Popov (; masculine), or Popova (; feminine), is a common

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, Macedonian and Serbian surname. Derived from a Slavonic word ''pop'' (, "

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"). The fourth most common Russian surname, it may refer to: *

Alek Popov Alek Popov ( bg, Алек Попов) is a Bulgarian novelist, short story writer, essayist and scriptwriter, author of the novel ''Mission London''. Alek Popov was born in Sofia in 1966.

(born 1966), Bulgarian writer *

Alexander Popov (disambiguation) Alexander Popov may refer to: Science *Aleksandr Iosifovich Popov (1913–1993), Soviet permafrost researcher *Alexander Nikiforovich Popov (1840–1881), Russian organic chemist *Alexander Stepanovich Popov (1859–1906), Russian physicist Spor ...

* Aleksei Popov (disambiguation) *

Anatoly Popov Anatoly Alexandrovich Popov (russian: Анато́лий Алекса́ндрович Попо́в; born July 10, 1960) is an ethnic Russians, Russian who was the Prime Minister of the Chechnya, Chechen Republic, Russia, from February 10 ...

(born 1960), Russian politician, Prime Minister of Chechnya * Andrei Popov (disambiguation) *

Angel Popov Said Saif Asaad (born Angel Popov ( bg, Ангел Попов; May 31, 1979 in Bulgaria), is a Qatari weightlifter who competed in the Men's 105 kg weight class at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal. One of eight Bulgarian weig ...

(born 1979), Bulgarian-born Qatari weightlifter * Apostol Popov (born 1982), Bulgarian football defender *

Blagoy Popov Blagoi Simeonov Popov ( bg, Благой Симеонов Попов) (22 November 1902 – 28 December 1968) was a Bulgarian Communist activist and Comintern executive who was one of the co-defendants along with Georgi Dimitrov and Vasil T ...

(1902–1968) *

Boris Popov Boris Nikitich Popov (russian: Борис Никитич Попов, born 21 March 1941) is a Russian water polo player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1964 Summer Olympics. Career In 1964 he was a member of the Soviet team whic ...

(born 1941), Russian water polo player * Denis Popov (born 1979), Russian football player and manager * Denis Popov (footballer, born 2002), Russian football player *

Denys Popov Denys Yuriyovych Popov ( uk, Денис Юрійович Попов; born 17 February 1999) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a defender for FC Dynamo Kyiv. Club career Born in Pervomaisk Raion, Popov is a product of the R ...

(born 1999), Ukrainian football player *

Dimitar Popov Dimitar Nikolaev Popov ( bg, Димитър Николаев Попов; born 27 February 1970) is a former Bulgarian professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Career In his career Popov played for Levski Sofia, Botev Plovdiv, Sparta ...

(born 1970), Bulgarian footballer *

Dimitar Ivanov Popov Dimitar Ivanov Popov ( bg, Димитър Иванов Попов) (October 13, 1894 – October 25, 1975) was a Bulgarian organic chemist and an academician of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (abbreviated ...

(1894–1975), Bulgarian organic chemist *

Dimitar Iliev Popov Dimitar Iliev Popov (Pokriva) ( bg, Димитър Илиев Попов ; 26 June 1927 – 5 December 2015) was a leading Bulgarian judge and the first Prime Minister of the country not to be a member of the Bulgarian Communist Party since 1946. H ...

(1927–2015), Bulgarian judge and Prime Minister *

Dmitri Popov (disambiguation) Dmitri Popov (born 1967) is a Russian footballer. Dmitri Popov may also refer to: * Dmitry Ivanovich Popov (1892–1921), revolutionary of Russia * Dmitry Yakovlevich Popov (1863–1921), Russian priest and revolutionary, a deputy of the Fourth I ...

Duško Popov Duško Popov ( sr-Cyrl, Душко Попов; 10 July 1912 – 10 August 1981) was a Serbian double agent who served as part of the MI6 and Abwehr during World War II. He passed off disinformation to Germany as part of the Double-Cross ...

(1912–1981), Serbian double-agent, known as Tricycle *

Egor Popov Egor Pavlovich Popov (russian: Егор Павлович Попов; February 6, 1913 – April 19, 2001) was a structural and seismic engineer who helped transform the design of buildings, structures, and civil engineering around earthquake-prone ...

(1913–2001), Russian-American structural and seismic engineer *

Fedot Popov Fedot Alekseyevich Popov (russian: Федот Алексеевич Попов, also Fedot Alekseyev, russian: Федот Алексеев; nickname Kholmogorian, russian: Холмогорец, for his place of birth ( Kholmogory), date of birth un ...

(died between 1648 and 1654), Russian explorer *

Gavriil Popov (composer) Gavriil Nikolayevich Popov (russian: Гаврии́л Никола́евич Попо́в; 12 September 1904, in Novocherkassk – 17 February 1972, in Repino) was a Soviet composer. Life and career Popov studied at the Leningrad Conservatory f ...

(1904–1972), Russian composer *

Gavriil Popov (politician) Gavriil Kharitonovich Popov (russian: Гаврии́л Харито́нович Попо́в; born 31 October 1936) is a Russian politician and economist. He served as the mayor of Moscow from 1991 until he resigned in 1992. Biograph ...

(born 1936), Russian politician *

George Basil Popov George Basil Popov (1922, in Iran – 22 December 1998, in London), was a Russian-British entomologist born in Iran, his father having been employed there by the Imperial Bank of Persia. Popov became an authority on the Desert locust. George Pop ...

(1922–1998) a Russian-British

entomologist Entomology () is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term "insect" was less specific, and historically the definition of entomology would also include the study of animals in other arthropod groups, such as arach ...

born in Iran *

Goran Popov Goran Popov ( mk, Горан Попов; born 2 October 1984) is a retired Macedonian footballer, who played as a defender. Popov started his career with local side Belasica and moved to Greece with Proodeftiki and AEK Athens. He signed for R ...

(born 1984), Macedonian footballer *

Haralan Popov Haralan Popov ( bg, Харалан Попов) (March 7, 1907–November 14, 1988) was a Protestant minister who spent thirteen years in Bulgarian communist prisons on charges of treason. He later foundeDoor of Hope International a Christian relie ...

(1907–1988), Bulgarian church minister *

Hristian Popov Hristian Emilov Popov ( bg, Християн Попов; born 5 February 1990 in Plovdiv) is a Bulgarian footballer who currently plays as a midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may pla ...

(born 1990), Bulgarian football player * Ilya Popov (born 2000), Russian boxer *

Ivelin Popov Ivelin Ivanov Popov ( bg, Ивелин Иванов Попов; born 26 October 1987) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Levski Sofia. Club career Youth career Born in Sofia, Popov started to play ...

(born 1987), Bulgarian footballer *

Katia Popov Katia Popov ( bg, Катя Попов; 3 March 1965 – 18 May 2018), born in Bulgaria and later living in California, was a violinist, playing as soloist, in chamber music and in orchestras; she was concertmaster of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. ...

(1965–2018), Bulgarian-born American violinist *

Leonid Popov Leonid Ivanovich Popov (russian: Леони́д Ива́нович Попо́в; born August 31, 1945) is a former Soviet cosmonaut. Biography Popov was born in Oleksandriia, Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukrainian SSR. He was selected as a cosmonaut on ...

(born 1945), Soviet cosmonaut *

Luben Popov Luben Popov ( bg, Любен Попов; born 28 January 1936) is Bulgarian chess International Master (IM) (1965), Bulgarian Chess Championship winner (1970), European Team Chess Championships individual medalist (1977, 1980), World Student Tea ...

(born 1936), Bulgarian chess player *

Markian Popov Markian Mikhaylovich Popov (; 1902–1969) was a Soviet military commander, Army General (26 August 1943), and Hero of the Soviet Union (1965). Early life Markian Popov was born in 1902 in Ust-Medvediskaya in the Don Host Oblast (now Volgograd O ...

(1902–1969), Soviet Army General * Mikhail Popov (disambiguation) *

Nikolay Popov Nikolay Popov (14 December 1931 – 4 February 2008) was a Russian engineer who went on to be the main designer of the renowned Soviet main battle tank, the T-80 The T-80 is a main battle tank (MBT) that was designed and manufactured in the f ...

(1931–2008), Russian engineer *

Oleg Popov Oleg Konstantinovich Popov (russian: Олег Константинович Попoв, 31 July 1930 – 2 November 2016) was a Soviet and Russian clown and circus artist. People's Artist of the USSR (1969). Early life Popov was born on 31 July 19 ...

(1930–2016), Russian circus artist *

Pavel Popov Pavel Anatolyevich Popov (russian: Павел Анатольевич Попов; born 1 January 1957), is a Russian army officer who is the Deputy Minister of Defense since 7 November 2013. He holds the rank of General of the Army as of 11 Decemb ...

(born 1957), Russian military officer * Polina Popova (born 1995), Miss Russia 2017 *

Pyotr Popov Pyotr Popov (russian: Пётр Попо́в, born 4 September 1985) is a Russian luger who has competed since 2002. A natural track luger, he won the silver medal in the men's doubles event at the 2007 FIL World Luge Natural Track C ...

(born 1985), Russian luger *

Pyotr Semyonovich Popov Pyotr Semyonovich Popov (; July 1923 – January 1960) was a colonel in the Soviet military intelligence apparatus (GRU). He was the first GRU officer to offer his services to the Central Intelligence Agency after World War II. Between 1953 and 195 ...

(1923–1960), Soviet intelligence officer and double agent * Robert Popov (born 1982), Macedonian footballer * Rumen Popov (born 1983), Bulgarian football player * Sergei Popov (disambiguation) * Serhiy Popov (born 1971), Ukrainian footballer * Stefan Popov (born 1940) a Bulgarian cellist * Stole Popov (born 1950), Macedonian film director. *

Strahil Popov Strahil Popov ( bg, Страхил Попов; born 31 August 1990) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays for Turkish club Ümraniyespor. He mainly plays as a right back. Popov began his professional career at Litex Lovech in 2008. Af ...

(born 1990), Bulgarian footballer * Valery Popov (disambiguation) *

Vasile M. Popov Vasile Mihai Popov (born 1928) is a leading systems theorist and control engineering specialist. He is well known for having developed a method to analyze stability of nonlinear dynamical systems, now known as Popov criterion. Biography He was b ...

(born 1928), Romanian-born scientist and systems theorist * Vasili Popov (disambiguation) * Victor Popov (1937–1994), Russian theoretical physicist * Vladimir Popov (disambiguation) * Yevgeni Popov (disambiguation) *

Yuri Alexandrovich Popov Yuri Alexandrovich Popov (Russian: Юрий Александрович Попов) (5 March 1936 – 16 November 2016) was a Soviet and Russian paleoentomologist, an authority on the taxonomy and evolution of fossil true bugs ( Heteroptera) and ...

(1936–2016), Russian paleoentomologist

Fictional people

* Nadia Popov, character in the British children's program ''

Rentaghost ''Rentaghost'' is a British children's television comedy show, originally broadcast by the BBC between 6 January 1976 and 6 November 1984. The show's plot centred on the antics of a number of ghosts who worked for a firm called Rentaghost, which ...

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* Alena Popova, Kazakhstani volleyballer *

Daria Popova Daria Popova (born 28 July 1993) is a Russian former competitive pair skater. From 2011 to 2014, she competed with Bruno Massot, winning the 2014 Challenge Cup and the 2012 French national title. The pair finished in the top ten at the 2012 and ...

, Russian pair skater *

Diana Popova Diana Popova (born December 10, 1976 in Sofia, Bulgaria) is an Individual Rhythmic Gymnast. Career She started rhythmic gymnastics in 1982 and started training at an early age. Popova competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics, Despite two drops of ...

, Bulgarian gymnast * Faton Popova, German footballer *

Katarzyna Popowa-Zydroń Katarzyna Popowa-Zydroń (Bulgarian: Екатерина Попова) (born 30 April 1948 in Sofia) is a Polish pianist of Bulgarian descent. She studied at the Poznań Music Academy, then graduated with honours from the State High School of Musi ...

, Polish pianist and pedagogue of Bulgarian descent *

Ksenia Popova Ksenia Popova (born 1988) is a World Champion open water swimmer from Russia. At the 2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships, 2008 Open Water Worlds, she won the 2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Women's 25K, Women's ...

, Russian open water swimmer *

Larisa Popova Larisa Mikhaylovna Popova (née Aleksandrova, born 9 April 1957 in Tiraspol, Moldavian SSR) is a Moldovan rower who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Cov ...

, Moldovan rower *

Lyubov Popova Lyubov Sergeyevna Popova (russian: Любо́вь Серге́евна Попо́ва; April 24, 1889 – May 25, 1924) was a Russian-Soviet avant-garde artist, Painting, painter and designer. Early life Popova was born in Ivanovskoye District ...

(1889–1924), Russian avant-garde artist *

Margarita Popova Margarita Stefanova Popova ( bg, Маргарита Стефанова Попова; born 15 May 1957) is Bulgarian people, Bulgarian jurist, prosecutor, educator who was Vice President of Bulgaria from 2012 to 2017. She previously served as Minist ...

, former Bulgarian Minister of Justice *

Mariana Popova Mariana Popova ( bg, Мариана Попова) (born 6 June 1978) is a Bulgarian singer. She is known for representing Bulgaria at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006, trainer on The Voice of Bulgaria 2011 and from Vip Brother 2012 – Bulgaria ...

(born 1978), Bulgarian singer * Nadezhda Popova, Soviet military pilot * Natalia Popova, Ukrainian figure skater * Natalia Popova (chess player) (born 1976), Belarusian chess master *

Sofka Popova Sofka Popova ( bg, Софка Попова) (née Kazandzhieva/Bulgarian: Казанджиева; born 15 August 1953) is a retired 100 metres runner from Bulgaria. She won three medals at the European Indoor Championships in Athletics, European I ...

, Bulgarian runner * Tamara Popova, Soviet sprint canoer *

Tatiana Popova Tatiana Popova (born 17 September 1984) is a Russian professional basketball player. She plays for Russia women's national basketball team. She competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XX ...

, Russian basketball player *

Valentina Popova Valentina Vadimovna Popova (russian: Валентина Вадимовна Попова) (born September 25, 1972 in Bratsk) is a Russian weightlifter who won two olympic medals: the silver medal in the 63 kg class at the 2 ...

(born 1972), Russian weightlifter *

Vera Popova Vera Yevstafievna Popova, née Vera Bogdanovskaya (Вера Евстафьевна Попова; 17 September 1867 – 8 May 1896) was a Russian chemist. She was one of the first female chemists in Russia, and the first Russian female author of ...

, Russian chemist *

Veronika Popova Veronika Andreyevna Andrusenko (née Popova) (russian: Вероника Андреевна Андрусенко (Попова); born 20 January 1991) is a Russian competitive swimmer. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed for the national ...

, Russian swimmer

Fictional people

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See also