Ivanov, Ivanoff or Ivanow (masculine, bg, Иванов, russian: ИвановSometimes the stress is on Ива́нов in Bulgarian if it is a middle name, or in Russian as a rare variant of pronunciation), or Ivanova (feminine, bg, Иванова, russian: Иванова) is one of the most common surnames in Russia and Bulgaria. The surname is derived from the male given name

Ivan Ivan () is a Slavic male given name, connected with the variant of the Greek name (English: John) from Hebrew meaning 'God is gracious'. It is associated worldwide with Slavic countries. The earliest person known to bear the name was Bulga ...

(related to

John John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Seco ...

) and literally means "Ivan's".

People with the surname

Alena Ivanova Alena Ivanova (née Omelchenko, born ) is a Kazakhstani volleyball player. She is part of the Kazakhstan women's national volleyball team. She participated in the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship, and the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Wor ...

, Kazakhstani volleyball player *

Alexander Ivanov (disambiguation) Alexander Ivanov may refer to: Artists *Alexander Ivanov (art collector) (born 1962), Russian art collector, art dealer and businessman *Alexander Ivanov (singer), Belarusian-Russian singer * Alexander Ivanov-Kramskoi (1912–1973), Russian classic ...

– several people *

Alexey Ivanov (disambiguation) Alexei or Alexey Ivanov may refer to: Sports *Aleksei Ivanov (footballer, born 1981), Russian footballer with FC Saturn Moscow Oblast *Alexei Ivanov (ice hockey, born 1985), Russian ice hockey player drafted by the NHL Chicago Blackhawks *Alexei Iv ...

– several people *

Alina Ivanova Alina Petrovna Ivanova (russian: Алина Петровна Иванова; born 16 March 1969 in Kildishevo, Yadrinsky District, Chuvash ASSR) is a retired Russian long-distance athlete who competing in race walking and road running. She is ...

(born 1969), Russian race walker and long-distance runner * Allen Ivanov, American mass shooter, responsible for the 2016 Mukilteo shooting *

Almaz Ivanov Almaz (Yerofey) Ivanovich Ivanov (, ? – April 27 ( N.S. May 7), 1669) was a Russian statesman. From 1640 to 1646, Almaz Ivanov held the post of a '' dyak'' of the royal treasury (Казённый двор, or ''Kazyonniy dvor''). In 1646, he ...

(died 1669), Russian statesman * Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov (1806-1858), Russian painter *

Anatoli Ivanov (musician) Anatoli Vasilyevich Ivanov (russian: Анато́лий Васи́льевич Ивано́в; June 26, 1934 – April 2, 2012) was a Russian solo- timpanist, percussionist with the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, book author and Peop ...

(1934–2012), Russian solo-timpanist and percussionist with the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra * Andrey Ivanovich Ivanov (1775-1848), Russian painter (father of Alexander Andreyevich) * Anton Ivanov-Goluboy (1818–1863), Russian painter *

Artyom Ivanov (disambiguation) Artem Ivanov or Artyom Ivanov may refer to: * Artem Ivanov (draughts player) (born 1988), Ukrainian draughts player * Artem Ivanov (weightlifter) Artem Ivanov (born December 16, 1987, in Dnipropetrovsk) is a Ukrainian (until 2014) and R ...

– several people *Clement Ivanov, Estonian e-sport player known as Puppey *

Daniel Ivanov (disambiguation) Daniel Ivanov may refer to: *Daniel Ivanov (born 1986), Bulgarian sumo wrestler known as Aoiyama Kōsuke * Daniel Ivanov (long jumper) (born 1965), Bulgarian long jumper {{hndis, Ivanov, Daniel ...

– several people *

Desislava Ivanova Doneva Desislava Ivanova Doneva ( bg, Десислава Иванова Донева; born 7 March 1979), known by her stage names Desi Slava ( bg, Деси Слава) or DESS, is a Bulgarian singer-songwriter and producer. She was born in Radnevo, B ...

(born 1979), Bulgarian singer better known as Desi Slava *

Dimitar Ivanov Popov Dimitar Ivanov Popov ( bg, Димитър Иванов Попов) (October 13, 1894 – October 25, 1975) was a Bulgarian organic chemist and an academician of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (abbreviated ...

(1894–1975), Bulgarian organic chemist *

Dimitrana Ivanova Dimitrana Ivanova, née ''Petrova'' ( bg, Димитрана Иванова, 1881–1960), was a Bulgarian educational reformer, suffragist and women's rights activist. She chaired the Bulgarian Women's Union from 1926 to 1944. Biography Ivanova ...

(1881–1960), Bulgarian reform pedagogue, suffragist and women's rights activist * Dimitar Ivanov Stoyanov (1877–1949), Bulgarian writer better known as Elin Pelin * Dmytro Ivanov (born 1989), Ukrainian footballer *

Elena Ivanova Elena Ivanova (russian: Елена Иванова; born 8 November 1979) is a Russian former competitive figure skater. She is the 1995 Finlandia Trophy champion, 1998 Nebelhorn Trophy silver medalist, and 1996 World Junior champion. Life and ...

, Russian figure skater * Georgi Ivanov (disambiguation) – several people * Georgy Ivanov (1894–1958), leading poet of the Russian emigration * Georgy Vasilyevich Ivanov (1901–2001), Hero of the Soviet Union *

Gjorge Ivanov Gjorge Ivanov ( mk, Ѓорге Иванов, ; born 2 May 1960) is a Macedonian politician, who served as the 4th President of North Macedonia from 2009 to 2019. Early and personal life Born at Valandovo, Ivanov finished primary and secondary s ...

(born 1960), President of North Macedonia * Igor Petrovich Ivanov (1923–1992), Russian pedagogue * Igor Vasilyevich Ivanov (1947–2005), Russian-born Canadian chess player *

Igor Ivanov Igor Sergeyevich Ivanov (born 23 September 1945) is a Russian politician who was Foreign Minister of Russia from 1998 to 2004 under both the Yeltsin and the Putin administrations. Early life Ivanov was born in 1945 in Moscow to a Russian fathe ...

(born 1945), Russian foreign minister * Igor Ivanov (Scouting), Russian scout leader * Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov (1870 – c. 1932), Russian biologist * Ivan Ivanov (disambiguation) – several people * Ive Ivanov, (born 1985), Croatian basketball player *

Ivo Ivanov (disambiguation) Ivo Ivanov may refer to: * Ivo Dimitrov Ivanov (born 30 July 1966), Bulgarian businessman and co-owner of CSKA Sofia *Ivo Ivanov (footballer, born March 1985) Ivo Ivanov Ivanov ( bg, Иво Иванов; born 11 March 1985) is a Bulgarian footbal ...

– several people * Kira Ivanova (1963–2001), Russian figure skater *

Konstantin Ivanov (disambiguation) Konstantin Ivanov may refer to: * Konstantin Ivanov (footballer, born 1964) * Konstantin Ivanov (poet) Konstantin Vasilyevich Ivanov (, ; – ) was a Chuvash poet and important figure in Chuvash literature. Biography Konstantin Vasilyevich ...

, several people *

Kristo Ivanov Kristo Ivanov (born 1937-10-20) is a Swedish-Brazilian information scientist and systems scientist of ethnic Bulgarian origin. He is professor emeritus at the Department of informatics of Umeå University in Sweden. Biography Ivanov was born in ...

(born 1937), Swedish information scientist and systems scientist * Kurbat Ivanov (died 1666), Cossack explorer * Lea Ivanova, Bulgarian singer * Leonid Ivanov (disambiguation), several people *

Lev Ivanov Lev Ivanovich Ivanov (russian: link=no, Лев Ива́нович Ива́нов; 2 March 1834, Moscow – 24 December 1901, Saint Petersburg) was a Russian ballet dancer and choreographer and later, Second Balletmaster of the Imperial Ballet. ...

(1834–1901), Russian choreographer * Lili Ivanova (born 1939), Bulgarian singer * Lyubomir Ivanov, Bulgarian scientist, non-governmental activist, and

Antarctic The Antarctic ( or , American English also or ; commonly ) is a polar region around Earth's South Pole, opposite the Arctic region around the North Pole. The Antarctic comprises the continent of Antarctica, the Kerguelen Plateau and o ...

explorer * Lyubov Ivanova (born 1981), Russian long-distance runner *

Maxim Ivanov (disambiguation) Maxim Ivanov may refer to: * Maxim Ivanov (politician, born 1967), Russian politician * Maxim Ivanov (politician, born 1987), Russian politician * (born 1974), Russian musician * (born 1979), Estonian ice hockey player * (born 1993), Russia ...

– several people * Mike Ivanow (born 1948), American soccer goalkeeper *

Mikhail Ivanov (cross-country skier) Mikhail Petrovich Ivanov (russian: Михаип Петрович Иванов); born 20 November 1977 in Ostrov, Soviet Union) is a Russian cross-country skier who competed from 1996 to 2007. He finished second in the 50 km at the 2002 Winte ...

(born 1977), Russian cross country skier *

Mikhail Ivanov (composer) Mikhail Mikhaylovich Ivanov (russian: Михаи́л Миха́йлович Ива́нов; 23 September 184920 October 1927) was a Russian composer, critic and writer of music. Biography Mikhail Mikhaylovich Ivanov was born in Moscow in 1849. ...

(1849–1927), Russian composer and critic *

Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov Mikhail Mikhailovich Ippolitov-Ivanov (russian: Михаи́л Миха́йлович Ипполи́тов-Ива́нов; 28 January 1935) was a Russian and Soviet composer, conductor and teacher. His music ranged from the late-Romantic era ...

(1859–1939), Russian composer, conductor, and pedagogue *

Mirela Ivanova Mirela Ivanova ( bg, Мирела Иванова) (born 11 May 1962 in Sofia) is one of the most famous modern Bulgarian poets. Her poems have been translated into many different languages, including German and English. Life She studied at a Ge ...

(born 1962), modern Bulgarian poet *

Miroslav Ivanov (writer) Miroslav Ivanov (1929 in Josefov nad Metují – 1999 in Prague) was a popular Czech nonfiction writer. His father was executed during Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia. Ivanov studied history and Czech language at the Charles University in Prag ...

(1929–1999), Czech non-fiction writer * Miroslav Ivanov (footballer) (born 1981), Bulgarian footballer *

Nikita Ivanov Nikita Vasilievich Ivanov (russian: Никита Васильевич Иванов; born March 31, 1989) is a Kazakhstani ice hockey forward currently playing for ShKO Oskemen of the Kazakhstan Hockey Championship. He played for Barys Astana ...

(born 1989), Kazakhstani ice hockey player *

Nikita Ivanov (politician) Nikita Borisovich Ivanov (Russian: Никита Борисович Иванов; born 8 August 1974), is a Russian politician, who was a member of the Federation Council from 2011 to 2013. Ivanov was a member of Vladimir Putin's election headq ...

(born 1974), Russian politician *

Nina Ivanova Nina Ivanova (6 January 1934 – 1 December 2020) was a Russian-Soviet actress. Filmography *'' Once There Was a Girl'' (1944) *''Nadia'' (1955) *'' Spring on Zarechnaya Street'' (1956) *''The Heirs'' (1960) *''Lyubovyu nado dorozhit'' (1960) *'' ...

(1934–2020), Russian actress *

Natalia Ivanova (disambiguation) Natalia, Natalya or Nataliya Ivanova may refer to: * Natalia Ivanova (taekwondo) (born 1971), Russian Olympic taekwondo competitor and medalist * Natalya Ivanova (hurdler) (born 1981), Russian hurdler * Natalia Ivanova (wrestler) (born 1969), Russ ...

– several people * Nikolay Ivanov (disambiguation) – several people * Nicolas Ivanoff (born 1969), French pilot and flying instructor * Oleksandr Ivanov (born 1965), Ukrainian football player and manager *

Olga Ivanova (disambiguation) Olga Ivanova may refer to: * Olga Yakovlevna Ivanova (born 1945), Russian diplomat and ambassador * Olga Ivanova (athlete) (born 1979), Russian shot putter * Olga Ivanova (politician) (born 1984), Estonian politician * Olga Ivanova (rower), Russian ...

– several people * Olimpiada Ivanova (born 1979), Russian athlete *

Piotr Pavlovich Ivanov Piotr Pavlovich Ivanov (russian: Петр Павлович Иванов; 9 April 1878 – 15 February 1942) was a Soviet embryologist and a professor. He studied segmentation in annelids and arthropods and proposed the differentiation of two kinds ...

(1878–1942), Russian and Soviet embryologist *

Pavlo Ivanov Pavlo Ivanov ( uk, Павло Олександрович Іванов; born 28 September 1984) is a Ukrainian football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, th ...

(born 1984), Ukrainian footballer *

Porfiry Ivanov Porfiry Korneyevich Ivanov (Russian: Порфирий Корнеевич Иванов) (February 20, 1898 – April 10, 1983) was a Russian mystic whose beliefs have attained a cult status, with followers estimated in the tens of thousands. He was ...

(1898–1983), Russian religious leader *

Razumnik Ivanov-Razumnik Razumnik Vasilyevich Ivanov-Razumnik (real surname - Ivanov; Разумник Васильевич Иванов-Разумник; 24 December 1878, in Tiflis, Georgia, then Russian Empire – 9 July 1946, in Munich, Germany) was a Soviet Russian wr ...

, Russian politician *

Robert Ivanov Robert Ivanov (russian: Роберт Иванов, born 19 September 1994) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for 2. Bundesliga club Eintracht Braunschweig and the Finland national team. Club career Ivanov has playe ...

(born 1994), Finnish footballer * Semion Ivanov (1907–1993), Soviet general *

Sergey Ivanov (disambiguation) Sergei Ivanov (born 1953), former Head of Kremlin Chief of Staff Sergey Ivanov may also refer to: * Sergey Ivanov (American football) (born 1985), American footballer * Sergey Ivanov (painter) (1864–1910), Russian painter * Sergei Ivanov (cyclis ...

– several people *

Sofia Ivanova Sofia Ivanova ( Bulgarian: София Иванова; born 15 September 2005) is a Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast. She is a world champion with the Bulgarian team in World Championships 2022 in Sofia and world champion with 3 ribbons+2 balls. She i ...

(born 2005), Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast * Trifon Ivanov (1965–2016), Bulgarian football player *

Valentin D. Ivanov Valentin D. Ivanov ( bg, Валентин Д. Иванов) is a Bulgarian astronomer working in the European Southern Observatory, mainly at the Paranal site. Among his primary research areas are the dynamics of star clusters, formation of stars, ...

(born 1967), Bulgarian astronomer and science fiction writer * Valentin Kozmich Ivanov (1934–2011), Soviet football player * Valentin Valentinovich Ivanov (born 1961), Russian football referee * Valentina Ivanova (born 1963), Russian discus thrower * Varvara Ivanova (born 1987), Russian virtuoso harpist *

Vasili Ivanov Vasili Vladimirovich Ivanov (russian: Василий Владимирович Ивано́в; born 21 March 1970) is a Russian football official and a former player. He was widely regarded as one of the most influential foreign signings during ...

(born 1970), Russian football player * Viktor Ivanov (born 1950), Russian politician * Viktor Semyonovich Ivanov (1909–1968), Soviet poster artist * Vitali Vladimirovich Ivanov (born 1976), Russian handball player *

Violeta G. Ivanova Violeta Ivanova (Виолета Иванова) is a Bulgarian astronomer. She is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 14 asteroids between 1984 and 1988. She works at the Institute of Astronomy, Bulgarian Academy of Science ...

, Bulgarian astronomer *

Vladimir Ivanov (disambiguation) Vladimir Ivanov or Volodymyr Ivanov may refer to: Sportspeople * Vladimir Ivanov (badminton) (born 1987), Russian badminton player *Vladimir Ivanov (boxer) (born 1936), Soviet boxer who competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics * Vladimir Ivanov (footba ...

– several people *

Vladislav Ivanov (disambiguation) Vladislav Ivanov may refer to: * Vladislav Ivanov (footballer, born 1986), Russian footballer * Vladislav Ivanov (footballer, born 1990), football player from Moldova * Vladislav Ivanov (physicist) (born 1936), Soviet physicist * Vladislav Ivan ...

– several people *

Volodymyr Ivanov (volleyball) Volodymyr Timofiyovich Ivanov ( uk, Володимир Тимофійович Іванов, born 10 September 1940) is a Ukrainian former volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1968 Summer Olympics. He was born in the Gom ...

, Ukrainian volleyball player and Olympic gold medalist *

Vsevolod Ivanov Vsevolod Vyacheslavovich Ivanov (russian: Все́волод Вячесла́вович Ива́нов, ; , Lebyazhye, Semipalatinsk Oblast – 15 August 1963, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian writer, dramatist, journalist and war correspondent. ...

(1895–1963), Soviet writer *

Vyacheslav Ivanov (disambiguation) Vyacheslav Ivanov may refer to: * Vyacheslav Ivanov (poet) (1866–1949), Russian Symbolist poet and philosopher * Vyacheslav Ivanov (philologist) (1929–2017), Russian semiotician specializing among other in Indo-European studies * Vyacheslav Iva ...

– several people *

Xenophont Ivanov Xenophont Andreev Ivanov ( bg, Ксенофонт Андреев Иванов) (6 September 1898 – 22 January 1967) was a Bulgarian veterinary scholar of pathological morphology. He earned a degree in veterinary medicine in Berlin in 1925 ...

(1898–1967), Bulgarian veterinary scholar *

Yanis Ivanov Yannis, Yiannis, or Giannis (Γιάννης) is a common Greek given name, a variant of '' John'' (Hebrew) meaning "God is gracious." In formal Greek (e.g. all government documents and birth certificates) the name exists only as Ioannis (Ιωάν ...

, Soviet composer and People's Artist of the USSR *

Yehor Ivanov Yehor Ivanov ( uk, Єгор Сергійович Іванов; born 30 August 1991) is a Ukrainian football striker who plays for FC Poltava in the Ukrainian First League The Persha Liha ( uk, Перша ліга) or Ukrainian First League is ...

(born 1991), Ukrainian footballer *

Yevgeny Ivanov (disambiguation) Yevgeny Ivanov may refer to: * Yevgeny Ivanov (spy) (1926–1994), Russian naval attache and spy in London * Yevgeni Ivanov (politician) (born 1964), Russian politician *Evgeni Ivanov (volleyball) (born 1974), Bulgarian volleyball player * Yevgeni I ...

– several people *

Yulia Ivanova (disambiguation) Yulia, Julia, or Yuliya Ivanova may refer to: * Yuliya Ivanova (cross-country skier) (born 1985), Russian cross-country skier * Yulia Ivanova (model) (born 1983), Russian beauty queen and model * Yuliya Ivanova (rhythmic gymnast) (born 1977), Ru ...

– several people *

Yury Ivanov (disambiguation) Yury Ivanov or Yuri Ivanov may refer to ;People * Yury Ivanov (fencer) (born 1935), Soviet Olympic fencer * Yury Ivanov (ski jumper) (born 1952), Soviet Olympic ski jumper *Yuri Ivanov (military) (1957–2010), Russian military official * Yuri Ivan ...

– several people *

Zinaida Ivanova Zinaida Sergeevna Ivanova, (1865 – 24 August 1913) was a Russian feminist author and translator, under the pen-names of N. Mirovich and Zinaida Mirovich. Life Zinaida Ivanova was born 1865 in Sychyovsky Uyezd, in the Smolensk Governorate of t ...

(1865–1913), Russian writer and translator * Jerzy Iwanow-Szajnowicz (1911–1943) Greek-Polish athlete and saboteur

Fictional characters

*Nikolai Ivanov, the central character of the 1887 play '' Ivanov'' by

Anton Chekhov Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (; 29 January 1860Old Style date 17 January. – 15 July 1904Old Style date 2 July.) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer who is considered to be one of the greatest writers of all time. His career a ...

D. D. Ivanov The following is a list of all the fictional characters within the '' Macross'' anime franchise. ''The Super Dimension Fortress Macross'' Humans * Hikaru Ichijyo (Arihiro Hase and Kenji Nojima/ Vic Mignogna)The Super Dimension Fortress Mac ...

, in the Macross universe *Pola Ivanova, from the James Bond film, ''

A View to a Kill ''A View to a Kill'' is a 1985 spy film and the fourteenth in the ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions, and is the seventh and final appearance of Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. Although the title is adap ...

'' *

Susan Ivanova Susan Ivanova (russian: Сью́зен Ива́нова) is a fictional character in the science fiction television series ''Babylon 5'', played by Claudia Christian. Character overview Susan Ivanova holds the rank of lieutenant commander during ...

, in the Babylon 5 universe *

Yuriy Ivanov Yury, Yuri, Youri, Yurii, Yuriy, Yurij, Iurii or Iouri is the Slavic (russian: Юрий, Yuriy, or uk, Юрій, Yuriy, or bg, Юрий, Jurij, or be, Юры, Jury) form of the masculine given name George; it is derived directly from the Gree ...

, in the Beyblade anime series *Ivanova, in Harry Potter who plays as a chaser for the Bulgarian

Quidditch Quidditch is a fictional sport invented by author J.K. Rowling for her fantasy book series ''Harry Potter''. It first appeared in the novel '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'' (1997). It is a dangerous but popular sport played by wi ...

team *Katerina Ivanovna, one of the characters in ''

Crime and Punishment ''Crime and Punishment'' ( pre-reform Russian: ; post-reform rus, Преступление и наказание, Prestupléniye i nakazániye, prʲɪstʊˈplʲenʲɪje ɪ nəkɐˈzanʲɪje) is a novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. ...

'' by Dostoyevsky.

Other

Ivanov (play) ''Ivanov'' (russian: Иванов: драма в четырёх действиях, italic=yes (Ivanov: drama in four acts); also translated as "Ivanoff") is a four-act drama by the Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. ''Ivanov'' was first performed ...

, by the Russian playwright

* Production codename of Sukhoi Su-2, Soviet bomber aircraft

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