Gagarin (russian: Гагарин), or Gagarina (feminine; Гагарина), is a
Russian surname derived from the word ''gagara'', meaning
loon
Loons (North American English) or divers (British / Irish English) are a group of aquatic birds found in much of North America and northern Eurasia. All living species of loons are members of the genus ''Gavia'', family Gaviidae and order Gavi ...
(a
waterbird, genus ''
Gavia''). Notable people with the surname include:
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Gagarin family
The House of Gagarin (russian: Гага́рин) is the name of a Russian princely family descending from sovereign rulers of Starodub-on-the-Klyazma.
Origins
The descendant of the Great Prince Vladimir Svyatoslavich, the Christianizer of Ru ...
, a
Rurikid
The Rurik dynasty ( be, Ру́рыкавічы, Rúrykavichy; russian: Рю́риковичи, Ryúrikovichi, ; uk, Рю́риковичі, Riúrykovychi, ; literally "sons/scions of Rurik"), also known as the Rurikid dynasty or Rurikids, was ...
princely family
*Anna Gagarina, maiden name of
Anna Lopukhina
Princess Anna Petrovna Lopukhina (russian: Анна Петровна Лопухина) (8 November 1777 – 25 April 1805) was a royal mistress to Emperor Paul of Russia. In 1798, she replaced Catherine Nelidova as the chief mistress.
Family
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(1777–1805), mistress of
Emperor Paul of Russia
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Ivan Gagarin
Prince Ivan Sergeyevich Gagarin SJ (Иван Сергеевич Гагарин; born in Moscow, 1 August 1814; died in Paris, 19 July 1882) was a Russian Jesuit, known also as ''Jean-Xavier'' after his conversion from Orthodoxy to Roman Catholic ...
(1814-1882), Russian
Jesuit
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theologian
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Nikolai Gagarin
Prince ('' Knyaz'') Nikolai Sergeevich Gagarin (князь Николай Сергеевич Гагарин; July 12, 1784—July 25, 1842) was a Russian leader.
Life
Born in London to the Rurikid Gagarin family, Prince Gagarin was appointed ...
(1784–1842), Russian soldier and politician
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Grigory Gagarin (1810–1893), Russian painter,
major general and administrator
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Polina Gagarina (born 1987), Russian singer, songwriter, actress, and model
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Andrey Gagarin
Prince Andrey Petrovich Gagarin (Russian: Андрей Петрович Гагарин; 9 July 1934, in Leningrad, USSR St. Petersburg, Russia] – 30 January 2011, in Maryland, United States, USA) was a professor of physics at Saint Petersbur ...
(1934–2011), Russian prince and scientist
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Yekaterina Gagarina
Yekaterina Petrovna Gagarina (russian: Екатерина Петровна Гагарина; May 25, 1790—February 27, 1873), maiden name Soymonova (), was a wife of a Russian diplomat Grigory Gagarin, Prince Grigory Gagarin and th ...
(1790–1873), wife of Russian diplomat Prince
Grigory Gagarin and the daughter of the Secretary of State Pyotr Soymonov
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Yuri Gagarin (1934–1968), Russian cosmonaut, the first man to travel in space
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Russian-language surnames