Efim is a given name, also spelled as Yefim. It is derived from the
Greek name
In the modern world, Greek names are the personal names among people of Greek language and Greek culture, culture, generally consisting of a given name and a family name.
History
Ancient Greek personal names, Ancient Greeks generally had a sin ...
''Euthymios'' (Εὐθύμιος; ;
latinized as ''Euthymius''). Notable people with the name include:
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Efim Alexandrov (born 1960), Russian-Jewish comedian
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Efim Bogoljubov (1889–1962), Russian-German chess grandmaster
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Efim Dzigan (1898–1981), Soviet film director
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Efim Etkind (1918–1999), Russian philologist
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Efim Fradkin (1924–1999), Russian physicist
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Efim Geller
Efim Petrovich Geller (; ; 8 March 1925 – 17 November 1998) was a Soviet chess player and world-class grandmaster at his peak. He won the Soviet Championship twice (in 1955 and 1979) and was a Candidate for the World Championship on six occa ...
(1925–1998), Soviet chess grandmaster
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Efim Jourist (1947–2007), Ukrainian composer
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Efim Kolbintsev (1875–), Russian peasant, treasurer, merchant and deputy of the Fourth Imperial Duma from Orenburg Governorate
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Efim Motpan (born 1971), Moldovan racewalker
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Efim Shifrin (born 1956), Russian actor
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Efim Zelmanov
Efim Isaakovich Zelmanov (; born 7 September 1955) is a Russian-American mathematician, known for his work on combinatorial problems in nonassociative algebra and group theory, including his solution of the Burnside problem, restricted Burnside p ...
(born 1955), Russian-American mathematician
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Yefim Alekseyevich Cherepanov and Miron Yefimovich Cherepanov (1774–1842) and (1803–1849), Russian inventors, father and son
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Yefim Bronfman
Yefim Naumovich Bronfman (; born April 10, 1958) is a Soviet-born Israeli-American pianist.
Biography
Bronfman was born in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, and immigrated to Israel at the age of 15. He was born into a musical Jewish family. His father Naum ...
(born 1958), Russian-Israeli pianist
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Yefim Chaplits (1768–1825), ethnic Pole, general of the Russian Empire
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Yefim Chulak (born 1948), Russian former volleyball player
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Yefim Golïshev (1897–1970), Ukrainian-born painter and composer
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Yefim Karskiy
Yefim Fyodorovich Karsky (, ; , older name form) ( – 29 April 1931) was a Belarusian linguist, Slavist, ethnographer, and paleographer, founder of Belarusian linguistics, literary studies and paleography, a member of numerous scientific in ...
(1861–1931), linguist-Slavist, ethnographer and paleographer
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Yefim Kopelyan (1912–1975), Russian actor of theater and cinema
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Yefim Moiseevich Fomin (1909–1941), Jewish-Soviet Political Commisar
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