Popov
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Popov or Popoff or Popova (feminine) is a common Russian, Bulgarian and Serbian last name. Derived from a Slavonic word pop (priest). The fourth most common Russian surname. It may refer to:
- Alexander Popov (disambiguation)
- Aleksei PopovAleksei PopovAleksei Vladislavovich Popov is a Russian and Kazakhstani footballer currently playing for Amkar.In 2010, he took Kazakhstani citizenship to play for the national team.-External links:...
(born 1978), Russian footballer - Anatoly PopovAnatoly PopovAnatoly Alexandrovich Popov is an ethnic Russian who was the Prime Minister of the Chechen Republic, Russia, from February 10, 2003, following the resignation of Mikhail Babich, to March 16, 2004. He was also acting President of the Chechen Republic from August 2003 to October 2003...
(born 1960), Russian politician, former Prime Minister of Chechnya - Andrei Popov (disambiguation)
- Angel Popov (born 1979), Bulgarian-born Qatari weightlifter
- Apostol PopovApostol PopovApostol Popov is a football defender from Bulgaria currently playing for PFC CSKA Sofia. His height is 1,84m and his weight is 80 kg. He generally plays as a central defender or defensive midfielder.-Botev Plovdiv:...
(born 1982), Bulgarian football defender - Blagoy Popov (1902–1968)
- Boris PopovBoris PopovBoris Nikitich Popov is a Russian water polo player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1964 Summer Olympics.In 1964 he was a member of the Soviet team which won the bronze medal in the Olympic water polo tournament. He played all six matches....
(born 1941), Russian water polo player - Denis PopovDenis PopovDenis Aleksandrovich Popov is a retired association footballer who played striker. He used to play for Russia. In February 2010, he moved into politics and is running for the Novorossiysk city council.-Honours:...
(born 1979), Russian football player - Dimitar PopovDimitar PopovDimitar Popov is a former Bulgarian football player in goalkeeper role.In his career Popov played for Levski Sofia, Botev Plovdiv, Spartak Plovdiv, CSKA Sofia, Maritsa Plovdiv, Lokomotiv Sofia, Spartak Varna and El Paso Patriots. For the Bulgaria national football team, he participated at Euro 1996...
(born 1970), Bulgarian footballer - Dimitar Ivanov PopovDimitar Ivanov PopovDimitar Ivanov Popov was a Bulgarian organic chemist and an academician of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. He is the namesake of the Ivanov reaction.-References:...
(1894–1975), Bulgarian organic chemist - Dimitar Iliev PopovDimitar Iliev PopovDimitar Iliev Popov 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....
(born 1927), Bulgarian judge and former Prime Minister - Dmitri Popov (disambiguation)
- Dusan PopovDušan PopovDušan "Duško" Popov OBE was a double agent working for MI6 during World War II under the cryptonym Tricycle.-Origins of Tricycle:...
(1912–1981), Serbian double-agent, known also as 'Tricycle' - Eduard PopovEduard PopovEduard Vladimirovich Popov is a Russian professional football player. Currently, he plays in the Russian Second Division for FC SKA Rostov-on-Don.-External links:*...
(born 1988), Russian football player - Egor PopovEgor PopovEgor P. Popov was a structural and seismic engineer who helped to transform the design of buildings, structures, and civil engineering marvels around earthquake-prone regions. Popov was born in Kiev, Ukraine, and after moving to America in 1927, he eventually earned a B.S...
(1913-2001), Russian-American structural and seismic engineer - Fedot Popov (died between 1648 and 1654), Russian explorer
- Frank PopoffFrank PopoffFrank Popoff or Frank Popov is the Chairman of Chemical Financial Corporation, a bank holding company, from April 2004 to present. He was the former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Dow Chemical Company from December 2000 to April 2004, and Chairman of the Board from 1995 to November 2000...
(born 1930), American businessman and chemist - Gavriil Kharitonovich Popov (born 1936), Russian politician
- Gavriil Nikolayevich Popov (1904–1972), Russian composer
- Goran PopovGoran PopovGoran Popov is a defender who plays for Ukrainian football club Dynamo Kyiv.-Career:Popov was signed by Red Star Belgrade in June 2004...
(born 1984), Macedonian footballer - Haralan PopovHaralan PopovHaralan Popov was a Protestant minister who spent thirteen years in Bulgarian communist prisons on charges of treason. He later founded Door of Hope International, a Christian relief and development organization.-Biography:...
(1907–1988), Bulgarian church minister - Hristian PopovHristian PopovHristian Popov is a Bulgarian football midfielder, currently playing for Cherno More Varna. He was raised in Lokomotiv Plovdiv's youth teams.- External links :...
(born 1990), Bulgarian football player, - Ivelin PopovIvelin PopovIvelin Popov is a Bulgarian footballer, currently playing for Gaziantepspor as an all-round attacking midfielder.-Youth career:...
(born 1987), Bulgarian footballer - Leonid PopovLeonid PopovLeonid Ivanovich Popov is a former Soviet cosmonaut.Popov was born in Oleksandriia, Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukrainian SSR. He was selected as a cosmonaut on April 27, 1970, and flew as Commander on Soyuz 35, Soyuz 40 and Soyuz T-7, logging 200 days, 14 hours, and 45 minutes in space before his...
(born 1945), Soviet cosmonaut - Lyubov PopovaLyubov PopovaLyubov Sergeyevna Popova was a Russian avant-garde artist , painter and designer. She was also a rarity in the highly male-dominated world of Soviet art.-Early life:...
(1889–1924), Russian avant-garde artist - Mariana PopovaMariana PopovaMariana Popova is a Bulgarian singer. She is known for representing Bulgaria at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006.- Biography :...
(born 1978), Bulgarian singer - Markian PopovMarkian PopovMarkian Mikhaylovich Popov was a Soviet military commander, Army General , and Hero of the Soviet Union .- Life :During the German-Soviet War at various times he commanded a number of Armies and a number of Fronts. His career was uneven....
(1902–1969), Soviet Army General - Mikhail Popov (disambiguation)
- Nikolay PopovNikolay PopovNikolay Popov was a Russian engineer; he was chief designer of the T-80 tank, which was first built by the Soviet Union during the 1970s....
(1931–2008), Russian engineer - Oleg PopovOleg PopovOleg Konstantinovich Popov is a famous Soviet and Russian clown and circus artist. Popov is also called the "Sunshine clown".He was born on 31 July 1930 in Moscow, the son of a clock-maker. He studied elements of acrobatics, juggling, and other circus skills in his youth...
(born 1930), Russian circus artist - Peter PopoffPeter PopoffPeter Popoff is a German-born American faith healer and the president of Peter Popoff Ministries. He conducts revival meetings and has a national television program...
(born 1946), German-born American televangelist - Pyotr PopovPyotr PopovPyotr Popov 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 Championships in Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada....
(born 1985), Russian luger - Robert PopovRobert PopovRobert Popov is a footballer from Macedonia who currently plays for SC Kriens in the Swiss second division.Robert is a right defender or defensive midfielder. He is the older brother of Goran Popov. He has 15 caps for the Macedonia national football team. He started his career with FK Belasica...
(born 1982), Macedonian footballer - Rumen PopovRumen PopovRumen Popov is an Bulgarian football player.-External links:*...
(born 1983), Bulgarian football player - Sergei Popov (disambiguation)
- Serhiy PopovSerhiy PopovSerhiy Oleksandrovych Popov is a former footballer from Ukraine. A former Zenit St. Petersburg defender, Popov made a name under Ukrainian soccer giants, Shakhtar Donetsk, helping them in many of their successful finishes in the Ukrainian Premier League...
(born 1971), Ukrainian footballer - Stefan PopovStefan PopovStefan Popov is a cellist who holds both Bulgarian and British nationality. He started to learn the cello at the age of 12 and, having won a scholarship, continued his training at the Moscow Conservatory where he studied under Sviatoslav Knushevitsky and Mstislav Rostropovich from 1961 to 1966...
(born 1940) a Bulgarian cellist - Stole PopovStole Popov-Biography:Stole Popov born August 20, 1950 in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia.Graduated film directing at the Academy of Theatre, Film & Television in Belgrade....
(born 1950), Macedonian film director. - Strahil PopovStrahil PopovStrahil Popov is a Bulgarian footballer currently playing for Litex Lovech. He is a right midfielder. Popov played for Bulgaria U19.-Career:...
(born 1990), Bulgarian footballer - Valentina PopovaValentina PopovaValentina Vadimovna Popova is a Russian weightlifter who won two olympic medals: the silver medal in the 63 kg class at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the bronze medal in the 75 kg class at the 2004 Summer Olympics.-External links:*...
(born 1972), a Russian weightlifter - Valery Popov (disambiguation)
- Vasile M. PopovVasile M. PopovVasile Mihai Popov 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 :...
(born 1928), Romanian-born scientist and systems theorist - Vasili Popov (disambiguation)
- Victor PopovVictor PopovVictor Nikolaevich Popov was a Russian theoretical physicist known for his contribution to the quantization of non-abelian gauge fields. His work with Ludvig Faddeev on that subject introduced the fundamental objects now known as Faddeev–Popov ghosts....
(1937–1994), Russian theoretical physicist - Vladimir Popov (disambiguation)
- Yevgeni Popov (disambiguation)
- Yuri Alexandrovich PopovYuri Alexandrovich PopovYuri Alexandrovich Popov is a well-known Russian paleoentomologist, the leading world expert in taxonomy and evolution of fossil true bugs and Coleorrhyncha. He described more than 20 new families and subfamilies and over 250 new genera and species from the Mesozoic and Cenozoic. Dr...
(born 1936), Russian paleoentomologist