Daniil (russian: Даниил) is a

Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...

masculine given name; equivalent to that of the English given name Daniel.

Notable examples

People named Daniil include:

Arts and literature

* Daniil Andreyev (1906–1959), Russian writer, poet, and Christian mystic *

Daniil Chyorny Daniil Chyorny () (c. 1360–1430) was a Russian monk and icon painter. Career Together with his companion Andrei Rublev and other painters, Chyorny worked at the Dormition Cathedral in Vladimir (1408) and Trinity Cathedral in the Trinity ...

(c. 1360–1430), Russian icon painter *

Daniil Granin Daniil Aleksandrovich Granin (russian: Дании́л Алекса́ндрович Гра́нин; 1 January 1919 – 4 July 2017), original family name German (russian: Ге́рман), was a Soviet and Russian author. Life and career Granin st ...

(1919–2017), Russian writer * Daniil Kashin (1769–1841), Russian composer, pianist, conductor, and folk-song collector *

Daniil Kharms Daniil Ivanovich Kharms (russian: Дании́л Ива́нович Хармс; – 2 February 1942) was an early Soviet-era Russian avant-gardist and absurdist poet, writer and dramatist. Early years Kharms was born as Daniil Yuvach ...

(1905–1942), Russian writer and poet * Daniil Khrabrovitsky (1923–1980), Russian scriptwriter and film director * Daniil Kozlov (born 1997), Belarusian singer *

Daniil Shafran Daniil Borisovich Shafran (russian: Даниил Борисович Шафран, January 13, 1923February 7, 1997) was a Soviet Russian cellist. Biography Early years Daniil Shafran was born in Petrograd (later Leningrad, then Saint Petersburg ...

(1923–1997), Russian cellist * Daniil Simkin (born 1987), Russian ballet dancer *

Daniil Strakhov Daniil Alexandrovich Strakhov (russian: Дании́л Алекса́ндрович Стра́хов; born 2 March 1976) is a Russian actor. Internationally, he is best known for his role as Vladimir Ivanovich Korf in the television series ''Poo ...

(born 1976), Russian actor *

Daniil Trifonov Daniil Olegovich Trifonov (russian: Дании́л Оле́гович Три́фонов; born 5 March 1991) is a Russian pianist and composer. Described by ''The Globe and Mail'' as "arguably today's leading classical virtuoso" and by ''The Tim ...

(born 1991), Russian pianist

Religion

Daniil Sihastrul Daniil Sihastrul (Romanian for "Daniel the Hesychast") was a renowned Romanian Orthodox spiritual guide, advisor of Stephen the Great, and hegumen of Voroneț Monastery. Canonized by the Romanian Orthodox Church in 1992, he is commemorated on De ...

(fl. 1400–1482), saint of the Romanian Orthodox Church * Daniil Sysoev (1974–2009), Russian Orthodox Priest

Sports

* Daniil Barantsev (born 1982), Russian–American ice dancer *

Daniil Chertov Daniil Vladimirovich Chertov (russian: Даниил Владимирович Чертов; born 15 November 1990) is a Russian former professional football player. Career On 29 January 2020, FC Okzhetpes announced that they had re-signed Chert ...

(born 1990), Russian football player *

Daniil Dubov Daniil Dmitrievich Dubov (russian: Даниил Дмитриевич Дубов; born 18 April 1996) is a Russian chess grandmaster. He achieved his final norm for the Grandmaster title at the age of 14 years, 11 months, 14 days in 2011. He i ...

(born 1996), Russian chess grandmaster * Daniil Gavilovskiy (born 1990), Russian football player * Daniil Gleichengauz (born 1991), Russian figure skater *

Daniil Gridnev Daniil Anatolyevich Gridnev (russian: Даниил Анатольевич Гриднев; born 2 February 1986) is a Russian former professional footballer. Club career He made his professional debut in the Russian First Division in 2006 for ...

(born 1986), Russian football player *

Daniil Ivanov Daniil Ivanov (born September 23, 1986 in Russia) is an international motorcycle speedway and ice speedway rider. Speedway career Ivanov is a four time World Champion winning the gold medal at the Individual Ice Speedway World Championship in t ...

(born 1986), Russian speedway rider *

Daniil Karpyuk Daniil Karpyuk (born January 1, 1988) is a Russian former professional ice hockey forward. Karpyuk played for HC Sibir Novosibirsk in the Russian Superleague and the Kontinental Hockey League. He also played two seasons in the Kazakhstan Hockey ...

, Russian ice hockey player * Daniil Kvyat (born 1994), Russian racecar driver *

Danny Markov Daniil Yevgenyevich Markov (russian: Даниил Евгеньевич Марков; born 30 July 1976) is a Russian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played a nine-year career in the National Hockey League. He also played 11 seasons ...

(born 1976; also known as Daniil Markov), Russian ice hockey player *

Daniil Medvedev Daniil Sergeyevich Medvedev (russian: Даниил Сергеевич Медведев; born 11 February 1996) is a Russian professional tennis player. He is currently ranked world No. 7 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), and was ...

(born 1996), Russian tennis player *

Daniil Move Daniil Yuryevich Move ( rus, Дании́л Ю́рьевич Мове́ , p=dənʲɪˈil ˈjʉrʲjɪvʲɪtɕ mɐˈvʲɛ, born on 11 December 1985, in Moscow, Russia) is a Russian race car driver. Daniil holds the title "master of sport on interna ...

(born 1985), Russian racecar driver *

Daniil Ratnikov Daniil Ratnikov (born 10 February 1988) is an Estonian professional footballer who plays mainly as an attacking midfielder. Career Born in Tallinn, Ratnikov came through the youth ranks at TVMK Tallinn, reaching the first team at 16. Persona ...

(born 1988), Estonian football player *

Daniil Samsonov Daniil Aleksandrovich Samsonov (russian: Даниил Александрович Самсонов; born 13 July 2005) is a Russian figure skater, who formerly held three junior world records for men's skating. He is the 2020 Youth Olympic br ...

(born 2005), Russian figure skater *

Daniil Sapljoshin Daniil Sapljoshin (born 1 January 1980 in Tallinn) is an Estonian heavyweight kickboxer. Titles *Professional *2010 K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Warsaw champion *Amateur *2010 IFMA Muay Thai Riga Open winner Kickboxing record , - , - bgcol ...

(born 1970), Estonian kickboxer * Daniil Steptšenko (born 1986), Estonian biathlete * Daniil Tsyplakov (born 1992), Russian high jumper * Daniil Zharkov (born 1994), Russian ice hockey player *

Daniil Fominykh Daniil Fominykh (born 28 August 1991) is a Kazakh former road cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2012 to 2021. He now works as a directeur sportif for UCI Continental team . Major results Source: ;2008 : 3rd Overall Coupe des Nation ...

(born 1998), Russian ice hockey player (in Slovakia)

Other

Daniel Chwolson Daniel Abramovich Chwolson or Chwolsohn or Khvolson (russian: Даниил Авраамович (Абрамович) Хвольсон; he, דניאל אברמוביץ' חבולסון) () – )) was a Russian-Jewish orientalist. Biography Chwolso ...

(1819–1911; also known as Daniil Chwolson), Russian–Jewish orientalist * Daniil Ostrogski (fl. 1344–1366), Prince of Turaŭ, first Prince of Ostroh, founder of Ostrogski House * Daniil Shchenya (fl. 1489–1519), Russian military leader *

Daniil Sulimov Daniil Yegorovich Sulimov (russian: Даниил Егорович Сулимов; – 27 November 1937) was a Soviet-Russian statesman who was from 1930 to 1937 the Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Russian SFSR, equivalent t ...

(1890 891/small>–1937), Soviet Russian politician *

Daniel of Moscow , patronage=Russian Engineer Troops Daniil Aleksandrovich ( Russian: Даниил Александрович; 1261 – 4 March 1303) was the youngest son of Alexander Nevsky and forefather of all the Grand Dukes of Moscow. Early life Prince D ...

(1261–1303; Daniel of Moscow), Prince of Moscow Daniil ( gr, Δανιήλ) may also be a surname: * Vassilis Daniil, Greek football player and manager {{given name Russian masculine given names * Daniil Rybin (1991, Russian–businessman, philanthropist, politician