Efim is a given name, also spelled as Yefim. It is possibly derived from the Greek name Euthymios (Εὐθύμιος; ; latinized as
Euthymius
Euthymius the Great (377 – 20 January 473) was an abbot in Palestine. He is venerated in both Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches.
Euthymius' ''vita'' was written by Cyril of Skythopolis, who describes him as the founder of several ...
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Efim Alexandrov
Efim Alexandrov (born Efimian Ziсerman; 13 May 1960, Pidvolochysk Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukrainian SSR) is a Russian artist of the "spoken word” genre (stand-up comedian) and performer of Jewish music. He focuses in particular on Yiddish folk ...
(born 1960), Russian-Jewish comedian
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Efim Bogoljubov
Efim Bogoljubow ( or ), also known as Ewfim Dimitrijewitsch Bogoljubow, ( (); also Romanized ''Bogoljubov'', ''Bogolyubov''; uk, Юхим Дмитрович Боголюбов, Yukhym Dmytrovych Boholiubov; April 14, 1889 – June 18, 1952) ...
(1889–1962), Russian-German chess grandmaster
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Efim Dzigan Yefim Lvovich Dzigan (russian: Ефим Львович Дзиган; 14 December 1898 – 31 December 1981) was a Soviet actor, film director and screenwriter. People's Artist of the USSR (1969).
Filmography Director
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(1898–1981), Soviet film director
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Efim Etkind (1918–1999), Russian philologist
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Efim Fradkin (1924–1999), Russian physicist
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Efim Geller
Efim Petrovich Geller (russian: Ефим Петрович Геллер, uk, Юхим Петрович Геллер; 8 March 1925 – 17 November 1998) was a Soviet chess player and world-class grandmaster at his peak. He won the Soviet Champi ...
(1925–1998), Soviet chess grandmaster
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Efim Jourist (1947–2007), Ukrainian composer
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Efim Kolbintsev (1875–), Russian peasant, treasurer, merchant and deputy of the Fourth Imperial Duma from Orenburg Governorate
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Efim Motpan
Efim Motpan (Efim Moțpan; born 10 February 1971) is a Moldovan racewalker. He competed in the men's 20 kilometres walk at the 2000 Summer Olympics
The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as S ...
(born 1971), Moldovan racewalker
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Efim Shifrin
Efim (Yefim, born Nakhim) Zalmanovich Shifrin (russian: Ефи́м (Нахи́м) Залма́нович Шифри́н; born March 25, 1956) is a Soviet and Russian actor, humorist, singer. Creator and artistic director of " Shifrin-Theater".
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(born 1956), Russian actor
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Efim Zelmanov
Efim Isaakovich Zelmanov (russian: Ефи́м Исаа́кович Зе́льманов; born 7 September 1955 in Khabarovsk) is a Russian-American mathematician, known for his work on combinatorial problems in nonassociative algebra and group th ...
(born 1955), Russian-American mathematician
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(1774–1842) and (1803–1849), Russian inventors, father and son
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Yefim Bronfman
Yefim "Fima" Naumovich Bronfman (russian: Ефим Наумович Бронфман; born April 10, 1958) is a Soviet-born Israeli-American pianist.
Biography
Bronfman was born in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, and immigrated to Israel at the age of 15. H ...
(born 1958), Russian-Israeli pianist
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Yefim Chaplits
Eufemiusz Czaplic () (1768–1825) was a Polish general and military commander in the service of the Russian Empire.
Eufemiusz Czaplic was born into an old Polish noble family Czaplic ( Kierdeja coat of arms) and began military service in the P ...
(1768–1825), ethnic Pole, general of the Russian Empire
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Yefim Chulak
Yefim Aronovich Chulak (russian: Ефим Аронович Чулак , born 15 July 1948) is a Russian former volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1972 Summer Olympics and in the 1976 Summer Olympics
Events Janua ...
(born 1948), Russian former volleyball player
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Yefim Golïshev
Yefim Golyshev ( uk, Юхим Голишев), variously transliterated as ''Golyscheff'', ''Golyschev'', ''Golishiff'', ''Golishev'', etc., 8 September 1897 – 25 September 1970) was a Ukrainian-born painter and composer who was mainly active in ...
(1897–1970), Ukrainian-born painter and composer
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Yefim Karskiy
Yefim Fyodorovich Karsky ( be, Яўхім Фёдаравіч Карскі, Jaŭchim Fiodaravič Karski, russian: Ефим Фёдорович Карский; russian: Евфимий Феодорович Карский, older name form) (1 January 1 ...
(1861–1931), linguist-Slavist, ethnographer and paleographer
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Yefim Kopelyan
Yefim Zakharovich Kopelyan (russian: Ефим Захарович Копелян; 12 April 1912 – 6 March 1975) was a Soviet Union, Soviet actor of theatre and cinema, one of the legendary masters of the Bolshoi Theatre of Drama (BDT) in Leni ...
(1912–1975), Russian actor of theater and cinema
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Yefim Moiseevich Fomin
Yefim Moiseyevich Fomin ( Russian: Ефим Моисеевич Фомин), (15 January 1909 – 26 June 1941), was a Soviet political commissar. He is known for his part in the 1941 Defense of Brest Fortress, during which the German Army captur ...
(1909–1941), Jewish-Soviet Political Commisar
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