Ivanov

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Ivanov (Bulgarian, Russian: Ивано́в, sometimes the stress is on Ива́нов in Bulgarian if it is a middle name) or Ivanoff (masculine) or Ivanova (Ивано́ва; feminine) is one of the most popular surnames in Russia and Bulgaria. The surname derived from the first name Ivan (equivalent to John). The following people share this surname:

[edit] People

• Alexander Ivanov, see there for a list of people
• Alexei Ivanov, a Russian singer
• Almaz Ivanov, a Russian statesman
• Anton Ivanov, a Russian painter
• Arkady Ivanov, a Russian revolutionary
• Artemiy Ivanov, a Russian zoologist
• Binio Ivanov, a Bulgarian poet
• Desislava Ivanova, a Bulgarian singer
• Dimitar Ivanov Popov (1894–1975) a Bulgarian organic chemist
• Dimitar Ivanov Stoyanov, a Bulgarian writer known as Elin Pelin
• Georgi Ivanov, a Bulgarian cosmonaut
• Georgy Ivanov, a leading poet of the Russian emigration
• Igor Ivanov, a Russian foreign minister
• Igor Vasilyevich Ivanov, a Russian-born Canadian chess player
• Ilya Ivanov, a Russian biologist
• Ivan Ivanov, a Bulgarian Weightlifter
• Ivan Ivanov, a Bulgarian footballer
• Ivan I. Ivanov, a Russian mathematician
• Ivan Ivanov-Vano, a Soviet/Russian animator
• Ivo Ivanov, a Bulgarian footballer
• Elena Ivanova, Russian figure skater
• Kira Ivanova, Russian figure skater
• Konstantin Ivanov, a Chuvash poet
• Lea Ivanova, a Bulgarian singer
• Leonid Ivanov, a Russian botanist
• Lev Ivanov, a Russian choreographer
• Lili Ivanova, a Bulgarian singer
• Lyubov Ivanova, a Russian long-distance runner
• Mikhail Ivanov, a Russian cross country skier
• Mikhail Matveyevich Ivanov, a Russian graphic artist and painter
• Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, a Russian composer, conductor, and pedagogue
• Mikhail Ivanov-Boretsky, a Russian musicologist and composer
• Mimi Ivanova, a Bulgarian singer
• Mirela Ivanova, a modern Bulgarian poet
• Miroslav Ivanov, a Czech non-fiction writer
• Mitrofan Ivanov-Kozelsky, a Russian actor
• Natalya Ivanova, a Russian hurdler
• Nikolai Ivanov, a Russian commander
• Nikolai Ivanov, a Russian football referee
• Nikolai Nikolayevich Ivanov, a Russian biochemist
• Nicolas Ivanoff, a French pilot and flying instructor
• Olimpiada Ivanova, a Russian athlete
• Porfiry Ivanov, a Russian mystic
• Pyotr Ivanov, a Russian embryologist
• Razumnik Ivanov-Razumnik, a Russian politician
• Rick Ivanoff a Canadian songwriter and member of SOCAN
• Sergei Ivanov, a First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia
• Sergei Ivanov (chess player), a Russian chess grandmaster
• Sergei Vasilyevich Ivanov (1895–1986), a Russian ethnographer of Siberia
• Sergei Vasilyevich Ivanov (1864–1910), a Russian painter
• Sergei Valeryevich Ivanov, a Russian professional bicycle racer
• Sergey Ivanov (athlete), a Russian runner
• Trifon Ivanov, a Bulgarian football player
• Valentin Kozmich Ivanov, a Soviet football player
• Valentin Valentinovich Ivanov, a Russian football referee
• Vasili Ivanov, a Russian football player
• Viktor Ivanov, a Russian politician
• Viktor Ivanov, a Russian poster artist
• Violeta G. Ivanova, a Bulgarian astronomer
• Vladimir Ivanov, a Bulgarian football player
• Vladimir Ivanov, a Russian Iranologist
• Vladimir Ivanov, a Russian volleyball player, Olympic gold medalist
• Vladimir Alexeyevich Ivanov, a Russian orientalist
• Vladimir Dmitriyevich Ivanov, a Soviet military leader
• Vsevolod Ivanov, a Soviet writer
• Vyacheslav Ivanovich Ivanov, a Russian Symbolist poet and philosopher
• Vyacheslav Nikolayevich Ivanov, a Russian rower who became the first three-time Olympic gold medalist in the prestigious single scull event.
• Vyacheslav Vsevolodovich Ivanov, one of the most influential modern scholars specializing in Indo-European studies
• Xenophont Ivanov (1898—1967), a Bulgarian veterinary scholar
• Yanis Ivanov, a Soviet composer and People's Artist of the USSR
• Yevgeny Ivanov, a Soviet naval attaché and a spy
• Yulia Ivanova, a Russian beauty queen

[edit] Fictional characters

• D. D. Ivanov, a fictional character in the Macross universe
• Pola Ivanova, a fictional character from the James Bond film, A View to a Kill
• Susan Ivanova, a fictional character in the Babylon 5 universe
• Yuriy Ivanov, a fictional character in the Beyblade anime series. His name is Tala Valkov in the English version

[edit] Other

• "Ivanov" was also the nickname of a Soviet World War II aircraft Sukhoi Su-2
• Ivanov is also the title of a play by Anton Chekhov