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Lebedev or Lebedeva (feminine; Лебедева) is a common Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

n family name derived from the word lebedswan
Swan
Swans, genus Cygnus, are birds of the family Anatidae, which also includes geese and ducks. Swans are grouped with the closely related geese in the subfamily Anserinae where they form the tribe Cygnini. Sometimes, they are considered a distinct subfamily, Cygninae...

. The following notable people have this name:

Real people

  • Alexander Lebedev
    Alexander Lebedev
    Alexander Yevgenievich Lebedev is a Russian businessman, referred to as one of the Russian oligarchs.In May 2008, he was listed by Forbes magazine as one of the richest Russians and as the 358th richest person in the world with an estimated fortune of $3.1 billion...

     (born 1959), Russian businessman and politician
  • Alexander Nikolayevich Lebedev
    Alexander Nikolayevich Lebedev
    Alexander Nikolayevich Lebedev was a Russian biochemist. He is known for his early experiments on the biochemical basis of behavior. Lebedev apprenticed as a student with physiologist and psychologist Ivan Pavlov, becoming familiar with various techniques involved used in behavioral psychology...

    , Russian biochemist
  • Alexander Pavlovich Lebedev (1918–1943), Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
    Hero of the Soviet Union
    The title Hero of the Soviet Union was the highest distinction in the Soviet Union, awarded personally or collectively for heroic feats in service to the Soviet state and society.-Overview:...

  • Alexey Lebedev, Russian electrical engineer
  • Andrei Vladimirovich Lebedev
    Andrei Vladimirovich Lebedev
    Andrei Vladimirovich Lebedev is a retired Russian professional footballer.-External links:*...

     (born 1963), Soviet and Russian footballer
  • Andrey Lebedzew
    Andrey Lebedzew
    Andrey Lebedzew is a Belarusian professional footballer. As of 2011, he plays for Lustenau 07.- External links :*...

     (born 1991), Belarusian footballer
  • Artemy Lebedev, Russian graphic designer and founder of Art. Lebedev Studio
    Art. Lebedev Studio
    Art. Lebedev Studio is a design company in Russia, founded in 1995 by Artemy Lebedev.The studio creates industrial and graphic design for commercial entities and doesn't accept work from private citizens and political or religious organizations...

  • Dmitry Lebedev (businessman), CEO of Rossiya Bank
  • Dmitry Lebedev (general) (1872-1935), Russian Estonian military commander, general
  • Dmitry Lebedev (scientist), Russian scientist in the field of rail transport mechanics
  • Dzmitry Lebedzew
    Dzmitry Lebedzew
    Dzmitry Lebedzew is a Belarusian professional footballer. Currently, he plays for FC Neman Grodno.-External links:*...

     (born 1986), Belarusian footballer
  • Evgeny Lebedev
    Evgeny Lebedev
    Evgeny Alexandrovich Lebedev is the chairman of both Evening Standard Ltd, which owns the Evening Standard and also Independent Print Ltd which owns the Independent newspapers, which he bought in January 2009 and March 2010...

    , newspaper publisher
  • Gerasim Lebedev
    Gerasim Lebedev
    Gerasim Stepanovich Lebedev, also spelled Herasim Steppanovich Lebedeff , was a Russian adventurer, linguist, pioneer of Bengali theatre , translator, musician and writer. He was a pioneer of Indology.-Early life:...

     (1749–1817), Russian Indologist
  • Gennady Lebedev
    Gennady Lebedev
    Gennady Victorovich Lebedev — Russian economist, representative of Austrian School, businessman and politician. Adherent of freedom of enterprise and laissez-faire.- Biography :...

     (1957-2004), Russian economist, businessman and politician
  • Ivan Lebedev, Russian writer
  • Klavdy Lebedev (1852–1916), Russian painter
  • Konstantin Lebedev (1910–1949), Soviet soldier and Hero of the Soviet Union
  • Mikhail Ivanovich Lebedev, Russian painter
  • Mikhail Nikolayevich Lebedev, Russian poet
  • Natalya Lebedeva
    Natalya Lebedeva
    Natalya Lebedeva was a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 100m hurdles.She competed for the Soviet Union in the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, Canada in the 100 metre hurdles where she won the bronze medal....

    , Russian athlete
  • Nikolai Alexandrovich Lebedev (1914–1942), Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
  • Nikolai Andreevich Lebedev
    Nikolai Andreevich Lebedev
    Nikolai Andreevich Lebedev was a Russian mathematician who worked on complex function theory. With Milin he found the Lebedev-Milin inequalities that were used in the proof of the Bieberbach conjecture.-References:...

    , mathematician
  • Pavel Lebedev
    Pavel Lebedev
    Pavel Andreevich Lebedev is a Russian pair skater. With former partner Natalia Shestakova, he is the 2004 World Junior Champion. He previously competed with Maria Mukhortova and Svetlana Nikolaeva.- With Shestakova :- With Mukhortova :- With Nikolaeva :...

    , Russian pairs figure skater
  • Platon Lebedev
    Platon Lebedev
    Platon Leonidovich Lebedev is a former CEO of Group Menatep, currently imprisoned in Russia, and is best known as a close associate of Mikhail Khodorkovsky.-Conviction:...

    , Russian businessman
  • Pyotr Lebedev, Russian physicist
  • Sergei Lebedev
    Sergei Lebedev
    General of the Army Sergei Nikolaevich Lebedev is a Russian political figure who has been the Executive Secretary of the Commonwealth of Independent States since 2007. He was Director of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service from 2000 to 2007....

    , head of Russian foreign intelligence
  • Sergey Alexeyevich Lebedev, creator of first Soviet computers
  • Sergei Vasilyevich Lebedev, Russian chemist, inventor of synthetic rubber
  • Sergey Lebedev (footballer)
    Sergey Lebedev (footballer)
    Sergey Lebedev is a retired football midfielder. Lebedev is a former Uzbekistani international, who obtained a total number of 34 caps during his career, scoring ten goals. He later on became a football coach.-References:* at National Football Teams*...

    , Uzbekistani football midfielder
  • Tatyana Lebedeva
    Tatyana Lebedeva
    Tatyana Romanovna Lebedeva is a Russian athlete who competes in both the long jump and triple jump events. She is one of most successful athletes in the disciplines, having won gold medals at Olympic, world and European levels...

    , Russian athlete
  • Valentin Lebedev
    Valentin Lebedev
    Valentin Vitaljevich Lebedev was a Soviet cosmonaut who made two flights into space. His stay aboard the Space Station Salyut 7 with Anatoly Berezovoy in 1982, which lasted 211 days, was recorded in the Guinness Book of Records....

    , Russian cosmonaut and double Hero of the Soviet Union
  • Vasily Lebedev-Kumach
    Vasily Lebedev-Kumach
    Vasily Ivanovich Lebedev-Kumach Moscow, — 20 February 1949) was a Soviet Russian poet and lyricist.He wrote numerous songs, the most famous being probably Священная война , Песня о Родине and Как много девушек хороших , later immortalized as the Argentine Tango song...

    , Russian poet
  • Vladimir Lebedev
    Vladimir Lebedev (painter)
    Vladimir Vasilyevich Lebedev — was a Soviet painter and graphic artist.He became famous for his exceptional illustrations to the poems of prominent poet and translator Samuil Marshak, such as Circus, Ice Cream, Tale About a Foolish Mouse, Moustached and Striped, Book of Many Colours, Twelve...

    , Russian painter and graphic artist
  • Yevgeniy Lebedev
    Yevgeniy Lebedev
    Yevgeniy Lebedev is a Russian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.Lebedev won the bronze medal in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2006 World Indoor Championships, together with teammates Konstantin Svechkar, Aleksandr Derevyagin and Dmitriy Petrov...

    , Russian sprint athlete
  • Yevgeny Lebedev, Russian actor, People's Artist of the USSR
    People's Artist of the USSR
    People's Artist of the USSR, also sometimes translated as National Artist of the USSR, was an honorary title granted to citizens of the Soviet Union.- Nomenclature and significance :...


Fictional characters

  • Juan Ivanovich Lebedev, fictional character from Deus Ex
  • Lukian Timofyevich Lebedev, fictional character from Dostoevsky's novel The Idiot
    The Idiot (novel)
    The Idiot is a novel written by 19th century Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky. It was first published serially in The Russian Messenger between 1868 and 1869. The Idiot is ranked beside some of Dostoyevsky's other works as one of the most brilliant literary achievements of the "Golden Age" of...

  • N. A. Lebedev, fictional character from S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky
    S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky
    S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky, is the prequel to S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, a first-person shooter video game by Ukrainian developer GSC Game World. The game consists of a roughly 50/50 mix of new areas and old, remodeled areas from the previous game...

     game.

See also

  • The Lebedev Physical Institute
    Lebedev Physical Institute
    The Lebedev Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences , situated in Moscow, is one of the leading Russian research institutes specializing in physics. It is also one of the oldest research institutions in Russia: its history dates back to a collection of physics equipment established by...

     and the Lebedev Institute of Precision Mechanics and Computer Engineering
    Lebedev Institute of Precision Mechanics and Computer Engineering
    Lebedev Institute of Precision Mechanics and Computer Engineering is a Russian research institution. It used to be a Soviet Academy of Sciences organization in Soviet times...

    which are named after Pyotr and Sergei, respectively.
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