Gleb (; ) or Hlib (, ) is a Slavic male given name derived from the

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name ''Guðleifr'', which means "heir of god." According to another version, the name Gleb comes from the name

Olaf Olaf or Olav (, , or differences between General American and Received Pronunciation, British ; ) is a Dutch, Polish, Scandinavian and German given name. It is presumably of Proto-Norse origin, reconstructed as ''*Anu-laibaz'', from ''anu'' "ances ...

. It is popular in Russia due to an early martyr, Saint Gleb, who is venerated by

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Behind the Name It is also commonly used in Ukraine and Belarus. Notable people with the name include:

People

* Gleb of Kiev (died 1171), Rus’ prince * Gleb Axelrod (1923–2003), Russian pianist * Gleb Baklanov (1910–1976), Russian general * Gleb Boglayevskiy (born 1986), Russian football player * Gleb Botkin (1900-1969), Russian-born American memoirist, illustrator and founder of a neo-pagan religion who was the son of Eugene Botkin, the court physician to the Romanov family * Gleb Brussenskiy (born 2000), Kazakh Cyclist * Gleb W. Derujinsky (1888–1975), Russian-American sculptor * Gleb Galperin (born 1985), Russian diver * Gleb Ilyin (1889–1968), Russian-American painter *

Gleb Kotelnikov Gleb Yevgenyevich Kotelnikov (), was born on , at the household of a St. Petersburg Institute professor who taught higher mathematics and mechanics. His parents moved to Saint Petersburg from Poltava in 1868. Kotelnikov belonged to a theatre-l ...

(1872–1944), Russian inventor * Gleb Krotkov (1901–1968), Canadian scientist * Gleb Krzhizhanovsky (1872–1959), Russian economist * Gleb Lapitsky (born 1988), Belarusian politician *

Gleb Lozino-Lozinskiy Gleb Yevgenyevich Lozino-Lozinskiy (; Kyiv, January 7, 1910 – Moscow, November 28, 2001) was a Ukrainian Віталій Абліцов. «Галактика „Україна“. Українська діаспора: видатні постат ...

(1909–2001), Russian engineer * Gleb Lutfullin (born 2004), Russian figure skater * Gleb Vladimirovich Nosovsky (born 1958), Russian mathematician *

Gleb Panfilov Gleb Anatolyevich Panfilov (; 21 May 1934 – 26 August 2023) was a Russian film director noted for a string of mostly historical films starring his wife, Inna Churikova. Biography In the 1980s Panfilov, a chemist by profession, moved to thea ...

(1934-2023), Russian film director * Gleb Panfyorov (born 1970), Russian football player * Gleb Pavlovsky (1951-2023), Russian political scientist * Gleb Pisarevskiy (born 1976), Russian weightlifter * Gleb Sakharov (born 1988), French tennis player *

Gleb Savchenko Gleb Savchenko (; born 16 September 1983) is a Russian dancer and choreographer, who is currently a professional dancer on the Dancing with the Stars (U.S. TV series), U.S. version of ''Dancing with the Stars''. He previously appeared on the UK ...

(born 1984), Russian dancer *

Gleb Savinov Gleb Alexandrovich Savinov (; September 27, 1915 – November 5, 2000) was a Soviet Union, Soviet, Russians, Russian painter and art teacher, Honored Artist of the RSFSR, Honored Artist of Russian Federation, who lived and worked in Leningr ...

(1915–2000), Russian painter * Gleb Shishmaryov (1781–1835), Russian admiral * Gleb Shulpyakov (born 1971), Russian writer *

Gleb Strizhenov Gleb Aleksandrovich Strizhenov () (July 21, 1925 – October 4, 1985) was a Soviet stage and film actor. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1974). He was the older brother of Oleg Strizhenov, who was also an actor. Selected filmography *'' The T ...

(1925–1985), Soviet-Russian actor * Gleb Struve (1898–1985), Russian poet and literary historian *

Gleb Svyatoslavich Gleb Svyatoslavich ( 1052 – 30 May 1078) was Prince of Tmutarakan and Novgorod of Kievan Rus'. He ruled Tmutarakan under the overall authority of his father Sviatoslav Iaroslavich, Prince of Chernigov. He was twice expelled from his princ ...

(died 1078), Rus' prince * Gleb Svyatoslavich (Prince of Chernigov) (1168–1215), Rus' prince * Gleb Syritsa (born 2000), Russian Cyclist * Gleb Uspensky (1843–1902), Russian writer * Gleb Veremyev (born 2003), American ice hockey player * Gleb Wataghin (1899–1986), Italian scientist * Gleb Yakunin (1934–2014), Russian priest and dissident

Fictional characters

*Gleb Nerzhin, leading character, mathematician, prisoner, and Solzhenitsyn's alter ego in '' In the First Circle''; Solzhenitsyn also uses Nerzhin in some of his writings about his experiences in World War II *Gleb, a female character in the 2017 video game '' Star Wars Battlefront II'' *Gleb Vaganov, main antagonist in 2017 musical ''

Anastasia (musical) ''Anastasia'' is a musical play with music and lyrics by Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens, and a book by Terrence McNally. Based on the 20th Century Fox Animation 1997 film of the same name, the musical adapts the legend of the Grand Duchess ...

'' *Gleb Zheglov, main character in 1979 Soviet mini-series '' The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed''

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