Ivan () is a Slavic male

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, connected with the variant of the Greek name (English: John) from

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meaning 'God is gracious'. It is associated worldwide with

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. The earliest person known to bear the name was Bulgarian tsar Ivan Vladislav. It is very popular in

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Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Bas ...

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Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedon ...

Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by R ...

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, and

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and has also become more popular in Romance-speaking countries since the 20th century.

Etymology

Ivan is the common Slavic

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spelling, while

Cyrillic , bg, кирилица , mk, кирилица , russian: кириллица , sr, ћирилица, uk, кирилиця , fam1 = Egyptian hieroglyphs , fam2 = Proto-Sinaitic , fam3 = Phoenician , fam4 = G ...

spelling is two-fold: in

Bulgarian Bulgarian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Bulgaria * Bulgarians, a South Slavic ethnic group * Bulgarian language, a Slavic language * Bulgarian alphabet * A citizen of Bulgaria, see Demographics of Bulgaria * Bul ...

, Russian,

Macedonian Macedonian most often refers to someone or something from or related to Macedonia. Macedonian(s) may specifically refer to: People Modern * Macedonians (ethnic group), a nation and a South Slavic ethnic group primarily associated with North M ...

Serbian Serbian may refer to: * someone or something related to Serbia, a country in Southeastern Europe * someone or something related to the Serbs, a South Slavic people * Serbian language * Serbian names See also

* * * Old Serbian (disambiguat ...

and Montenegrin it is Иван, while in

Belarusian Belarusian may refer to: * Something of, or related to Belarus * Belarusians, people from Belarus, or of Belarusian descent * A citizen of Belarus, see Demographics of Belarus * Belarusian language * Belarusian culture * Belarusian cuisine * Byelor ...

and

Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

it is Іван. The

Old Church Slavonic Old Church Slavonic or Old Slavonic () was the first Slavic languages, Slavic literary language. Historians credit the 9th-century Byzantine Empire, Byzantine missionaries Saints Cyril and Methodius with Standard language, standardizing the lan ...

(or Old Cyrillic) spelling is . It is the Slavic relative of the Latin name , corresponding to English '' John''. This Slavic version of the name originates from New Testament Greek (''Iōánnēs'') rather than from the Latin . The Greek name is in turn derived from Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (), meaning "

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(God) is gracious". The name is ultimately derived from the Biblical

name (), short for (), meaning "God was merciful". Common patronymics derived from the name are

Ivanović Ivanović ( sr-cyr, Ивановић, ) or Ivanovich ( Russian: Иванович and Ukrainian: Іванович; also transliterated as ''Ivanovitch'') is a surname, a patronymic derived from ''Ivan''. It is a common surname in Bosnia and Herzegov ...

(Serbian and Croatian),

Ivanov Ivanov, Ivanoff or Ivanow (masculine, bg, Иванов, russian: ИвановSometimes the stress is on Ива́нов in Bulgarian if it is a middle name, or in Russian as a rare variant of pronunciation), or Ivanova (feminine, bg, Иванов ...

(Russian and Bulgarian), and Ivanovich (Russian, used as middle name), corresponding to "Ivan's son".

Popularity

The name is common among

Croats The Croats (; hr, Hrvati ) are a South Slavic ethnic group who share a common Croatian ancestry, culture, history and language. They are also a recognized minority in a number of neighboring countries, namely Austria, the Czech Republic, G ...

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Ukrainians Ukrainians ( uk, Українці, Ukraintsi, ) are an East Slavs, East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine. They are the seventh-largest nation in Europe. The native language of the Ukrainians is Ukrainian language, Ukrainian. The majority ...

Bulgarians Bulgarians ( bg, българи, Bǎlgari, ) are a nation and South Slavic ethnic group native to Bulgaria and the rest of Southeast Europe. Etymology Bulgarians derive their ethnonym from the Bulgars. Their name is not completely understo ...

Belarusians , native_name_lang = be , pop = 9.5–10 million , image = , caption = , popplace = 7.99 million , region1 = , pop1 = 600,000–768,000 , region2 = , pop2 ...

, Macedonians,

Serbs The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are the most numerous South Slavic ethnic group native to the Balkans in Southeastern Europe, who share a common Serbian ancestry, culture, history and language. The majority of Serbs live in their na ...

Bosnians Bosnians (Bosnian language: / ; / , / ) are people identified with the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina or with the region of Bosnia. As a common demonym, the term ''Bosnians'' refers to all inhabitants/citizens of the country, regardless ...

, Montenegrins, and to a smaller extent

Czechs The Czechs ( cs, Češi, ; singular Czech, masculine: ''Čech'' , singular feminine: ''Češka'' ), or the Czech people (), are a West Slavic ethnic group and a nation native to the Czech Republic in Central Europe, who share a common ancestry, c ...

and

Slovaks The Slovaks ( sk, Slováci, singular: ''Slovák'', feminine: ''Slovenka'', plural: ''Slovenky'') are a West Slavic ethnic group and nation native to Slovakia who share a common ancestry, culture, history and speak Slovak. In Slovakia, 4.4 mi ...

. Ivan is the most common male name in

(as of 2013) and

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(as of 2013). In Serbia, it was the 9th most common male name in the period of 1971–1980; 6th in 1981–1990; 9th in 1991–2000. In Croatia, with over thirty thousand namesakes, the name Ivan was the most popular between 1930 and 1940, and waned in popularity from 2003 to 2013. The name Ivan was the most common masculine given name until 1959, and between 1980 and 1999. Since the 20th century, it is becoming more popular in the

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world; Italian (both the original form and the italianized version, ''Ivano''), Spanish (as ''Iván''), and Portuguese (sometimes ''Ivã''). ''Ivan'' (pl. ''die Ivans'') was also occasionally used by various parties during

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as a general name for the

Soviets Soviet people ( rus, сове́тский наро́д, r=sovyétsky naród), or citizens of the USSR ( rus, гра́ждане СССР, grázhdanye SSSR), was an umbrella demonym for the population of the Soviet Union. Nationality policy in th ...

Forms

Its female forms are '' Ivana'' (West and South Slavic) and ''Ivanna'' (East Slavic), while '' Ivanka'' and ''Iva'' are

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s by origin. Slavic male diminutives (including historical) are

Vanya Ваня (''Vanya''), a male diminutive of the Russian, Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian and other Slavic given names Ivan. It is the Russian, Serbian, Bulgarian and other Slavic form of John itself derived from a Hebrew name, meaning "God is gracious" ...

Vanja Vanja is a given name. It was originally a nickname for Ivan. People with this name include: *Vanja Blomberg (born 1929), Swedish gymnast and Olympic champion *Vanja Džaferović (born 1983), Bosnian and Croatian footballer *Vanja Drach (1932–2 ...

, Ivaniš,

Ivanko Ivanko is a Slavic given name and a surname, a diminutive from the given name Ivan, a Slavic variant of the name "John". It may be a transliteration from Иванко or Иванько. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Ivank ...

, Ivanča, Ivanče, etc. A shorter form of the name is

Ivo Ivo is a masculine given name, in use in various European languages. The name used in western European languages originates as a Normannic name recorded since the High Middle Ages, and the French name Yves is a variant of it. The unrelated So ...

Notable people

Mononymously known as

Ivan (footballer, born 1984) Gilsivan Soares da Silva (born 12 December 1984), commonly known as Ivan, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Santo André Santo ('saint' in various languages) may refer to: People * Santo (given name) * Santo (surname) * ...

, Brazilian football player *

Ivan (footballer, born 1997) Ivan Quaresma da Silva (born 7 February 1997), commonly known as Ivan, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Vasco da Gama, on loan from Corinthians. Club career Born in Rio das Pedras, São Paulo, Ivan joined P ...

, Brazilian football player *

Ivan (model) Liera Manuel Ivan (born 9 February 1984), professionally known by her mononym Ivan (stylized as IVAN), is a Japanese transgender model, musician, and ''tarento'' belonging to LesPros Entertainment. She underwent a sex reassignment surgery in Thaila ...

(Liera Manuel Ivan, born 1984), Japanese fashion model and musician *

Iván (singer) Juan Carlos Ramos Vaquero (born 17 July 1962), known by his stage name Ivan, is a Spanish singer. He was discovered by CBS producer Oscar Gómez, and recorded a self-titled album, ''Iván''. His first single was "Sin amor" ("''Without Love''") fr ...

(Juan Carlos Ramos Vaquero, born 1959 or 1962), Spanish singer *

Ivan (Belarusian-Russian singer) Alexander Ivanov (; be, Алякса́ндр Івано́ў, łacinka: Alaksandar Ivanoŭ, born 29 October 1994), also known as Ivan, is a Belarusian-Russian singer. He represented Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with the song "Hel ...

(Alexander Ivanov), Belarusian-Russian singer *Ivan, German codename of Serbian spy Duško Popov

Royalty

* Ivan Vladislav, Bulgarian emperor (1015–1018) * Ivan Asen I, Bulgarian emperor (1189–1196) *

Kaloyan Kaloyan or Kalojan, also known as Ioannitsa or Johannitsa ( bg, Калоян, Йоаница; 1170 – October 1207), was emperor or tsar of Second Bulgarian Empire, Bulgaria from 1196 to 1207. He was the younger brother of Peter II of Bulgari ...

, Bulgarian emperor (1197–1207) *

Ivan Asen II Ivan Asen II, also known as John Asen II ( bg, Иван Асен II, ; 1190s – May/June 1241), was Emperor (Tsar) of Bulgaria from 1218 to 1241. He was still a child when his father Ivan Asen I one of the founders of the Second Bulgarian Empi ...

, Bulgarian emperor (1218–1241) * Ivan II, Bulgarian emperor (1298-1299) * Ivan Stephen, Bulgarian emperor (1330–1331) *

Ivan Alexander Ivan Alexander ( bg, Иван Александър, transliterated ''Ivan Aleksandǎr'', ; original spelling: ІѠАНЪ АЛЄѮАНдРЪ), also sometimes Anglicized as John Alexander, ruled as Emperor (''Tsar'') of Bulgaria from 1331 to 1371, ...

, Bulgarian emperor (1331–1371) *

Ivan Shishman Ivan Shishman ( bg, Иван Шишман) ruled as emperor (tsar) of Bulgaria in Tarnovo from 1371 to 3 June 1395. The authority of Ivan Shishman was limited to the central parts of the Bulgarian Empire. In the wake of the death of Ivan Alexan ...

, Bulgarian emperor in Tarnovo (1371–1395) *

Ivan Stratsimir Ivan Sratsimir (), or Ivan Stratsimir ( bg, Иван Страцимир), was emperor (tsar) of Bulgaria in Vidin from 1356 to 1396. He was born in 1324 or 1325, and he died in or after 1397. Despite being the eldest surviving son of Ivan Alexand ...

, Bulgarian emperor in Vidin (1356–1396) * Ivan I, "The Moneybag", Grand Duke of Moscow (1325–1340) * Ivan II, "The Fair", Grand Duke of Moscow (1353–1359) * Ivan III, "The Great", Grand Prince of Moscow (1462–1505) * Ivan IV, "The Terrible", Russian emperor (1547–1584) *

Ivan V Ivan V Alekseyevich (russian: Иван V Алексеевич; – ) was Tsar of Russia between 1682 and 1696, jointly ruling with his younger half-brother Peter I. Ivan was the youngest son of Alexis I of Russia by his first wife, Maria M ...

, Russian emperor (1682–1696) *

Ivan VI Ivan VI,; – (Julian calendar should be used in this article) Iván or Ioánn Antónovich (12 August 1740 5 July 1764) was an infant emperor of Russia who was overthrown by his cousin Elizabeth Petrovna in 1741. He was only two months old whe ...

, Russian emperor (1740–1741)

Nobility

John Horvat John Horvat ( hr, Ivan Horvat; hu, Horváti János; died on 15 August 1394) was a Croato– Hungarian nobleman in the Kingdom of Hungary-Croatia who served as Ban of Macsó from 1376 to 1381, and again between 1385 and 1386. Horvat was the b ...

(''Ivan Horvat'', d. 1394), Hungarian-Croatian nobleman, Ban of Macsó (1376–1381, and 1385–1386) *

John of Palisna John of Palisna ( hr, Ivan od Paližne, la, Joannes de Palisna) (? – 23 March 1391) was a Croatian knight and warrior, prior of Vrana, and Ban of Croatia. Prior of Vrana It is unclear when John of Palisna became prior of Vrana.Hunyadi and ...

(''Ivan od Paližne'', d. 1391), Hungarian-Croatian nobleman, Ban of Croatia (1385–1386) *

Ivan Bohun Ivan Bohun ( ua, Іван Богун) (died 1664) was a Ukrainian Cossack colonel. Close associate and friend of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, he opposed both the pacts with Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (Treaty of Hadiach of 1658) and with Tsardom of Ru ...

(died 1664), Cossack colonel *

Ivan Bot Baron John Both de Bajna ( hr, Ivan Bot od Bajne, hu, bajnai Both János ; ? – 1493) was a Hungarian nobleman from the Both family, who served as, alongside Emeric Derencsényi, Ban of Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia in 1493. His brother, And ...

, Hungarian-Croatian nobleman, Ban of Croatia (1493) * Ivan Mazepa, Hetman of Zaporizhian Host * Ivan Mažuranić, Austro-Hungarian nobleman, Ban of Croatia (1873–1880), and poet *

Ivan Pidkova Ivan Pidkova ( uk, Іван Підкова) or Ioan Potcoavă (died 16 June 1578), also known as Ioan Creţul, and Nicoară Potcoavă among Romanians, was a prominent Cossack ataman, and short-lived Voivode (Prince) of Moldavia (November–Decem ...

(died 1578), Cossack leader *

Ivan Sirko Ivan Sirko ( uk, Іван Дмитрович Сірко, tr. , ; pl, Iwan Sierko, ; russian: Иван Дмитриевич Серко, translit=Ivan Dmitrievich Serko, ; c. 1610–1680) was a Ukrainian Cossack military leader, Koshovyi Otaman o ...

(c. 1610–1680), Cossack military leader *

Ivan Sulyma Ivan Sulyma ( pl, Iwan Sulima, uk, Іван Михайлович Сулима – ''Ivan Mykhailovych Sulyma'') was a Senior of Registered Cossacks in 1628–29 and a Kosh Otaman in 1630–35. Life and death Son of Mykhailo Sulyma, Ivan came fr ...

, Cossack leader

Clergy

Ivan Rilski Saint John of Rila, a.k.a. Ivan of Rila (Bulgarian: Свети преподобни Йоан Рилски Чудотворец, Svеti prеpodobni Yoan Rilski Chudotvorеts; English: Saint (monk) John of Rila the Wondermaker) (876 – c. 946) was ...

(''John of Rila''), Bulgarian Orthodox hermit and patron saint

Military

* Ivan Konev, a Russian/Soviet general *

Ivan Mihailov Ivan Mihailov Gavrilov ( bg, Иван Михайлов Гаврилов; mk, Ванчо Михајлов Гаврилов;He is credited in English-language sources as ''Mihailov'', while the Bulgarian and Macedonian transliteration schemes w ...

, a Bulgarian revolutionary * Ivan Kolev, a Bulgarian general during

First World War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

* Ivan Valkov, a Bulgarian general during

and later Minister of War

Sports

* Ivan Almeida (born 1989), Cape Verdean basketball player * Ivan Aska (born 1990), American basketball player in the

Israeli National League Liga Leumit ( he, ליגה לאומית, lit. ''National League'') is the second division of the Israeli Football League, and below its Premier League. Structure There are 16 clubs in the league. At the end of each season, the two lowest-place ...

* Iván Campo (born 1974), Spanish footballer *

Ivan Cleary Ivan Cleary (born 1 March 1971) is an Australian professional rugby league coach who is the head coach of the Penrith Panthers in the NRL and a former professional rugby league footballer who played as a and in the 1990s and 2000s. He is a ...

(born 1971), Australian Rugby League player and coach * Iván Córdoba (born 1976), Colombian footballer *

Ivan Fedotov Ivan Dmitrievich Fedotov (Russian: Иван Дмитревич Федотов; born 28 November 1996) is a Finnish-born Russian professional ice hockey goaltender. He is currently under contract with the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey ...

(born 1996), Russian ice hockey goaltender *

Iván González Ferreira Ivan () is a Slavic male given name, connected with the variant of the Greek name (English: John) from Hebrew meaning 'God is gracious'. It is associated worldwide with Slavic countries. The earliest person known to bear the name was Bulgar ...

(born 1987), Paraguayan footballer *

Iván Helguera Iván Helguera Bujía (; born 28 March 1975) is a Spanish former professional footballer. Playing as either a central defender or defensive midfielder, with both good defensive and offensive skills, he represented five clubs during his professi ...

(born 1975), Spanish footballer * Iván Hurtado (born 1974), Ecuadorian footballer * Ivan Lendl (born 1960), Czech-American tennis player *

Ivan Leshinsky Ivan Leshinsky (אייבן לישינסקי; born February 5, 1947) is an American-Israeli former basketball player. He played the forward and center positions. He played three seasons in the Israeli Basketball Premier League, and competed for th ...

(born 1947), American-Israeli basketball player * Ivan Ljubičić (born 1979), Croatian tennis player * Iban Mayo (born 1977), Spanish cyclist * Ivan Miljković (born 1979), Serbian volleyball player *

Ivan Osiier Dr. Ivan Joseph Martin Osiier (December 16, 1888 – December 23, 1965), was a Danish Olympic medalist, and world champion, fencer who fenced foil, épée, and saber. He was given the Olympic Diploma of Merit during his career. He is also on ...

(1888–1965), Danish épée, foil, and sabre fencer, 25x Danish champion *

Ivan Perišić Ivan Perišić (; born 2 February 1989) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Croatia national team. Usually deployed as a winger, he has also featured as an attacking midfielder, se ...

(born 1989), Croatian footballer *

Ivan Pravilov Ivan Pravilov ( uk, Іван Правілов; January 22, 1963 – February 10, 2012) was a Ukrainian ice hockey coach. He coached a Ukrainian hockey school, Druzhba-78, before he moved to the United States in 2007.

(1963–2012), Ukrainian ice hockey coach charged with child molestation * Ivan Rakitić (born 1988), Croatian soccer player *

Iván Rodríguez Iván Rodríguez Torres (born November 27, 1971), nicknamed "Pudge" and "I-Rod", is a Puerto Rican former Major League Baseball catcher. He played for the Texas Rangers (in two separate stints, comprising the majority of his career), Florida ...

(born 1971), Major League Baseball player *

Ivan Rudez Ivan () is a Slavic languages, Slavic male given name, connected with the variant of the Greek name (English: John (given name), John) from Hebrew language, Hebrew meaning 'God is gracious'. It is associated worldwide with Slavic countries. T ...

(born 1979), Croatian basketball coach *

Ivan Runje Ivan Runje (born 9 October 1990) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back. Career Runje started his career with Mosor Žrnovnica. He played one game for the Croatia national under-21 football team The Croatia nationa ...

(born 1990), Croatian footballer *

Ivan Sproule Ivan Sproule (born 18 February 1981) is a Northern Irish retired professional footballer who was most recently manager of NIFL Championship side Dergview. Early in his career, Sproule played in Northern Ireland for Omagh Town and Institute. H ...

(born 1981), Northern Irish footballer *

Ivan Toney Ivan Benjamin Elijah Toney (born 16 March 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for club Brentford. Toney became the youngest player to represent Northampton Town when he made his first-team debut in 2012, and sco ...

(born 1996), English footballer *

Ivan Wilfred Johnson Ivan () is a Slavic male given name, connected with the variant of the Greek name (English: John) from Hebrew meaning 'God is gracious'. It is associated worldwide with Slavic countries. The earliest person known to bear the name was Bulgari ...

(1898–1979), Canadian hockey player *

Iván Zamorano Iván Luis Zamorano Zamora (; born 18 January 1967) is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is regarded as one of Chile's most recognized footballers, along with Marcelo Salas, Leonel Sánchez and Elias Figueroa ...

(born 1967), Chilean footballer *

Iván Zarandona Iván Zarandona Esono (born 30 August 1980) is an Equatorial Guinean former footballer and a sports agent. Mainly a defensive midfielder, he also operated as a central defender. He spent the better part of his career in Spain, representing V ...

(born 1980), Equatoguinean footballer *

Ivan Zaytsev (disambiguation) Ivan Zaytsev may refer to: * Ivan Matveyevich Zaitsev (1879-1934), Orenburg Cossack * Ivan Zaytsev (athlete) (born 1988), Uzbekistani javelin thrower * Ivan Zaytsev (volleyball) Ivan Vyacheslavovich Zaytsev (; rus, Иван Вячеславо ...

, several sportsmen * Ivan Ivanov, Bulgarian footballer

Arts

* Ivan Barias, Dominican-American music producer and songwriter * Ivan Brunetti (born 1967), cartoonist * Ivan Bunin (1870–1953), Russian writer and Nobel laureate in literature *

Ivan Della Mea Ivan Della Mea (born Luigi Della Mea, 16 October 1940 – 14 June 2009) was an Italian novelist, journalist, singer-songwriter and political activist. His family name was "Della Mea" Biography Born in Lucca Lucca ( , ) is a city and ''com ...

(1940–2009), Italian singer-songwriter *

Ivan Dixon Ivan Nathaniel Dixon III (April 6, 1931 – March 16, 2008) was an American actor, director, and producer best known for his series role in the 1960s sitcom ''Hogan's Heroes'', and for his starring roles in the 1964 independent drama '' Not ...

(1931–2008), American actor, director and producer *

Ivan Doroschuk Ivan Eugene Doroschuk (, ), born 9 October 1957, is an American-born Canadian musician. He is the lead vocalist and founding member of Men Without Hats, best known for the hit song "The Safety Dance". Early life Ivan Doroschuk was born on 9 ...

(born 1957), lead vocalist for Men Without Hats *

Ivan Dorschner Ivan Anthony Dorschner born September 21, 1990) is a Filipino-American actor, television host and model based in the Philippines. He is best known for being a former housemate of the Philippine reality television show '' Pinoy Big Brother: Teen ...

(born 1990), Filipino-American actor, host and model * Ivan Franko (1856–1916), Ukrainian writer * Ivan (gorilla), painter *

Ivan Graziani Ivan Graziani (Teramo 6 October 1945 – Novafeltria, 1 January 1997) was an Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist. Biography Graziani was born in Teramo, Abruzzo. His first band was The Serogan, which he formed in 1963 with Giuseppe Canala, ...

(1945–1997), Italian singer-songwriter * Ivan Jones, British Writer and poet *

Ivan Král Ivan Kral (12 May 1948 – 2 February 2020) was a Czech Americans, Czech-born American composer, filmmaker, guitarist, record producer, bassist, and singer-songwriter. He worked across genres including pop music, punk rock, garage rock, rock, ja ...

(1948–2020), Czech-American musician * Ivan Meštrović (1883–1962), Croatian sculptor and architect *

Van Morrison Sir George Ivan Morrison (born 31 August 1945), known professionally as Van Morrison, is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist whose recording career spans seven decades. He has won two Grammy Awards. As a teenager in t ...

(George Ivan Morrison, born 1945), Northern Irish singer-songwriter and musician * Ivan Moody (born 1980), singer of heavy metal band Five Finger Death Punch * Ivan Ozhogin(born 1978), Russian singer and actor * Ivan Reitman (1946–2022), Czechoslovak-born Canadian film and television director, producer and screenwriter * Ivan Šijak (born 1969), Serbian visual artist, professor, director, and cinematographer * Ivan Turgenev (1818–1893), Russian novelist *

Ivan Urgant Ivan Andreyevich Urgant (russian: Ива́н Андре́евич У́ргант; born 16 April 1978) is a Russian television host, presenter, actor, musician and producer. His best known roles in film are Boris in the ''Yolki'' series and as Dani ...

(born 1978), Russian television personality, presenter, actor and musician * Ivan Vazov (1850 – 1921), Bulgarian poet, novelist and playwright, often referred to as "the Patriarch of Bulgarian literature" *

Ivan Shishmanov Ivan Shishmanov ( bg, Иван Димитров Шишманов; July 4, 1862 – June 22, 1928) was a Bulgarian writer, ethnographer, politician and diplomat. He served as Ambassador of Bulgaria to the Ukrainian State and the ...

(1862 – 1928), Bulgarian writer, ethnographer, politician and diplomat

Science, academia, business and other

* Ivan Aboimov (born 1936), Russian diplomat and ambassador *

Ivan Agayants Ivan Ivanovich Agayants (russian: Иван Иванович Агаянц) (28 August 1911 – 12 May 1968) was a leading Soviet Union, Soviet NKVD/KGB intelligence officer of Armenians, Armenian origin. Early life Born the son of Hovhanes Agayant ...

(1911–1968), Soviet intelligence officer of Armenian origin * Ivan Ahčin (1897–1960), Slovene sociologist, publicist, journalist, author, and politician *

Ivan Aksakov Ivan Sergeyevich Aksakov (russian: Ива́н Серге́евич Акса́ков; , village Nadezhdino, Belebeyevsky Uyezd, Orenburg Governorate – , Moscow) was a Russian littérateur and notable Slavophile. Biography Aksakov was born in ...

(1823–1886), Russian littérateur and notable Slavophile *

Ivan Benediktov Ivan Benediktov (russian: Ива́н Бенеди́ктов; 1902–1983) was a Soviet official who served in different posts, including people's commissars for agriculture, then minister of agriculture and Soviet ambassador to India and to Yugo ...

(1902–1983), Soviet politician *

Ivan Boesky Ivan Frederick Boesky (born March 6, 1937) is a former American stock trader who became infamous for his prominent role in an insider trading scandal that occurred in the United States during the mid-1980s. He was charged and pled guilty to insid ...

(born 1937), Wall Street trader who inspired the character of Gordon Gekko in the film ''Wall Street.'' *

Ivan Chermayeff Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv (formerly Brownjohn, Chermayeff & Geismar and Chermayeff & Geismar) is a New York City, New York-based Branding agency, branding and graphic design firm. It is currently led by partners Tom Geismar and Sagi Haviv. ...

, graphic designer * Ivan Corea, Sri Lankan Anglican priest *

Iván Duque Márquez Ivan () is a Slavic male given name, connected with the variant of the Greek name (English: John) from Hebrew meaning 'God is gracious'. It is associated worldwide with Slavic countries. The earliest person known to bear the name was Bulgari ...

(born 1976), President of Colombia *

Ivan Fadeev Ivan Fadeev (24 March 1906–21 October 1976) was a Soviet economist and politician who served as the minister of finance of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR) from September 1949 to March 1973. Biography Fadeev was born on ...

(1906–1976), Soviet economist and politician *

Ivan Gazidis Ivan Gazidis (born 13 September 1964) is the Executive of Italian Serie A club A.C. Milan, AC Milan. Biography Gazidis is of Greeks, Greek origin, but was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. At the age of 4 moved to Manchester in the United Kingd ...

(born 1964), chief executive of the AC Milan *

Ivan Glasenberg Ivan Glasenberg (born 7 January 1957) is a South African business executive and former chief executive officer of Glencore, one of the world's largest commodity trading and mining companies. In December 2020 it was announced that Glasenberg will ...

(born 1957), CEO of Glencore, director of Xstrata and Minara Resources *

Ivan Greenberg Ivan Marion Greenberg (8 December 1896 – 11 March 1966) was an English journalist. He served as the editor of ''The Jewish Chronicle'' from 1935 to 1946. He was a Revisionist Zionist. Early life Ivan Greenberg was born in 1896 in London. His ...

(1896–1966), English journalist * Ivan Ilyin (1883–1954), Russian religious and political philosopher *

Ivan Knotek Ivan Knotek (26 August 1936–11 March 2020) was a Slovak politician who served as Politburo member and prime minister from 1988 to 1989 of the Slovak Socialist Republic. Biography Knotek was born in Senica on 26 August 1936. He was a member o ...

(1936–2020), Slovak politician *

Ivan Massow Ivan Julian Massow (born 11 September 1967) is a British financial services entrepreneur, gay rights campaigner, and media personality. He is also a former Chairman of the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London. He has been active in UK poli ...

(born 1967), chairman of the Institute of Contemporary Arts * Ivan Menezes (born 1959), CEO of Diageo, non-executive director at Coach, Inc. *

Ivan Misner Ivan Misner is the founder and Chief Visionary Officer of the business networking organization BNI. Career After starting his own consultancy business, Misner founded BNI in Arcadia, California in 1985 after losing an important client at his ...

, chairman of BNI * Ivan Milat, Croatian Australian serial killer famous for the backpacker killings * Ivan Vsevolodovich Meshcherskiy (1859–1935), Russian mathematician *

Ivan J. Parron Ritmoteca.com was an online music store. Founded in Miami, Florida, in 1998 during the Dot-com bubble by Ivan Parron, the company was a Latin music download website and an early predecessor to Apple Inc.'s now highly successful iTunes business mo ...

, entertainment attorney and entrepreneur *

Ivan Pavlov Ivan Petrovich Pavlov ( rus, Ива́н Петро́вич Па́влов, , p=ɪˈvan pʲɪˈtrovʲɪtɕ ˈpavləf, a=Ru-Ivan_Petrovich_Pavlov.ogg; 27 February 1936), was a Russian and Soviet experimental neurologist, psychologist and physiol ...

(1849–1946), Russian physiologist and Nobel laureate in Medicine & Physiology *

Ivan Rogers Sir Mark Ivan Rogers (born March 1960) is a former senior British civil servant who was the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the European Union from 4 November 2013 until his resignation on 3 January 2017. Education Rogers ...

(born 1960), British civil servant, former Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the European Union * Ivan Samoylovych (died 1690), Hetman of Left-bank Ukraine *

Ivan Seidenberg Ivan Seidenberg (born December 10, 1946) is the former chairman and CEO of Verizon Communications Inc. His telecommunications career began more than 40 years ago when he joined New York Telephone, one of Verizon's predecessor companies, as a cabl ...

(born 1946), chairman & CEO at Verizon Communications *

Ivan Selin Ivan Selin (born March 11, 1937) is an American businessman, and former Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Under Secretary of State for Management. Selin is a Fulbright Scholar and graduate of Yale University (PhD, Electrical Engi ...

(born 1937), former chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Fulbright scholar *

Ivan Semwanga Ivan Semwanga was a Ugandan-born South African socialite. He was one of the members of the self-styled Rich Gang group well known in both South Africa and Uganda. The Rich Gang group was based on both humanitarian and philanthropy principles wh ...

, Ugandan-born South African philanthropist *

Ivan Vasyunyk Ivan Vasylovych Vasyunik ( uk, Іван Васильович Васюник, born 7 July 1959) is a Ukrainian politician, who served in different posts, including vice prime minister. Career Vasyunik served as first deputy secretary of Presiden ...

(born 1959), Ukrainian politician *

Ivan Warner Ivan Warner (February 18, 1919 – January 26, 1994) was an American lawyer and politician in New York. Life He was born on February 18, 1919, in Manhattan, New York City, the son of immigrants from Saint Kitts. He dropped out of Morris Evening ...

(1919–1994), New York politician and judge *

Ivan Wettengel Ivan Cyrus Wettengel (1876 – February 19, 1935) was a United States Navy Captain who served as the 25th Naval Governor of Guam. A graduate of the United States Naval Academy, Wettengel commanded a number of ships. He received the Navy Cross ...

(1876–1935), Naval Governor of Guam *

Ivan Kostov Ivan Yordanov Kostov ( bg, Иван Йорданов Костов ) (born 23 December 1949, in Sofia) was the 47th Prime Minister of Bulgaria in office from May 1997 to July 2001 and leader of the Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) between Dec ...

(born 1949), 47th

Prime Minister of Bulgaria The prime minister of Bulgaria ( bg, Министър-председател, Ministar-predsedatel) is the head of government of Bulgaria. They are the leader of a political coalition in the Bulgarian parliament – known as the National Assemb ...

* Ivan Evstratiev Geshov (1849 - 1924), 18th

Other notable people with the given name "Ivan"

Fiction

* Ivan Braginsky, the given name for the national personification of Russia from the anime series '' Hetalia: Axis Powers'' * Ivan, a secondary character of '' Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends'' * Ivan the Fool, a character of the eponymous story *

Ivan Vanko Ivan () is a Slavic male given name, connected with the variant of the Greek name (English: John) from Hebrew meaning 'God is gracious'. It is associated worldwide with Slavic countries. The earliest person known to bear the name was Bulgari ...

, an antagonist from the Marvel Comics franchise The Invincible Iron Man who appears as the primary antagonist in the sequel to the

film adaptation A film adaptation is the transfer of a work or story, in whole or in part, to a feature film. Although often considered a type of derivative work, film adaptation has been conceptualized recently by academic scholars such as Robert Stam as a dial ...

* Ivan Denisovich Shukhov, a character of '' One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich'' * Ivan, a Nintendo character in the ''

Golden Sun is a series of fantasy role-playing video games developed by Camelot Software Planning and published by Nintendo. ''Golden Sun'' follows the story of a group of magically-attuned "adepts" who are charged with preventing the potentially destru ...

'' series * Ivan, a Nintendo character in ''

Devil's Third is an action-adventure hack and slash shooter video game developed by Valhalla Game Studios and published by Nintendo for the Wii U. The Wii U version was released in most regions in August 2015, and later in North America in December 2015. An o ...

'' and

Pokémon (an abbreviation for in Japan) is a Japanese media franchise managed by The Pokémon Company, founded by Nintendo, Game Freak, and Creatures (company), Creatures, the owners of the trademark and copyright of the franchise. In terms of ...

series * Ivan, a Nintendo character in New game Action in 2019 * Ivan Vassilevich Lomov, a character in Anton Chekhov's one-act play, ''

A Marriage Proposal ''A Marriage Proposal'' (sometimes translated as simply ''The Proposal'', russian: Предложение, translit=Predlozheniye, italic=yes) is a One-act play, one-act farce by Anton Chekhov, written in 1888–1889 and first performed in 1890. ...

'' * Ivan Raidenovich Raikov, a character in video game '' Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater'' * Ivan Ilych, the title character of Leo Tolstoy's book, ''

The Death of Ivan Ilyich ''The Death of Ivan Ilyich'' (also Romanized ''Ilich, Ilych, Ilyitch''; russian: Смерть Ивана Ильича, Smert' Ivána Ilyicha), first published in 1886, is a novella by Leo Tolstoy, considered one of the masterpieces of his late ...

'' * Ivan Karamazov, brother of protagonist Alyosha Karamazov, in Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel, '' The Brothers Karamazov'' * Ivan, in the 2006 film ''

Curious George Curious George is a fictional monkey who is the title character of a series of popular children's picture books written by Margret and H. A. Rey. Various media, including films and TV shows, have been based upon the original book series. Geor ...

'' * Ivan Veen, in Vladimir Nabokov's '' Ada or Ardor'' * Ivan Drago, in '' Rocky IV'' * Ivan Nikolayevich Ponyryov (Bezdomny), in Mikhail Bulgakov's novel, '' The Master and Margarita'' * Ivan Shawbly, from the television series '' Mona the Vampire'' * Ivan Ooze, the villain in '' Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie'' * Sir Ivan of Zandar, the Gold Ranger in

Power Rangers Dino Charge ''Power Rangers Dino Charge'' is the twenty-second season of the long-running television program ''Power Rangers''. Using footage, costumes and props from Japanese 37th Super Sentai Series ''Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger'', it is the first season to ...

and Power Rangers Dino Super Charge *

Ivanhoe ''Ivanhoe: A Romance'' () by Walter Scott is a historical novel published in three volumes, in 1819, as one of the Waverley novels. Set in England in the Middle Ages, this novel marked a shift away from Scott’s prior practice of setting st ...

, an 1820 novel by

Sir Walter Scott Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832), was a Scottish novelist, poet, playwright and historian. Many of his works remain classics of European and Scottish literature, notably the novels '' Ivanhoe'', '' Rob Roy' ...

* Ivan, a Western lowland Gorilla, the star and basis of the 2012 K.A. Applegate novel ''

The One and Only Ivan ''The One and Only Ivan'' is a 2012 novel written by Katherine Applegate and illustrated by Patricia Castelao. It is about a silverback gorilla named Ivan who lived in a cage at a mall, and is written from Ivan's point of view. In 2013 it was n ...

'' and its

. *Ivan Bruel, in the animated series '' Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir''

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