Aleksandr or Alexander Petrov may refer to:
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Alexander Petrov (chess player)
Alexander Dmitrievich Petrov (russian: Алекса́ндр Дми́триевич Петро́в) (February 12, 1794 – April 22, 1867) was a Russian chess player, chess composer, and chess writer.
Petrov was born in Biserovo, near Pskov, ...
(1794–1867), Russian chess master
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Aleksandr Petrov (wrestler)
Aleksandr Petrovich Petrov (Russian: Александр Петрович Петров; 23 September 1876 – February 1941) was a Greco-Roman wrestler from Russia. He won a silver medal at the 1908 Olympics after losing in the final to Richárd ...
(1876–1941), Russian wrestler at the 1908 Olympic Greco-Roman super heavyweight competition
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Aleksandr Petrov (footballer, born 1893) (1893–1942), Russian international footballer
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Aleksandr Petrov (footballer, born 1925)
Aleksandr Trofimovich Petrov (russian: Александр Трофимович Петров) (September 27, 19251972) was a Soviet football player.
Honours
* Soviet Top League winner: 1950, 1951.
* Soviet Cup winner: 1951, 1955.
International c ...
(1925–1972), Soviet international footballer
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Aleksandr Petrov (basketball)
Aleksandr Pavlovich Petrov (sometimes: Alexandre) (russian: Александр Павлович Петров; 14 May 1939 – 5 May 2001) was one of the first tall centers in Soviet basketball. Playing for the senior men's Soviet Union national bas ...
(1939–2001), member of the silver-medal-winning Soviet Olympic basketball team in 1960 and 1964
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Alexander G. Petrov (born 1948), Bulgarian professor in physics
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Aleksandr Petrov (animator)
Aleksandr Konstantinovich Petrov (also Alexander or Alexandre) (russian: Александр Константинович Петров) (born 17 July 1957 in Prechistoye, Pervomaysky District, Yaroslavl Oblast, Prechistoye, Yaroslavl Oblast) is a ...
(born 1957), Russian animator famous for using paint-on-glass animation
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Alexander Petrovich Petrov
Aleksander Petrov (russian: Александр Петрович Петров; born 21 May 1958, Plushkari, Yelovsky District) is a Russian political figure and a deputy of the 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th State Dumas. In 2009, he was granted Cand ...
(born 1958), Russian politician
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Alexander Petrov (born 1979), Russian spy, military doctor
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Aleksandr Petrov (footballer, born 1984)
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Petrov (russian: Александр Александрович Петров; born 27 May 1984) is a former Russian professional football player.
Club career
He made his Russian Football National League debut for FC Anzh ...
, Russian footballer
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Aleksandr Petrov (long jumper)
Aleksandr Petrov (born 9 August 1986 in Bryansk) is a Russian long jumper. He competed in the long jump event at the 2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) wa ...
(born 1986), Russian athlete
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Alexander Petrov (actor)
Alexander Andreevich Petrov (russian: Александр Андреевич Петров; born 25 January 1989) is a Russian actor, known for his roles in '' Attraction'' (2017) and ''Gogol. The Beginning'' (2017).
Early life
Alexander Petrov wa ...
(born 1989), Russian actor
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Alexander Nikolayevich Petrov
Alexander Nikolayevich Petrov (russian: Александр Николаевич Петров; born 20 January 1990) is a former Russian professional football player.
Club career
He made his professional debut in the Russian Football National Lea ...
(born 1990), Russian footballer
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Alexander Petrov (figure skater) (born 1999), Russian figure skater
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Alexander Petrov (hacker), Russian hacker
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Aleksander Petrov (runner)
Aleksander Petrov ( bg, Александър Петров) is a Bulgaria
Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of t ...
, Bulgarian runner
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Aleksander Petrov, character from the Australian soap opera ''
Neighbours''.
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