Patriarch of Soviet animation"....
(1900–1987), Soviet/Russian animator - Ivo Ivanov (disambiguation), multiple people
- Kira IvanovaKira IvanovaKira Valentinovna Ivanova was a figure skater from the former Soviet Union whose senior international career ran from 1979 to 1988...
(1963–2001), Russian figure skater - Konstantin Valeryevich IvanovKonstantin Valeryevich IvanovKonstantin Valeryevich Ivanov is a Russian professional football player. In 2009, he played in the Russian Second Division for FC Dnepr Smolensk.-External links:*...
(b. 1991), Russian footballer - Konstantin Vasilyevich Ivanov (1890-1915), Chuvash poet
- Kristo IvanovKristo IvanovKristo Ivanov is a Swedish-Brazilian information scientist and systems scientist of ethnic Bulgarian origin. He is professor emeritus at the Department of informatics of Umeå University in Sweden.-Biography:...
(born 1937), Swedish information scientist and systems scientist - Lea Ivanova, Bulgarian singer
- Leonid Ivanov (athlete), Soviet Olympic runner
- Leonid Ivanov (basketball), Soviet basketball player
- Leonid Ivanov (botanist), Russian botanist
- Leonid Ivanov (footballer)Leonid IvanovLeonid Grigoryevich Ivanov was a Soviet football player.-International career:Ivanov made his debut for USSR on July 15, 1952 in an Olympics game against Bulgaria...
(1921-1990), Soviet international footballer - Lev IvanovLev IvanovLev Ivanovich Ivanov was a Russian ballet dancer and choreographer and later, Second Balletmaster of the Imperial Ballet....
(1834–1901), Russian choreographer - Lili IvanovaLili IvanovaLili Ivanova is a popular Bulgarian singer.-Discography:Lili Ivanova has released 65 albums Lili Ivanova (born April 24, 1939 in Kubrat) is a popular Bulgarian singer.-Discography:Lili Ivanova has released 65 albums Lili Ivanova (born April 24, 1939 in Kubrat) is a popular Bulgarian...
(born 1939), Bulgarian singer - Lyubomir Ivanov, Bulgarian scientist, non-governmental activist, and Antarctic explorer
- Lyubov IvanovaLyubov IvanovaLyubov Kharlamova is a Russian long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.-Career:She finished fourth at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg and fourth at the 2006 IAAF World Athletics Final, but tested positive in a doping test for a steroid and...
(born 1981), Russian long-distance runner - Mike IvanowMike IvanowMike Ivanow is a retired U.S. soccer goalkeeper who was born in Shanghai, China. He spent eight seasons in the North American Soccer League and was a member of the U.S. soccer team at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He also earned ten caps with the U.S...
(born 1948), a retired U.S. soccer goalkeeper - Mikhail Ivanov (cross-country skier) (born 1977), Russian cross country skier
- Mikhail Ivanov (composer)Mikhail Ivanov (composer)Mikhail Mikhailovich Ivanov was a Russian composer, critic and writer on music.-Biography:Mikhail Mikhailovich Ivanov was born in Moscow in 1849. He studied at the Technological Institute, St Petersburg, then at the Moscow Conservatory for a year, under Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Alexandre...
(1849-1927), Russian composer and critic - Mikhail Matveyevich Ivanov, Russian graphic artist and painter
- Mikhail Ippolitov-IvanovMikhail Ippolitov-IvanovMikhail Mikhailovich Ippolitov-Ivanov was a Russian composer, conductor and teacher.- Biography :...
(1859–1939), Russian composer, conductor, and pedagogue - Mikhail Ivanov-Boretsky (1874–1936), Russian musicologist and composer
- Mimi Ivanova, Bulgarian singer
- Mirela IvanovaMirela IvanovaMirela Ivanova is one of the most famous modern Bulgarian poets. Her poems have been translated into many different languages, including German and English....
(born 1962), modern Bulgarian poet - Miroslav IvanovMiroslav IvanovMiroslav Ivanov was popular Czech nonfiction writer.His father was executed during Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia. Ivanov studied history and Czech language at the Charles University in Prague. He then worked at the university for seven years. In 1960 he started work as a journalist and then...
(1929–1999), Czech non-fiction writer - Miroslav Ivanov (footballer)Miroslav Ivanov (footballer)Miroslav Ivanov is a Bulgarian footballer. He is currently playing for Ludogorets Razgrad.-Beginning:He began his career in his hometown as player of Yantra Gabrovo. Then he was transferred to FC Shumen.-Levski Sofia:...
(born 1981), Bulgarian footballer - Mitrofan Ivanov-Kozelsky, Russian actor
- Natalya IvanovaNatalya IvanovaNatalya Nikolaevna Ivanova is a Russian hurdler. She finished fifth in the 400m hurdles final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg.She also ran in the heats for Russia's 4 x 400m relay team in the 2004 Olympics...
(born 1981), Russian hurdler - Natalya Ivanova (wrestler) (born 1969), Tajikistani wrestler
- Natalya Ivanova (Ukrainian athlete) (born 1975), Ukrainian runner
- Nikolai Ivanov (disambiguation), several people
- Nicolas IvanoffNicolas IvanoffNicolas Ivanoff is a French pilot and flying instructor, who currently races in the Red Bull Air Race World Series under the number 7...
(born 1969), French pilot and flying instructor - Olimpiada IvanovaOlimpiada IvanovaOlimpiada Vladimirovna Ivanova is a Russian race walker. She has 4 medals from the major events. She was born in Munsjuty, Chuvashia.Her first gold medal was won in the 2001 Edmonton World Championships, where she beat the rest of the world with the time 1.27:48...
(born 1979), Russian athlete - Porfiry IvanovPorfiry IvanovPorfiry Korneyevich Ivanov was a Russian mystic whose beliefs have attained a cult status, with followers estimated in the tens of thousands. He was a self-proclaimed doctor, although he had no formal certification...
(1898–1983), Russian religious leader - Pyotr Ivanov (embryologist), Russian embryologist
- Pyotr Sergeyevich IvanovPyotr Sergeyevich IvanovPyotr Sergeyevich Ivanov is a Russian professional football player. In 2009, he played for FC Dynamo St. Petersburg.-External links:*...
(born 1984), Russian footballer - Razumnik Ivanov-Razumnik, Russian politician
- Rick Ivanoff a Canadian songwriter and member of SOCAN
- Savina Ivanova (born 1989), Australian academic
- S. Ivanov, Russian soloist with the Alexandrov Ensemble
- Semion IvanovSemion IvanovSemion Pavlovich Ivanov was a Soviet general.-Early life:Ivanov was born to a peasants' family. He worked in railroad maintenance since the age of twelve, while continuing to study at school during his spare time. He volunteered into the Red Army in 1926, and was sent to the 1st Infantry School in...
(1907-1993), Soviet general. - Sergey Ivanov (disambiguation), several people
- Trifon IvanovTrifon IvanovTrifon Marinov Ivanov is a former Bulgarian international football player.Sometimes known by his nickname "The Bulgarian Wolf" due to his unshaven appearance and mullet hairstyle, Ivanov started his career with the team Etar of Veliko Tarnovo...
(born 1965), Bulgarian football player - Valentin D. IvanovValentin D. IvanovValentin D. Ivanov is a Bulgarian astronomer, currently working in the European Southern Observatory, mainly at the Paranal site. Among his primary research areas are the dynamics of star clusters, formation of stars, brown dwarfs, and exoplanets around such objects.Valentin Ivanov and Ray...
(born 1967), Bulgarian astronomer and science fiction writer - Valentin Kozmich IvanovValentin Kozmich IvanovValentin Kozmich Ivanov was a football winger/striker, co-leading scorer at the 1962 World Cup and co-1960 European Nations' Cup top scorer.Ivanov appeared 59 times for the Soviet Union, scoring 26 goals...
(born 1934), Soviet football player - Valentin Valentinovich IvanovValentin Valentinovich IvanovValentin Valentinovich Ivanov is a Russian international football referee and a former player. The son of two Olympic champions of 1956, Valentin Ivanov and Lidiya Ivanova, he lives in Moscow where he works as a teacher....
(born 1961), Russian football referee - Valentina IvanovaValentina IvanovaValentina Ivanova is a retired female discus thrower from Russia, who competed in the discus contest at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There she ended up in 24th place . Ivanova set her personal best in the women's discus throw event on 2001-01-27 in...
(born 1963), Russian discus thrower - Valeri Ivanov (born 1963), modern Bulgarian poet and literari critic
- Valeri Ivanov (died 2002), Russian journalist
- Vasili IvanovVasili IvanovVasili Vladimirovich Ivanov is a retired Russian football player, widely regarded as one of the most influential foreign signings during his stint in Israel with Maccabi Haifa.-Honours:* Soviet Top League champion: 1991....
(born 1970), Russian football player - Viktor Ivanov (politician) (born 1950), Russian politician
- Viktor Semyonovich Ivanov (1909–1968), Soviet poster artist
- Violeta G. IvanovaVioleta G. IvanovaVioleta Ivanova is a Bulgarian astronomer. She sometimes signs Violeta G. Ivanova.She has discovered numerous asteroids. She works at the Institute of Astronomy, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and has made her discoveries at the Smolyan Observatory, which became the Rozhen National Observatory some...
, Bulgarian astronomer - Vladimir Ivanov (footballer)Vladimir Ivanov (footballer)Vladimir Ivanov is a former Bulgarian football defender. He is also known as "Fugata" In his career Ivanov played for Slavia Sofia, Levski Sofia, Lokomotiv Sofia, Lokomotiv Plovdiv and German Borussia Mönchengladbach....
(born 1973), Bulgarian football player - Vladimir Ivanov (Iranologist) (1886–1970), Russian Iranologist
- Vladimir Ivanov (volleyball player), Russian volleyball player, Olympic gold medalist
- Vladimir Alexeyevich IvanovVladimir Alexeyevich IvanovVladimir Alekseevich Ivanov was a Russian orientalist. He was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia and died in Tehran, Iran. His work on Ismailism has opened new doors for the modern researchers on Islam. He graduated in 1907 and joined the faculty of Oriental Languages of the University of St...
, Russian orientalist - Vladimir Dmitriyevich Ivanov, Soviet military leader
- Vsevolod IvanovVsevolod IvanovVsevolod Vyacheslavovich Ivanov was a notable Soviet writer praised for the colourful adventure tales set in the Asiatic part of Russia during the Civil War.-Biography:...
(1895–1963), Soviet writer - Vyacheslav Ivanovich IvanovVyacheslav Ivanovich IvanovVyacheslav Ivanovich Ivanov was a Russian poet and playwright associated with the Russian Symbolist movement. He was also a philosopher, translator, and literary critic.-Early life:...
(1866–1949), Russian Symbolist poet and philosopher - Vyacheslav Nikolayevich IvanovVyacheslav Nikolayevich IvanovVyacheslav Nikolayevich Ivanov is known to most of the non-Russian speaking world as Vyacheslav Ivanov, was one of the most accomplished rowers of his generation...
(born 1938), Russian rower, first three-time Olympic gold medalist in the single scull - Vyacheslav Vsevolodovich IvanovVyacheslav Vsevolodovich IvanovVyacheslav Vsevolodovich Ivanov is a prominent Soviet/Russian philologist and Indo-Europeanist probably best known for his glottalic theory of Indo-European consonantism and for placing the Indo-European urheimat in the area of the Armenian Highlands and Lake Urmia.-Early life:Vyacheslav Ivanov's...
(born 1929), Russian philologist and Indo-Europeanist - Xenophont IvanovXenophont IvanovXenophont Andreev Ivanov was a Bulgarian veterinary scholar of pathological morphology.Graduated in veterinary medicine at Berlin . Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine , and first rector of the Agricultural Academy in Sofia...
(1898–1967), Bulgarian veterinary scholar - Yanis Ivanov, Soviet composer and People's Artist of the USSR
- Yehor IvanovYehor IvanovYehor Ivanov is a Ukrainian football striker for FC Illichivets Mariupol in the Ukrainian Premier League.He made his debut for main Illichivets time as substitution in second half in match against Tavriya Simferopol in Ukrainian Premier League in 26 September 2011.- External links :*...
, (born 1991) Ukrainian footballer - Yevgeni Ivanov (disambiguation), several people
- Yulia IvanovaYulia IvanovaYulia Ivanova is a Russian beauty queen and a model. She was crowned The Beauty of Russia in 2005 and later represented Russia at Miss World 2005. She made the top 15 by winning the Beach Beauty competition. Before competing in beauty pageants Yulia was a contestant in Russia's Next Top Model...
(born 1983), Russian beauty queen