Ivanov
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Ivanov, Ivanoff or Ivanow (masculine; Bulgarian: Иванов, Russian: Иванов[1]), or Ivanova (feminine; Bulgarian: Иванова, Russian: Иванова), is one of the most common surnames in Russia and Bulgaria. The surname is derived from the male given name Ivan (related to John) and literally means "Ivan's".[2][3]
In Bulgarian, "Ivanov/Ivanova" may also a patronymic part of the full name, literally meaning "Ivan's". Some persons are commonly known by their given name plus patronymic, and the latter may be mistaken for the surname.
People with the surname
- Albertina Ivanova (born 1954), Mari poet
- Alena Ivanova, Kazakhstani volleyball player
- 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 classical guitarist
- Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov (1806–1858), Russian painter
- Alexander Gavrilovich Ivanov (1898-1984), Russian film director, director of the 1953 film The Star
- 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 Ivanov (ice hockey, born 1988), Kazakh ice hockey goaltender
- Alexey Ivanov (athlete), Russian Paralympic track and field athlete
- Aliaksei Ivanou (born 1980), Belarusian skier
- Alina Ivanova (born 1969), Russian race walker and long-distance runner
- Allen Ivanov, American mass shooter, responsible for the 2016 Mukilteo shooting
- Almaz Ivanov (died 1669), Russian statesman
- Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov (1806–1858), Russian painter
- Anatoli Ivanov (musician) (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
- Artem Ivanov (draughts player) (born 1988), Ukrainian draughts player
- Artem Ivanov (weightlifter) (born 1987), Ukrainian weightlifter
- Clement Ivanov, Estonian e-sport player known as Puppey
- Daniel Ivanov (long jumper) (born 1965), Bulgarian long jumper
- Aoiyama Kōsuke, or Daniel Ivanov (born 1986), Bulgarian sumo wrestler
- Dimitrana Ivanova (1881–1960), Bulgarian reform pedagogue, suffragist and women's rights activist
- Dmytro Ivanov (born 1989), Ukrainian footballer
- Dmitry Ivanov (born 1999), Russian activist and political prisoner
- Elena Ivanova (figure skater) (born 1979), Russian figure skater
- Elena Ivanova (sprinter), Paralympic sprinter
- Elena Ivanova (long jumper) (born 1961), Russian long jumper
- Yelena Ivanova (swimmer) (born 1963), Soviet swimmer
- Yelena Ivanova (diver) (born 1973), Kazakhstani diver
- Elena P. Ivanova, Russian biophysicist
- Georges Ivanov (1902–1979), Russian-born French singer
- Georgi Ivanov (cosmonaut) (born 1940), Bulgarian cosmonaut
- Georgi Ivanov (mayor) (born 1954), mayor of Haskovo, Bulgaria
- Georgi Ivanov (footballer, born 1967), Bulgarian footballer
- Georgi Ivanov (footballer, born 1976) or Gonzo Ivanov, Bulgarian footballer
- Georgi Ivanov (footballer, born 1980), Bulgarian footballer
- Georgi Ivanov (shot putter) (born 1985), Bulgarian shot putter
- Georgi Ivanov (wrestler, born 1989), Bulgarian wrestler
- Georgi Ivanov (wrestler, born 2002), Bulgarian wrestler
- Georgy Ivanov (1894–1958), poet of the Russian emigration
- Georgy Vasilyevich Ivanov (1901–2001), Hero of the Soviet Union
- Georgi Tsvetkov Ivanov (born 1947), Bulgarian footballer
- Gjorge Ivanov or Georgi Ivanov (born 1960), President of the Republic of Macedonia
- Igor Ivanov (actor) (born 1954), Soviet and Russian theater actor and director
- Igor Ivanov (chess player) (1947–2005), Russian-born Canadian chess player and concert pianist
- Igor Ivanov (educationist) (1923–1992), Soviet pedagogue
- Igor Ivanov (ice hockey) (born 1970), Russian ice hockey player
- Igor Ivanov (rower) (born 1931), Soviet Olympic rower
- Igor Ivanov (Scouting) (born 1976), Russian Scouting official
- Igor Ivanov (singer) (born 1953), Soviet and Russian pop singer
- Igor Ivanov Izi (born 1973), Macedonian film director and writer
- Igor Ivanov (politician, born 1937)
- Igor Ivanov (politician, born 1965)
- Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov (1870 – c. 1932), Russian biologist
- Ivan Ivanov (archer) (born 1956), Bulgarian archer
- Ivan Ivanov (badminton) (born 1966), Bulgarian badminton player
- Ivan Ivanov (cross-country skier) (born 1987), Russian cross-country skier
- Ivan Ivanov (cyclist) (born 1960), Soviet racing cyclist
- Ivan Ivanov (footballer, born 1942) (1942–2006), Bulgarian international footballer
- Ivan Ivanov (footballer, born 1988), Bulgarian footballer
- Ivan Ivanov (footballer, born 1989), Bulgarian footballer
- Ivan Ivanov (gymnast) (born 1974), Bulgarian gymnast
- Ivan Ivanov (runner) (born 1948), Soviet middle-distance runner
- Ivan Ivanov (shot putter) (born 1992), Kazakhstani shot putter
- Ivan Ivanov (sport shooter) (born 1921), Bulgarian Olympic shooter
- Ivan Ivanov (swimmer) (born 1979), Kyrgyzstani swimmer
- Ivan Ivanov (triathlete) (born 1989), Ukrainian triathlete
- Ivan Ivanov (tennis) (born 2008), Bulgarian tennis player
- Ivan Ivanov (volleyball) (born 1950), Bulgarian volleyball player
- Ivan Ivanov (weightlifter) (born 1971), Olympic weightlifter for Bulgaria
- Ivan Ivanov (wrestler, born 1937) (1937–2010), Bulgarian Olympic wrestler
- Ivan Ivanov (wrestler, born 1968), Bulgarian Olympic wrestler
- Ivan Ivanov (wrestler, born 1986), Bulgarian Greco-Roman wrestler
- Ive Ivanov, (born 1985), Croatian basketball player
- Ivo Dimitrov Ivanov (born 30 July 1966), Bulgarian businessman and co-owner of CSKA Sofia
- Ivo Ivanov (footballer, born March 1985), Bulgarian footballer who plays for Beroe Stara Zagora
- Ivo Ivanov (footballer, born April 1985), Bulgarian footballer who plays for CSKA Sofia and previously for Lokomotiv Sofia
- Kira Ivanova (1963–2001), Russian figure skater
- Konstantin Ivanov (footballer, born 1964)
- Konstantin Ivanov (poet) (1890-1915), Chuvash poet
- Konstantin Ivanov (conductor) (1907–1984), Russian conductor
- Kristo Ivanov (born 1937), Swedish information scientist and systems scientist
- Kurbat Ivanov (died 1666), Cossack explorer
- Lea Ivanova, Bulgarian singer
- Leonid Ivanov (basketball) (1944–2010), Soviet basketball player
- Leonid Ivanov (botanist), Russian botanist
- Leonid Ivanov (footballer) (1921–1990), Soviet international footballer
- Leonid Ivanov (pilot) (1909–1941), recipient of the Hero of the Soviet Union
- Leonid Ivanov (rower) (1938–2019), Soviet Olympic rower
- Leonid Ivanov (runner) (born 1937), Soviet Olympic runner
- Leonid Ivanov (test pilot) (1950–1980), Soviet cosmonaut
- Leonid Lavrovsky, born Ivanov (1905–1967), Russian ballet choreographer
- Lev Ivanov (1834–1901), Russian choreographer
- Lili Ivanova (born 1939), Bulgarian singer
- Lyubomir Ivanov, Bulgarian scientist, non-governmental activist, and Antarctic explorer
- Lyubov Ivanova (born 1981), Russian long-distance runner
- Lyudmila Ivanova (1933–2016), Soviet and Russian film and stage actress
- Maxim Ivanov (politician, born 1967), Russian politician
- Maxim Ivanov (politician, born 1987), Russian politician
- Mike Ivanow (born 1948), American soccer goalkeeper
- Mikhail Dimitrov Ivanov (1900–1986), later known as Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov, Bulgarian philosopher and esotericist
- Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859–1935), Russian composer and conductor
- Mikhail Matveevich Ivanov (1748–1823), Russian painter
- Mikhail Ivanov (composer) (1849–1927), Russian composer
- Mikhail Ivanov (cross-country skier) (born 1977), Russian cross country skier
- Mikhail Ivanov (rower) (born 1965), Russian rower
- Mikhail Ivanov (sledge hockey) (born 1983), Russian sledge hockey player
- Mikhail Ivanov (water polo) (born 1958), Russian former water polo player
- Mikhail Ivanov (chess player) (born 1963), Serbian-Russian chess grandmaster
- Mirela Ivanova (born 1962), modern Bulgarian poet
- Miroslav Ivanov (writer) (1929–1999), Czech non-fiction writer
- Miroslav Ivanov (footballer) (born 1981), Bulgarian footballer
- Nikita Ivanov (ice hockey) (born 1989), Kazakhstani ice hockey player
- Nikita Ivanov (politician) (born 1974), Russian politician
- Nina Ivanova (1934–2020), Russian actress
- Natalia Ivanova (taekwondo) (born 1971), Russian Olympic taekwondo competitor and medalist
- Natalya Ivanova (hurdler) (born 1981), Russian hurdler
- Natalia Ivanova (wrestler) (born 1969), Russian and Tajikistani sport wrestler
- Natalia Ivanova (sailor), Russian Olympic sailor and medalist
- Natalia Ivanova (footballer) (born 1979), Kazakhstani footballer
- Nikola Ivanov (1861-1940), Bulgarian general
- Nikolaj Ivanov (astronomer), Soviet astronomer and discoverer of asteroids
- Nikolay Ivanov (composer), film music composer, see Total Denial
- Nikolai Ivanov (entrepreneur) (1836–1906), Russian businessman
- Nikolay Ivanov (politician, born 1952), Russian politician
- Nikolay Ivanov (politician, born 1957), Russian politician
- Nikolai Ivanov (writer), (born 1956), Russian writer
- Nikolay Ivanov (footballer) (born 1980), Russian footballer
- Nikolai Ivanov (football referee) (born 1964), Russian football referee
- Nikolai Ivanov (general) (1851-1919), Russian artillery general
- Nikolai Ivanov (mathematician) (born 1954), Russian mathematician
- Nikolay Ivanov (rower) (1949–2012), Soviet Russian Olympic rower
- Nikolay Ivanov (skier) (born 1971), Kazakhstani Olympic skier
- Nikolay Ivanov (sprinter) (born 1942), Russian Olympic sprinter
- Nikolay Ivanov (volleyball) (born 1972), Bulgarian volleyball player
- Nikolai Ivanov (entrepreneur)
- Nikolai Ivanov (pilot), Soviet flying ace
- Mikalay Ivanow (born 2000), Belarusian footballer
- Nikolai Ivanov, the central character of the 1887 play Ivanov by Anton Chekhov
- Nicolas Ivanoff (born 1969), French pilot and flying instructor
- Oleksandr Ivanov (born 1965), Ukrainian football player and manager
- Olga Ivanova (disambiguation) – several people
- Olimpiada Ivanova (born 1979), Russian athlete
- Piotr Pavlovich Ivanov (1878–1942), Russian and Soviet embryologist
- Pavlo Ivanov (born 1984), Ukrainian footballer
- Porfiry Ivanov (1898–1983), Russian religious leader
- Razumnik Ivanov-Razumnik, Russian politician
- Robert Ivanov (born 1994), Finnish footballer
- Semion Ivanov (1907–1993), Soviet general
- Sergey Ivanov (Russian historian) (born 1956), Russian historian and byzantinist
- Sergey Ivanov (American football) (born 1985), American footballer
- Sergey Ivanov (painter) (1864–1910), Russian painter
- Sergei Ivanov (cyclist) (born 1975), Russian professional bicycle racer
- Sergei Ivanov (footballer, born 1964), Russian football player and referee
- Sergei Ivanov (footballer, born 1980), Kyrgyzstan footballer with FC Irtysh (as of 2008)
- Sergey Ivanov (footballer, born 1984), Russian footballer formerly with FC Zenit St. Petersburg and FC Alania Vladikavkaz
- Sergei Ivanov (footballer, born 1997), Russian footballer
- Sergey Ivanov (referee) (born 1984), Russian international football referee
- Sergey Ivanov (runner) (born 1979), Russian runner
- Sergey Ivanov (politician, born 1969), Russian politician, a deputy of the 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th State Duma
- Sergey Ivanov (Saint Petersburg politician), Russian politician
- Sergei Ivanov (Estonian politician) (born 1958), Estonian politician
- Sergei Ivanov (mathematician) (born 1972), Russian mathematician
- Sergey Ivanov (chess player), Russian chess grandmaster
- Sofia Ivanova (born 2005), Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast
- Stilian Ivanov, Bulgarian film director
- Trifon Ivanov (1965–2016), Bulgarian football player
- Valentin Ivanov (astronomer) (born 1967), Bulgarian astronomer
- Valentin Ivanov (footballer, born 1934) (1934–2011), Soviet football player and coach
- Valentin Ivanov (footballer, born 1961), Soviet football player and Russian referee
- Valentin Ivanov (footballer, born 2000), Bulgarian footballer
- Valentin Ivanov (wrestler) (born 1966), Bulgarian Olympic wrestler
- Valentin Ivanov, Deputy Minister in Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism (Bulgaria)
- Valentina Ivanova (born 1963), Russian discus thrower
- Valērijs Ivanovs (born 1970), Latvian footballer
- Valeriy Ivanov (biathlete) (born 1969), Kazakhstani biathlete
- Valery Ivanov (philologist) (1924–2005), Soviet and Russian philologist and linguist
- Varvara Ivanova (born 1987), Russian virtuoso harpist
- Vasili Ivanov (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
- Vitaly Ivanov (1935–2024), Soviet and Russian naval officer
- Violeta G. Ivanova, Bulgarian astronomer
- Vladimir Ivanov (badminton) (born 1987), Russian badminton player
- Volodymyr Ivanov (boxer) (born 1936), Soviet boxer who competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Vladimir Ivanov (footballer, born 1973), Bulgarian football player
- Vladimir Ivanov (footballer, born 1976), Russian football player
- Vladimir Ivanov (motorcyclist) (born 1983), Russian motorcycle racer
- Volodymyr Ivanov (skier), Ukrainian cross-country skier, biathlete, sighted guide and Paralympian
- Vladimir Ivanov (speed skater) (born 1949), Soviet speed skater
- Vladimir Ivanov (sprinter) (1955–2020), Bulgarian sprinter
- Vladimir Ivanov (tennis) (born 1987), Estonian tennis player
- Volodymyr Ivanov (volleyball) (born 1940), Ukrainian volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union
- Vladimir Ivanov (footballer, born 1976), Russian football player
- Vladislav Ivanov (footballer, born 1986), Russian footballer
- Vladislav Ivanov (footballer, born 1990), football player from Moldova
- Vladislav Ivanov (physicist) (born 1936), Soviet physicist
- Vladislav Ivanov (volleyball) (born 1987), Bulgarian volleyball player
- Volodymyr Ivanov (volleyball), Ukrainian volleyball player and Olympic gold medalist
- Vsevolod Ivanov (1895–1963), Soviet writer
- Vyacheslav Ivanov (disambiguation) – several people
- Xenophont Ivanov (1898–1967), Bulgarian veterinary scholar
- Yehor Ivanov (born 1991), Ukrainian footballer
- Yevgeny Ivanov (disambiguation) – several people
- Yulia Ivanova (disambiguation) – several people
- Yury Ivanov (disambiguation) – several people
- Zinaida Ivanova (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
- D. D. Ivanov, in the Macross universe
- Pola Ivanova, from the James Bond film, A View to a Kill
- Susan Ivanova, in the Babylon 5 universe
- Yuriy Ivanov, in the Beyblade anime series
- Ivanova, in Harry Potter who plays as a chaser for the Bulgarian Quidditch team
- Anton Ivanov, a playable character from the video game Zenless Zone Zero
See also
- Ivanov (disambiguation), for other uses
- Ivanović (includes Ivanovich)
- Ivanoff (disambiguation)
- Ivanovsky (disambiguation)
- Ivanovski
- Ivanovo
