Petrov or Petroff (; ; masculine) or Petrova (; ; feminine), is one of the most common surnames in

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. The surname is derived from the first name Pyotr (Пётр,

Russian Russian(s) may refer to: *Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *A citizen of Russia *Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages *''The Russians'', a b ...

) or Petar (Петър, Bulgarian) (Slavic forms of the Greek name of the Christian apostle, in English

Peter Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a su ...

) and literally means ''Pyotr's'' or ''Petar's''.

Notable people

It is the last name of, among many others, the following people: *Alexander Petrov ** Alexander Petrov (chess player) (1794–1867), Russian chess player, after whom the following is named: ***

Petrov's Defence Petrov's Defence or the Petrov Defence (also called Petroff Defence, Petrov's Game, Russian Defence, or Russian Game ">/nowiki> is a chess opening characterised by the following moves: :1. e4 e5 :2. Nf3 Nf6 Though this response has a long ...

, an opening **

Aleksandr Petrov (animator) Aleksandr Konstantinovich Petrov (also Alexander or Alexandre) () (born 17 July 1957 in Prechistoye, Pervomaysky District, Yaroslavl Oblast, Prechistoye, Yaroslavl Oblast) is a Russian animator and animation director. Biography Petrov was born ...

(born 1957), Russian animator *Alexey Petrov ** Aleksei Aleksandrovich Petrov (born 1974), Russian weightlifter ** Aleksei Zinovyevich Petrov (1910–1972), Russian mathematician ** Aleksey Petrov (ice hockey), Russian ice hockey player with SKA St. Petersburg ** Aleksei Petrov (cycling), Soviet cyclist who won bronze medal at the 1960 Olympics ** Alexey A Petrov (born 1971), American physicist ** Alyaksey Pyatrow (born 1991), Belarusian footballer * Andrey Petrov (1930–2006), Russian composer * Antonina Petrova (1915–1941) partisan and Heroine of the Soviet Union * Boris Petrov * Borislava Petrova, Bulgarian curler *

Božo Petrov Božo Petrov (; born 16 October 1979) is a Croatian politician and psychiatrist who served as Speaker of the Croatian Parliament from 2016 to 2017. He has been the president of The Bridge party since 2012. He previously served as mayor of his n ...

(born 1979), Croatian politician * Daniel Petrov (born 1971), Bulgarian boxer *Dmitry Petrov **

Dmitry Petrov (translator) Dmitry Yuryevich Petrov (; born 16 July 1958 in Novomoskovsk, Tula Region) is a Russian polyglot, simultaneous interpreter, lecturer, broadcaster, and teacher. He is a host of the reality show ''Polyglot'' on the TV channel Russia-K. Finis ...

(born 1958), multilingual Russian interpreter, translator, methodologist in foreign language teaching, Polyglot TV show teacher ** Dmitry Petrov (sprinter), a Russian sprinter ** Dzmitry Pyatrow, a Belarusian footballer * Dušan Petrov, Serbian political and human rights activist *

Evdokia Petrova Evdokia Alexeyevna Petrova (; – ) was a Soviet spy in Australia in the 1950s. She was the wife of Vladimir Petrov, and came to prominence with him during the Petrov Affair. Life Raised in the Soviet Union, Petrova worked as a bureaucrat i ...

(1915–2002), Soviet spy, wife of the Soviet diplomat who defected to Australia * Galina Petrova (1920–1943), medic and Heroine of the Soviet Union * Georgi Petrov, several people **

Gjorche Petrov Gyorche Petrov Nikolov,(; ) born Georgi Petrov Nikolov(; ) (April 2, 1865 – June 28, 1921), was a Macedonian Bulgarian teacher and revolutionary, one of the leaders of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO).Grigory Spiridonovich Petrov Grigory Spiridonovich Petrov (; 6 February 1866 – 1925) was a priest, public figure, and publicist. Petrov was born in Yamburg (now Kingisepp, Leningrad Oblast Leningrad Oblast (, ; ; ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal su ...

(1866–1925), Russian priest and publicist *Igor Petrov ** Igor Petrov (1933–2020), Soviet and Russian naval officer ** Ihor Petrov (born 1964), Soviet and Ukrainian football player and coach * Ivailo Petrov (1923–2005), Bulgarian writer * Ivan Petrov ** Ivan Petrov (baritone) (1899–1963), opera singer (baritone) of Bulgarian descent **

Ivan Atanassov Petrov Ivan Atanassov Petrov, ( Bulgarian: Иван Атанасов Петров; born 1947) is a Bulgarian neurologist and the head of the Clinic of Neurology at the Medical Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Sofia, Bulgaria. He holds a ...

(born 1947), Bulgarian neurologist ** Ivan Ivanovich Petrov (1920–2003), Russian bass opera singer ** Ivan Yefimovich Petrov (1896–1958), Soviet general * Ivanka Petrova (1951–2007), Bulgarian shot putter * Kamelia Petrova (born 2006), Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast *

Kirill Petrov Kirill Andreyevich Petrov (, born April 13, 1990) is a Russian professional ice hockey player who is currently under contract with HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Petrov was drafted by the New York Islanders in t ...

(born 1990), Russian ice hockey player * Konstantin Petrov, Ukrainian physicist * Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin (1878–1939), Russian/Soviet painter * Kyrylo Petrov (born 1990), Ukrainian footballer * Lyudmila Petrova (born 1968), Russian long-distance runner * Maya Petrova (born 1982), Russian Olympic champion in handball * Maria Petrova ** Maria Petrova (rhythmic gymnast) (born 1975), Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast **

Maria Petrova (figure skater) Maria Igorevna Petrova (; born 29 November 1977) is a Russian Pair skating, pair skater. With partner Alexei Tikhonov, she is the 2000 World Figure Skating Championships, World champion and a two-time (1999, 2000) European Figure Skating Champi ...

(born 1977), Russian figure skater *

Martin Petrov Martin Petyov Petrov (; born 15 January 1979) is a Bulgarian former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Midfielder#Winger, winger, most notably for VfL Wolfsburg, VFL Wolfsburg, Atlético Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Manche ...

(born 1979), Bulgarian footballer *Mikhail Petrovich Petrov ** Mikhail Petrovich Petrov (general) (18981941), Soviet general ** Mikhail Petrovich Petrov (colonel),

Hero of the Soviet Union The title Hero of the Soviet Union () was the highest distinction in the Soviet Union, awarded together with the Order of Lenin personally or collectively for heroic feats in service to the Soviet state and society. The title was awarded both ...

Nadia Petrova Nadezhda Viktorovna "Nadia" Petrova ( ; born 8 June 1982) is a Russian former professional tennis player. A former top-five player in both singles and doubles, she reached a career-high ranking of No. 3 in the world in both disciplines (doing s ...

(born 1982), Russian professional tennis player * Nikolay Petrov, multiple people * Nina Petrova (1893–1945), female Red Army sniper credited with 122 kills * Oleg Petrov ** Oleg Petrov (born 1971), Russian hockey player **

Oleg Petrov (footballer) Oleg Petrov (; born 29 May 1968) is a retired Russian professional Association football, footballer. External links

* * 1968 births Living people Soviet men's footballers Russian men's footballers Russian expatriate men's footballers Exp ...

(born 1968), retired Russian professional footballer * Oleh Petrov (1960–2023), Ukrainian politician *

Olga Petrova Olga Petrova (born Muriel Harding; 10 May 1884 – 30 November 1977) was a British-American actress, screenwriter and playwright. Origins In adulthood, Olga Petrova insisted that she had been born in Warsaw, Poland, then part of the Russian E ...

(1884–1977), stage name of Muriel Harding, an English-born American vaudeville performer * Osip Petrov (1806–1878), Russian opera singer * Petar Petrov, several people * Pyotr Nikolayevich Petrov (18271891), Russian historian and writer * Pyotr Mikhailovich Petrov (19101941), Soviet flying ace * Serhiy Petrov (born 1997), Ukrainian footballer *

Stanislav Petrov Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov (; 7 September 1939 – 19 May 2017) was a lieutenant colonel of the Soviet Air Defence Forces who played a key role in the 1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm incident. On 26 September 1983, three weeks after the So ...

(1939–2017), Russian colonel who averted a potential nuclear exchange * Stefka Petrova (born 1950), Bulgarian nutritionist *

Stiliyan Petrov Stiliyan Alyoshev Petrov ( Bulgarian: Стилиян Альошев Петров, born 5 July 1979) is a Bulgarian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Petrov joined Celtic from CSKA Sofia in 1999, and won ten trophies ...

(born 1979), Bulgarian footballer * Tetiana Petrova ** Tatiana Petrova (born 1973), Russian water polo player ** Tatyana Petrova (born 1983), Russian runner *

Todor Petrov Todor Petrov (born 19 March 1960) is the president of the Macedonian diaspora organisation World Macedonian Congress (WMC). Petrov is a councillor in the electorate of Gazi Baba. Life Todor Petrov was born on 19 March 1960 in Gevgelija. He ...

(born 1960), Macedonian politician * Tonka Petrova, Bulgarian middle-distance runner * Totka Petrova (born 1956), Bulgarian middle-distance runner * Tudor Petrov-Popa (born 1963), Moldovan Romanian politician * Vadim Petrov (1932–2020), Czech composer * Vadym Petrov (born 1995), Ukrainian football player * Valeri Petrov (1920–2014), Bulgarian poet * Valeriy Petrov, (1955–2022) Ukrainian football coach * Vasily Petrov, multiple people * Vasil Petrov (born 1986), Bulgarian football manager * Victor Petrov, Soviet spy, Ukrainian emigrant activist, writer, philosopher and historian * Vitaliy Petrov **

Vitaly Petrov Vitaly Aleksandrovich Petrov ( rus, Вита́лий Алекса́ндрович Петро́в, p=vʲɪˈtalʲɪj ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪtɕ pʲɪˈtrof; born 8 September 1984) is a Russian racing driver, who competed in Formula One from to ...

, Russian auto racing driver **

, Ukrainian athletics coach * Vladimir Petrov, multiple people * Vyacheslav Petrov (born 1969), Russian politician * Yevgeny Petrov, multiple people * Zakhar Petrov (born 2002), Russian canoeist

Fictional characters

* Viktor Petrov, the fictional President of Russia in the

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''. * Katerina Petrova, character from the television series ''

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'' * Guardian Alberta Petrov, character from the book series

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* Mrs. Petrov, character from computer game series Nancy Drew: Curse of Blackmoor Manor * Katya Petrova, character from the television series ''

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'' * Petrova Fossil, character from the novel Ballet Shoes (novel) by

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