Litvinov or Litvinoff (russian: Литви́нов) is a Russian surname derived from the term ''
Litvin
Litvin ( be, ліцьвін, літвін, lićvin, litvin; lt, litvinas; pl, Litwin; russian: литвин, litvin; uk, литвин, lytvyn) is a Slavic word for residents of Lithuania, which was used no earlier than the 16th century mostly ...
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Lithuanian person (Litva/Литвa). The female form of this surname is Litvinova (russian: Литви́нова).
Notable persons with that name include:
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Alexander Litvinov
Alexander Ivanovich Litvinov (russian: Александр Иванович Литвинов; 22 August 1853 – 1932) was a general in the Imperial Russian Army.
Biography
Litvinov was educated in the 1st Moscow military school and entered militar ...
(1853–1932), Russian general in the Imperial Russian Army and the Red Army
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Venya D'rkin
Venya D'rkin (russian: link=no, Веня Д’ркин; 11 June 1970 in Dolzhansky, Luhansk Oblast, Soviet Union, now , Ukraine – 21 August 1999 in Korolyov, Moscow Oblast, Russia), real name – Alexander Mikhailovich Litvinov (russian: Алек ...
(stage name – real name Alexander Litvinov, 1970–1999), bard musician, artist, and storyteller
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David Litvinoff
David Litvinoff (sometimes Litvinov; born David Levy; 3 February 1928 – 8 April 1975) was a consultant for the British film industry who traded on his knowledge of the criminal elements of the East End of London. A man for whom there are few t ...
(AKA David Litvinov, 1928–1975), consultant for the British film industry who traded on his knowledge of the low life of the East End of London
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Dmitry Litvinov
Dmitry Ivanovich Litvinov (russian: Дмитрий Иванович Литвинов; – 5 July 1929) was a Russian botanist responsible for the naming of a large variety of East European and Asian plants. He is known as the author of the c ...
(1854–1929), Russian botanist
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Emanuel Litvinoff
Emanuel Litvinoff (5 May 1915 – 24 September 2011) was a British writer and well-known figure in Anglo-Jewish literature, known for novels, short stories, poetry, plays and human rights campaigning.
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Litvinoff's early years in what ...
(1915–2011), British writer and editor
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Eugene Litvinov Eugene Litvinov (July 1, 1950 – September 25, 2020) was Chief Technologist of ISO New England Inc, in Holyoke, MA. He was named Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2013 for leadership in market design and po ...
(1950–2020), American engineer
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Ivy Low Litvinov
Ivy Teresa Low Litvinov ( Russian: Айви Вальтеровна Литвинова) (4 June 1889 – 16 April 1977) was an English-Russian writer and translator, and wife of Soviet diplomat and foreign minister Maxim Litvinov. She was also k ...
(1889–1977), English-Russian writer and translator
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Juri Litvinov
Juri Litvinov (also romanized as Yuriy Litvinov, born May 6, 1978) is a Kazakhstani former competitive figure skater. He is a multiple national champion of Kazakhstan and competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics, World Championships, and Four Contine ...
(born 1978), Kazakhstani figure skater
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Maxim Litvinov
Maxim Maximovich Litvinov (; born Meir Henoch Wallach; 17 July 1876 – 31 December 1951) was a Russian revolutionary and prominent Soviet statesman and diplomat.
A strong advocate of diplomatic agreements leading towards disarmament, Litvinov ...
(1876–1951), Soviet diplomat
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Pavel Litvinov
Pavel Mikhailovich Litvinov (russian: Па́вел Миха́йлович Литви́нов; born 6 July 1940) is a Russian-born U.S. physicist, writer, teacher, human rights activist and former Soviet-era dissident.
Biography
The grandson o ...
(born 1940), Soviet physicist, writer, and human rights supporter
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Sergey Litvinov (disambiguation) Sergey Litvinov may refer to:
* Sergey Litvinov (athlete, born 1958) (1958–2018), Russian hammer thrower
* Sergey Litvinov (athlete, born 1986), Russian hammer thrower, son of the above
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Victor Litvinov
Viktor Yakovlevich Litvinov (russian: Виктор Яковлевич Литвинов, 30 April 1910 – 4 June 1983) was a Soviet Russian aircraft designer and organizer of the aircraft industry.
Early life
Viktor Litvinov was born in the c ...
(1910–1983), Russian aircraft designer
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Vitali Litvinov
Vitali Viktorovich Litvinov (russian: Виталий Викторович Литвинов; born 17 November 1970) is a former Russian professional footballer.
Club career
He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1991 for ...
(born 1970), Russian former footballer
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Elizaveta Litvinova
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Elizaveta Fedorovna Litvinova (1845–1919?) was a Russian mathematician and pedagogue. She is the author of over 70 articles about mathematics education.
Early life and education
Born in 1845 in czarist Russia as Elizaveta Fedorovna Iva ...
(1845–1919), Russian mathematician
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Larisa Litvinova (1918–1997), World War II bomber navigator and Hero of the Soviet Union
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Lyudmila Litvinova
Lyudmila Litvinova (born June 8, 1985) is a Russian sprint athlete.
Litvinova won the silver medal in the 4 × 400 m Women's relay for Russia at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of ...
(born 1985), Russian sprinter and Olympic medallist
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Renata Litvinova
Renata Muratovna Litvinova (russian: Рената Муратовна Литвинова; born 12 January 1967) is a Russian actress, film director, and screenwriter.
Biography
Litvinova was born in Moscow to Volga Tatar father Murat Aminovic ...
(born 1967), Russian actress
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Litvin
Litvin ( be, ліцьвін, літвін, lićvin, litvin; lt, litvinas; pl, Litwin; russian: литвин, litvin; uk, литвин, lytvyn) is a Slavic word for residents of Lithuania, which was used no earlier than the 16th century mostly ...
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Litvin (surname)
Litvin (masculine), Litvina (feminine) is a Slavic surname. The equivalent Ukrainian-language surname is Lytvyn.
The surname or nickname 'Litvin' may refer to:
* Michalon Litvin
''De moribus tartarorum, lituanorum et moscorum'' ("On the Custom ...
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Litwin
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Litwinki (disambiguation)
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Litwinowicz
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Litvak (disambiguation)
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Lytovchenko
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Littauer
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Lytvynenko
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Litvinchuk
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