Igor ( ; ; sr-Cyrl, Игор, ; ) is a common East Slavic given name derived from the Norse name
Ingvar
Ingvar or Yngvar ( , d. early 7th century) was the son of Östen and reclaimed the Swedish throne for the House of Yngling after the Swedes had rebelled against Sölve.
He is reported to have fallen in battle in Ancient Estonia, Estonia and bee ...
Varangians
The Varangians ( ; ; ; , or )Varangian ," Online Etymology Dictionary were
Igor of Kiev
Igor (; ; – 945) was Prince of Kiev from 912 to 945. Traditionally, he is considered to be the son of Rurik, who established himself at Novgorod and died in 879 while Igor was an infant. According to the '' Primary Chronicle'', Rurik was succ ...
. The name can be translated as warrior under the protection of the god Ingvar or protector of the gods.
People
Igor
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Igor of Kiev
Igor (; ; – 945) was Prince of Kiev from 912 to 945. Traditionally, he is considered to be the son of Rurik, who established himself at Novgorod and died in 879 while Igor was an infant. According to the '' Primary Chronicle'', Rurik was succ ...
, ruler of
Kievan Rus'
Kievan Rus', also known as Kyivan Rus,.
* was the first East Slavs, East Slavic state and later an amalgam of principalities in Eastern Europe from the late 9th to the mid-13th century.John Channon & Robert Hudson, ''Penguin Historical At ...
from 913 to 945
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Igor II of Kiev
Igor II Olgovich (died September 19, 1147) was Prince of Chernigov and Grand Prince of Kiev (1146). He was a son of Oleg I of Chernigov.
He was the chosen successor of his brother, Vsevolod II of Kiev. Though his brother had extracted promises ...
(died 1147), Grand Prince of Kiev (1146)
* Igor Akinfeev (born 1986), Russian football goalkeeper
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Igor Andreev
Igor Valeryevich Andreev (, BGN/PCGN: ''Andreyev'', ISO 9: ''Andreev'', ; born 14 July 1983) is a Russian coach and a former professional tennis player. He won three ATP Tour singles titles, reached the quarterfinals of the 2007 French Open a ...
(born 1983), Russian tennis player
* Igor Angulo (born 1984), Basque-Spanish footballer
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Igor Antón
Igor Antón Hernández (born 2 March 1983) is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2005 and 2018 for the , and squads.
Career
Born in Galdakao, Basque Country, Antón's first major achievement ...
(born 1983), Basque-Spanish cyclist
* Igor Arkhipov (born 1953), Russian politician
* Igor Arnáez (born 1991), Basque-Spanish footballer
* Igor Astarloa (born 1976), Basque-Spanish cyclist
* Igor Belousov (1928–2005), Soviet statesman
* Igor Bobček (born 1983), Slovak ice hockey defenceman
* Igor Bogdanoff (1949–2022), French science fiction author
* Igor Boki (born 1994), Belarusian Paralympic swimmer
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Igor Cavalera
Igor Graziano Cavalera (born 4 September 1970) is a Brazilian musician, best known as the former drummer for the heavy metal band Sepultura, which he co-founded with his brother Max in 1984. Max left the band in 1997, and Igor himself would ...
Igor Dodon
Igor Dodon (; born 18 February 1975) is a Moldovan politician who served as the 5th president of Moldova from 2016 to 2020. He currently serves as the leader of the Party of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova since 2024. He served as Ministry ...
(born 1975), Moldovan politician and president of Moldova from 2016 to 2020
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Igor de Camargo
Igor Alberto Rinck de Diver Camargo (born 12 May 1983), known as Igor de Camargo, is a former professional association football, footballer who played as a Striker (association football), striker. Born in Brazil, he represented the Belgium nati ...
(born 1983), Brazilian / Belgian footballer
* Igor Eremenko (born 1997), Russian ice dancer who defected to the United States
* Igor Gabilondo (born 1979), Basque-Spanish footballer
* Igor Gaydamaka, Soviet sprint canoer
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Igor Girkin
Igor Vsevolodovich Girkin ( rus, И́горь Все́володович Ги́ркин, p=ˈiɡərʲ ˈfsʲevələdəvʲɪdʑ ˈɡʲirkʲɪn; born 17 December 1970), also known by the alias Igor Ivanovich Strelkov ( rus, И́горь Ива́ ...
(born 1970), Russian army veteran and former Federal Security Service officer who played a key role in the Russian annexation of Crimea
* Igor Golomstock (1929–2017), London-based Russian art historian
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Igor González de Galdeano
Igor González de Galdeano Aranzábal (born 1 November 1973) is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer and most recently, the team manager of UCI ProTeam . Following a promising start to his career at Vitalicio Seguros, where he fin ...
(born 1973), Basque-Spanish cyclist
* Igor Julio dos Santos de Paulo (born 1998), Brazilian footballer
* Igor Jankowski (born 1983), Belarusian-Polish composer
* Igor Kholmanskikh (born 1969), Russian government appointee and former factory worker
* Igor Coronado, Brazilian footballer
* Igor Kornelyuk (born 1962), Russian musician, singer and songwriter
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Igor Kokoškov
Igor Stefan Kokoškov ( sr-Cyrl, Игор Стефан Кокошков; born 17 December 1971) is a Serbian professional basketball coach.
He had spent 19 years in the NBA as an assistant coach, with a brief stint as head coach for the Phoenix ...
(born 1971), Serbian basketball coach
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Igor Kunitsyn
Igor Konstantinovich Kunitsyn ( rus, И́горь Константи́нович Куни́цын, , ˈiɡərʲ kʊˈnʲitsɨn; born September 30, 1981) is a retired tennis player from Russia. He made it into the top 100 for the first time in 20 ...
(born 1981), Russian tennis player
* Igor Kurnosov (1985–2013), Russian chess grandmaster
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Igor Larionov
Igor Nikolayevich Larionov (; born 3 December 1960) is a Russian Coach (ice hockey), ice hockey coach, sports agent and former professional ice hockey player, known as "the Professor". Considered one of the best hockey players of all time, he, a ...
(born 1960), Soviet and Russian retired
ice hockey
Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Tw ...
Igor Matovič
Igor Matovič (born 11 May 1973) is a Slovak politician and former businessman. He previously served as Deputy Prime Minister of Slovakia and List of Ministers of Finance of Slovakia, Minister of Finance from April 2021 to December 2022 and prim ...
(born 1973), Slovak politician
* Igor Medved (born 1981), Slovenian ski jumper
* Igor Menshchikov (born 1970), Russian football player and coach
* Igor Merino (born 1990), Basque-Spanish cyclist
* Igor V. Minin (born 1960), Russian physicist
* Igor Nesterenko (born 1990), Israeli-Ukrainian basketball player in the
Israel Basketball Premier League
Ligat HaAl (, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is a professional basketball league in Israel and the highest level of basketball in the country. The league's name is abbreviated as either BSL ...
* Igor Nikitin (ice hockey) (1966–2013), Russian ice hockey player
* Igor Nikolayev (born 1960), Russian singer, composer and songwriter
* Igor Oistrakh (1931–2021), Russian violinist
* Igor Olshanetskyi (born 1986), Israeli Olympic weightlifter
* Igor Olshansky (born 1982), Ukrainian-born American National Football League player
* Igor Omura Fraga (born 1998), Japanese-born Brazilian racing driver and eSports racer
* Igor Paixão (born 2000), Brazilian footballer
* Igor Pavlov (athlete) (born 1979), Russian pole vaulter
* Igor Rasko (born 1966), Russian ice hockey player
* Igor Savitsky (1915–1984), Russian art collector and art museum director.
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Igor Sechin
Igor Ivanovich Sechin (; born 7 September 1960) is a Russian entrepreneur and a government official, considered a close ally and "de facto deputy" of Vladimir Putin.
Sechin has been a confidant of Russian leader Vladimir Putin since the early ...
(born 1960), Russian businessman and politician
* Igor Sedašev (born 1950), Estonian politician
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Igor Severyanin
Igor Severyanin (; pen name, real name Igor Vasilyevich Lotaryov: И́горь Васи́льевич Лотарёв; May 16, 1887 – December 20, 1941) was a Russian poet who presided over the circle of the so-called Ego-Futurists.
Igor wa ...
(1887–1941), Russian poet
* Igor Shesterkin (born 1995), Russian ice hockey player
* Igor Shuvalov (born 1967), Russian politician
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Igor Sijsling
Igor Sijsling (; born 18 August 1987) is a Dutch professional tennis player. Sijsling reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 52 on 17 February 2014. His biggest accomplishment is reaching the final of 2013 Australian Open – M ...
(born 1987), Dutch tennis player
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Igor Sikorsky
Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky, (25 May 1889 – 26 October 1972) was a Russian-American aviation pioneer in both helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft. His first success came with the Sikorsky S-2, the second aircraft of his design and construc ...
(1889–1972), Russian-born American pioneer of aviation in both helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft
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Igor Smirnov (politician)
Igor Nikolaevich Smirnov (; born 23 October 1941) is a Russian-born Transnistrian politician who served as the first President of Transnistria, president (1991–2011) of the List of unrecognized countries, internationally unrecognized Pridnestr ...
(born 1941), Transnistrian politician
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Igor Stravinsky
Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky ( – 6 April 1971) was a Russian composer and conductor with French citizenship (from 1934) and American citizenship (from 1945). He is widely considered one of the most important and influential 20th-century c ...
(1882–1971), Russian composer and conductor
* Igor Subbotin (born 1990), Estonian footballer
* Igor Svyatoslavich (1151–1201/1202), prince of Putivl (1164–1180), of Novgorod-Seversk (1180–1198), and of Chernigov (1198–1201/1202)
* Igor Sypniewski (1974–2022), Polish football forward
* Igor Śmiałowski (1917–2006), Polish actor
* Igor Talkov (1956–1991), Russian singer-songwriter
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Igor Tudor
Igor Tudor (born 16 April 1978) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player who currently manages Serie A club Juventus.
Capable of playing either as a defender or defensive midfielder, Tudor spent most of his playing career a ...
(born 1978), Croatian footballer and manager
* Igor Ursov (1927–2002) Russian phthisiatrist, scientist
* Igor Yebra (born 1974), Basque-Spanish dancer
* Igor Zubeldia (born 1997), Basque-Spanish footballer
Ihar
* Ihar Hermianchuk (1961–2002), Belarusian journalist and political activist.
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Ihar Hershankou
Ihar Piatrovich Hershankou (also ''Hershankoŭ''; ; , ''Igor' Petrovich Gershankov''; ca. 1981 — 19 or 20 November 2018) was a convicted Belarusian serial killer and fraudster.
Hershankou was one of the leaders of "black realtors" group of crim ...
(1981–2018), convicted Belarusian murderer, soldier and fraudster
* Ihar Makarau (born 1979), Belarusian judoka
* Ihar Maystrenka (born 1959), Belarusian former rower
* Ihar Razhkow (born 1981), Belarusian footballer
* Ihar Rynkevich (born 1968), Belarusian legal and political expert, journalist and human rights activist
* Ihar Stasevich (born 1985), Belarusian footballer
* Ihar Tarlowski (born 1974), Belarusian footballer and coach
* Ihar Truhaw (born 1976), Belarusian footballer and coach
* Ihar Tsaplyuk (born 1970), Belarusian footballer
* Ihar Zyankovich (born 1987), Belarusian footballer
* Ihar Zyulew (born 1984), Belarusian footballer and coach
Ihor
* Ihor Bazhan (born 1981), Ukrainian footballer
* Ihor Chuchman (born 1985), Kazakhstani footballer
* Ihor Della-Rossa (born 1939), Georgian-born Soviet racewalker
* Ihor Huz (born 1982), Ukrainian politician, member of Parliament
* Ihor Kalynets (born 1939), Ukrainian poet and dissident during Soviet times
* Ihor Kharatin (born 1995), Ukrainian footballer
* Ihor Kharchenko (born 1962), Ukrainian diplomat
* Ihor Kirienko (born 1986), Ukrainian footballer
* Ihor Kohut (born 1996), Ukrainian footballer
* Ihor Kolykhaiev (born 1971), Ukrainian politician and entrepreneur
* Ihor Kolomoyskyi (born 1963), Ukrainian businessman
* Ihor Kononenko (born 1965) Ukrainian businessman and politician
* Ihor Kyrylenko (born 1991), Ukrainian singer, songwriter, producer and DJ, member in a number of musical bands
* Ihor Kyryukhantsev (born 1996), Ukrainian footballer
* Ihor Lytovchenko (born 1966), Ukrainian businessman and entrepreneur
* Ihor Lutsenko (politician) (born 1978), Ukrainian journalist and politician
* Ihor Melnyk (footballer, born 1983), Ukrainian footballer
* Ihor Melnyk (footballer, born 1986), Ukrainian footballer
* Ihor Nasalyk (born 1962), Ukrainian optoelectronic engineer and politician
* Ihor Olefirenko (born 1990), Ukrainian long distance runner
* Ihor Pavlyuk (born 1967), Ukrainian writer, translator and research worker
* Ihor Plastun (born 1990), Ukrainian footballer
* Ihor Podolchak (born 1962), Ukrainian film director and visual artist
* Ihor Prokopchuk (born 1968), Ukrainian diplomat
* Ihor Rainin or Raynin (born 1973), Ukrainian politician
* Ihor Reptyukh (born 1994), Ukrainian cross-country skier and biathlete
* Ihor Rybak (1934–2005), Ukrainian weightlifter
* Ihor Reznichenko (born 1994), Ukrainian figure skater
* Ihor Sahach (born 1956), Ukrainian diplomat
* Ihor Shcherbak (1943–2002), Soviet long-distance runner
* Ihor Shevchenko (born 1971), Ukrainian politician, government minister, and lawyer
* Ihor Ševčenko (1922–2009), Polish-born philologist and historian of Ukrainian origin
* Ihor Sorkin (born 1967), Ukrainian banker, chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine
* Ihor Surkis (born 1958), Ukrainian businessman
* Ihor Tsvietov (born 1994), Ukrainian Paralympic athlete with cerebral palsy
* Ihor Tyschenko (born 1989), Ukrainian footballer
* Ihor Yukhnovskyi (1925–2024), Ukrainian physicist and politician, and a member of the Presidium
* Ihor Yushko (born 1961), Ukrainian economist and politician
* Ihor Zubko (born 1991), Ukrainian footballer
Fictional characters
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Igor (character)
Igor, or sometimes Ygor, is a stock character, as a sometimes hunch-backed laboratory assistant to many types of Gothic villains or as a fiendish character who assists only himself, the latter most prominently portrayed by Bela Lugosi in '' So ...
, a
stock character
A stock character, also known as a character archetype, is a type of character in a narrative (e.g. a novel, play, television show, or film) whom audiences recognize across many narratives or as part of a storytelling tradition or convention. Th ...
*The race of Igors, who are all called Igor or Igorina, in the ''
Discworld
''Discworld'' is a comic fantasy"Humorous Fantasy" in David Pringle, ed., ''The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Fantasy'' (pp.31-33). London, Carlton,2006. book series written by the English author Sir Terry Pratchett, set on the Discworld, a fl ...
'' book series by
Sir Terry Pratchett
Sir Terence David John Pratchett (28 April 1948 – 12 March 2015) was an English author, humorist, and Satire, satirist, best known for the ''Discworld'' series of 41 comic fantasy novels published between 1983 and 2015, and for the Apocalyp ...
*Igor, a baboon with shape-shifting powers in ''
Marvel Comics
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Count Duckula
''Count Duckula'' is a British children's television series, children's animated comedy horror television series created by British studio Cosgrove Hall Films, Cosgrove Hall Productions and produced by Thames Television as a spin-off of ''Dang ...
The Americans
''The Americans'' is an American historical drama, period spy fiction, spy drama television series created by Joe Weisberg for FX (TV channel), FX. It aired for six seasons from 2013 to 2018. Weisberg and Joel Fields also served as showrunners ...
Harry Potter
''Harry Potter'' is a series of seven Fantasy literature, fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling. The novels chronicle the lives of a young Magician (fantasy), wizard, Harry Potter (character), Harry Potter, and his friends ...
Banshee
A banshee ( ; Irish language, Modern Irish , from , "woman of the Tumulus#Ireland, fairy mound" or "fairy woman") is a female spirit in Irish folklore who heralds the death of a family member, usually by screaming, wailing, shrieking, or kee ...
M*A*S*H
''M*A*S*H'' (an acronym for Mobile Army Surgical Hospital) is an American media franchise consisting of a series of novels, a film, several television series, plays, and other properties, and based on the semi-autobiographical fiction of Richa ...
The Adventures of Tintin
''The Adventures of Tintin'' ( ) is a series of 24 comic albums created by Belgians, Belgian cartoonist Georges Remi, who wrote under the pen name Hergé. The series was one of the most popular European comics of the 20th century. By 2007, a c ...