Davidov (; feminine Davidova (Давидова)) is a surname meaning "descendant of (David)". Sometimes it may be a transliteration of "". Notable people with the surname include: *

Aleksandar Davidov Aleksandar Davidov (; born 7 October 1983) is a Serbian retired footballer who played as a winger. Club career Davidov started out at Hajduk Kula, making his senior debut in 2000. He spent the following 10 years at the club, before transferring ...

, Serbian footballer *

Alexei Davidov Alexei Augustovich Davidov () (1867-1940) was a Russian cellist and composer, and also a banker, industrialist, and businessman. Davidov was born in Moscow on August 23, 1867, the son of mathematician and educator August Davidov originally from ...

(1867–1940), Russian cellist, composer, and businessman, son of August Davidov *

August Davidov August Yulevich Davidov () (December 15, 1823 – December 22, 1885) was a Russian mathematician and engineer, professor at Moscow University, and author of works on differential equations with partial derivatives, definite integrals, and the appl ...

(1823–1885), Russian mathematician and pedagogue, brother of Karl Davidov *

Guy Davidov Guy Davidov (Hebrew: גיא דוידוב; born 1970) is the Elias Lieberman Professor of Labour Law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Davidov completed his LLB studies at Tel-Aviv University, and his LLM and SJD degrees at the University of ...

, Israeli professor of law * Ivan Davidov (1943–2015), Bulgarian footballer *

Jayar Davidov Jayar Davidov (; 8 October 1979 – 7 October 2023) was an Israeli police officer who was a police commander in Rahat and a Chief Superintendent in the Israel Police. Davidov was killed in the stand-off in Ofakim during the Gaza war. Career Dav ...

(died 2023), Israeli police officer *

Karl Davidov Karl Yulievich Davydov (; ) was a Russian cellist, described by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky as the "czar of cellists". He was also a composer, mainly for the cello. His name also appears in various different spellings: Davydov, Davidoff, Davidov, an ...

(Davydov) (1838–1889), Russian cellist, conductor, composer, and pedagogue, brother of August Davidov *

Lea Davidova-Medene Lea Davidova-Medene (); (31 March 1921 – 31 July 1986) was a Latvian sculptor who worked within the portrait genre in Latvian sculpture during the second half of the 20th century. Biography Lea Davidova-Medene graduated from the Art Academy ...

, Latvian sculptor * Marv Davidov (1931–2012), American peace activist and founder of the

Honeywell Project The Honeywell Project was a peace group based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States that existed from the late 1960s until around 1990. During its existence, the organization waged a campaign to convince the board and executives of the Honeywel ...

Milan Davidov Milan Davidov (Serbian Cyrillic: Милан Давидов; born 1 June 1979) is a Serbian former professional footballer. He also graduated on the University of Novi Sad Faculty of Law The University of Novi Sad Faculty of Law (), also known ...

(born 1978), Serbian footballer * Shani Bloch-Davidov (born 1979), Israeli Olympic racing cyclist *

Toma Davidov Toma Kostov Davidov (2 May 1863 - 15 March 1903) was a Bulgarian Army officer and participant in the Macedonian Revolutionary Movement, a vojvode of the Macedonian Supreme Committee, later becoming a commander in the Internal Macedonian Revolutio ...

(1863-1903), Bulgarian Army officer and participant in the Macedonian Revolutionary Movement, *

Valeriya Davidova Valeriya Davidova (Russian: Валерия Давыдова; born 15 December 1997 in Tashkent) is an Uzbekistani rhythmic gymnast of Russian origin. Career Davidova appeared in international junior competitions in 2008 competing in the Interc ...

(Davydova), Uzbekistani rhythmic gymnast of Russian origin

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