Medvedev () and female Medvedeva (), from Russian (), meaning the animal "bear", are Slavic surnames. Notable bearers of the name include:

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Alexander Medvedev Alexander Ivanovich Medvedev (, ; born 14 August 1955) is the current Deputy Chairman of the Management Committee of Russian energy company Gazprom and since February 2019 he is the director general and president of the football club FC Zenit Sa ...

(born 1955), Russian business manager *

Aleksei Medvedev (disambiguation) Aleksei Medvedev may refer to: * Aleksei Medvedev (footballer) (born 1977), Russian footballer * Aleksey Medvedev (wrestler) (born 1972), Belarusian wrestler * Alexei Medvedev (ice hockey) (born 1982), Russian ice hockey forward * Aleksey Medve ...

– several people * Andrey Medvedev – several people, including

Andriy Medvedev Andrei Medvedev (; born 31 August 1974) is a Ukrainian former professional tennis player. Medvedev reached the final of the 1999 French Open, the French Open semifinals in 1993, and won four Masters titles during his career, achieving a caree ...

(born 1974), Ukrainian tennis player *

Daniil Medvedev Daniil Sergeyevich Medvedev ( rus, Даниил Сергеевич Медведев, p=dənʲɪˈil sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ mʲɪdˈvʲedʲɪf; born 11 February 1996) is a Russian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as the List of ...

(born 1996), Russian tennis player * Dmitry Medvedev (disambiguation) – several people, including

Dmitry Medvedev Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev (born 14 September 1965) is a Russian politician and lawyer who has served as Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of Russia since 2020. Medvedev was also President of Russia between 2008 and 2012 and Prime Mini ...

(born 1965), Russian politician, former Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, former President of Russia, and

Dmitry Medvedev (partisan) Dmitry Nikolaevich Medvedev (; August 22, 1898 – December 14, 1954) was one of the leaders of the Soviet partisan movement in western Russia and Ukraine. Medvedev was born in Bryansk in a steelworker's family. During the Russian Civil War he ...

(1898–1954), Russian partisan leader in World War II * Evgeny Medvedev (born 1982), Russian ice hockey defenceman *

Grigory Medvedev Grigoriy Medvedyev (born 2 April 1964 in Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR) is a Soviet sprint canoer who competed in the late 1980s. He won a gold medal in the K-4 10000 m event at the 1986 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Montreal Montr ...

, Soviet sprint canoeist *

Hennadiy Medvedyev Hennadiy Medvedyev (born 7 February 1975) is a Ukrainian former professional football midfielder. He moved to Vorskla Poltava from Adoms (in Kremenchuk Ukrainian Second League The Ukrainian Second League (, ''Druha Liha'') is a professional fo ...

(born 1975), Ukrainian footballer * Ilya Medvedev (born 1983), Russian Olympic canoer *

Maksim Medvedev Maksim Borisoviç Medvedev (; born 29 September 1989) is a former Azerbaijani football defender. Maksim played his entire career at Qarabağ in Azerbaijan Premier League. He was also a member and captain of Azerbaijan national team. Club care ...

(born 1989), Azerbaijani footballer * Mikhail Medvedev (1891-1964), Bolshevik, Chekist *

Pavel Medvedev (disambiguation) Pavel Medvedev may refer to: * Pavel Medvedev (ice hockey, born 1989), Russian ice hockey player * Pavel Medvedev (ice hockey, born 1992), Russian ice hockey player *Pavel Spiridonovich Medvedev Pavel Spiridonovich Medvedev (; 1888 – 12 March ...

– several people *

Roy Medvedev Roy Aleksandrovich Medvedev (; born 14 November 1925) is a Russian politician and writer. He is the author of the dissident history of Stalinism, ''Let History Judge'' (), first published in English in 1972. Biography Medvedev was born to ...

(born 1925), Georgian-born Russian historian * Sergei Medvedev (disambiguation) – several people *

Vladimir Medvedev Vladimir Timofeyevich Medvedev (, born 22 August 1937) is a retired Soviet KGB general and bodyguard who was responsible for personal security of Soviet leaders including Leonid Brezhnev and Mikhail Gorbachev. Biography Medvedev was born in vil ...

(born 1937), KGB general, senior bodyguard of Brezhnev and Gorbachev *

Vladimir Medvedev (footballer) Vladimir Nikolayevich Medvedev (; born 10 July 1971) is a former Russian football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqua ...

(born 1971), Russian football player *

Vitaly Medvedev (disambiguation) Vitaly Medvedev may refer to: * Vitaly Medvedev (sprinter) (born 1977), Olympic sprint runner from Kazakhstan *Vitaly Medvedev (fencer) Vitaly Mikhailovich Medvedev (, born 7 May 1983) is a fencer who specializes in the épée. He was born in th ...

– several people *

Yukhym Medvedev Yukhym Hryhorovych Medvediev (, ; 1 April 1886 – 7 June 1938) was a Ukrainian Soviet politician and the first elected chairman of the Soviet parliament in Ukraine. Medvediev was a member of various Communist parties, but in early 1930s quit hi ...

(1886–1938), first elected chairman of the Soviet parliament in Ukraine *

Zhores Medvedev Zhores Aleksandrovich Medvedev (; 14 November 1925 – 15 November 2018) was a Russian agronomist, biologist, historian and dissident. His twin brother is the historian Roy Medvedev. Biography Early life and education Zhores Medvedev and hi ...

(1925–2018), Georgian-born Russian biologist, historian and activist

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Evgenia Medvedeva Evgenia Armanovna Medvedeva (alt. spelling: Yevgenia Medvedeva; rus, Евгения Армановна Медведева, p=jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪjə mʲɪˈdvʲedʲɪvə; born 19 November 1999), is a retired competitive Russian figure skater. She ...

(born 1999), Russian figure skater *

Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Arbuzova Yevgeniya Vladimirovna Medvedeva (; born 4 July 1976 in Kondopoga, Karelian ASSR) is a Russian cross-country skier who has competed since 1996. Competing in two Winter Olympics The Winter Olympic Games (), also known as the Winter Olymp ...

(born 1976), cross country skier *

Yelena Medvedeva Yelena Medvedeva (, born 21 November 1965) is a retired Soviet rowing coxswain who won a silver medal in the eights at the 1991 World Championships. Next year her team finished fourth in this event at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 S ...

(born 1965), Soviet Olympic rower *

Katya Medvedeva Katya Ivanovna Medvedeva ( ''Ekaterina Ivanovna Medvedeva''; born 1937) is a Russian naïve painter. Biography Yekaterina (Katya) Medvedeva was born January 10, 1937, in the village Golubino of Novooskolsky District in Belgorod Oblast int ...

(born 1937), Russian naïve painter *

Natalia Medvedeva (actress) Natalya Pavlovna Medvedeva (, 18 December 1915 – 12 August 2007) was a Russian film and stage actress. Medvedeva's mother was an actress, whereas her father, Pavel Nikolaevich Medvedev, was a literary scholar and President of St. Petersburg ...

(1915–2007), Russian actress *

Natalia Medvedeva (singer) Nataliya Georgiyevna Medvedeva (, 14 July 1958, Leningrad – 3 February 2003, Moscow) was a Russian poet, writer, singer, and frontwoman of the hard rock bands Tribunal Natalii Medvedevoy and NATO. Career At the age of 17, Medvedeva moved to Lo ...

(1958–2003), Russian singer *

Natalia Medvedeva (tennis) Natalia Olegovna Medvedeva (, ; born 15 November 1971) is a former Soviet, CIS and Ukrainian professional tennis player. Career She played on the WTA tour from 1987 to 1998. Her four singles titles were won in Nashville, Tennessee in 1990, Lin ...

(born 1971), Ukrainian tennis player *

Nijolė Medvedeva Nijolė Medvedeva (née Bluškytė; 21 October 1960 or 20 June 1960.) is a retired Lithuanian long jumper who won a bronze medal at the 1985 World Indoor Championships. She competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics, and made 4th, but was disqualified ...

(born 1960), Olympic long jumper from Lithuania *

Svetlana Medvedeva Svetlana Vladimirovna Medvedeva (, ; []; born 15 March 1965) is a Russian economist who was the First Lady of Russia from 2008 to 2012, as the wife of the then President of Russia, president and former Prime Minister of Russia, prime minister ...

(born 1965), former First Lady of Russia

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