Vorobyov
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Vorobyov, Vorobiev, Vorobyev and Vorobyova (Воробьёва; feminine) is a common Russian
Russians
The Russian people are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Russia, speaking the Russian language and primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries....

 surname derived from the Russian word vorobey (sparrow
Sparrow
The sparrows are a family of small passerine birds, Passeridae. They are also known as true sparrows, or Old World sparrows, names also used for a genus of the family, Passer...

).

People with this surname include:
  • Aleksandr Vorobyov
    Aleksandr Vorobyov
    Aleksandr Viktorovich Vorobyov is a retired Soviet and Russian football player and current coach.-International career:Vorobyov played his only game for USSR on August 19, 1984 in a friendly against Mexico....

     (b. 1962), a Soviet national team football player
  • Alexey Vorobyov
    Alexey Vorobyov
    Alexey Vladimirovich Vorobyov is a Russian singer and actor who performs both in Russian and English. For international purposes Vorobyov is also credited as Alex Sparrow, a translation of his Russian name. He is best known for appearing on the Russian version of The X Factor at the age of 17 in...

     (b. 1988), a Russian singer and actor
  • Andrei Vorobyov
    Andrei Vorobyov
    Andrei Aleksandrovich Vorobyov is a Russian professional footballer. In 2009, he played for FC Bataysk-2007. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 2000 for FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don.-External links:*...

     (b. 1982), a Russian footballer
  • Arkady Vorobyov
    Arkady Vorobyov
    Arkady Nikitich Vorobyov was a Russian Soviet middle-heavyweight, who won two Olympic gold medals in weightlifting.Arkady Vorobyov took part in the German-Soviet War, serving in the Marines. After the war he worked on the restoration of the Odessa sea port and cleared the adjoining area of water...

     (b. 1924), a Russian middle-heavyweight
  • Dmitry Vorobiev
    Dmitry Vorobiev
    Dmitri Vorobiev is a player of the HC Lada hockey system. The young defensive prospect has consistently been a member of Russia’s U18 and U20 national squads and has also skated on several occasions, including at the 2008 World Championships in Canada. The young defenseman was drafted by the...

     (b. 1985), a Russian ice hockey player
  • Grigory Vorobiev
    Grigory Vorobiev
    Grigory Petrovich Vorobiev is one of the pioneers of Sports Medicine in Russia. A long time doctor for the USSR / Russian National Athletics Team, he is best known for developing a concept of "weak" links in athlete's locomotor system. His patients include hundreds of elite athletes; Olympic,...

     (b. 1929), a Soviet/Russian sports physician
  • Irina Vorobieva
    Irina Vorobieva
    Irina Nikolayevna Vorobieva is a Russian pair skater who competed for the Soviet Union. With partner and then-husband Igor Lisovsky, she is the 1981 World champion and the 1981 European champion...

     (b. 1958), a Soviet pair skater
  • Julia Vorobieva
    Julia Vorobieva
    Julia Vorobieva is a figure skater who competed for the Soviet Union and Azerbaijan. She was a two-time Soviet national champion. She placed 7th at the 1991 European Figure Skating Championships and 10th at the 1991 World Figure Skating Championships for the Soviet Union...

     (b. 1974), an Azerbaijani figure skater
  • Marie Vorobieff
    Marie Vorobieff
    Marie Bronislava Vorobieff-Stebelska , also known as Marevna, was a Russian-born Cubist painter. She is internationally known for convincingly combining elements of cubism with pointillism and – through the use of the Golden Ratio for laying out paintings – structure. She tends to be accredited...

     (1892-1984), a Russian painter
  • Maxim Vorobiev
    Maxim Vorobiev
    Maxim Nikiforovich Vorobiev was a Russian Romantic landscape painter.-Early life:Vorobiev was born into the family of a soldier, who on retirement became a guard in the Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg...

     (1787-1855), a Russian painter
  • Mikhail Vorobyev
    Mikhail Vorobyev
    Mikhail Petrovich Vorobyev was the Soviet Marshall of the Engineersfrom the start of World War II - chief of the directorate, then chief of the engineer troops of the Western Front, concurrently commander of the 1st Engineer Army...

     (1896-1957), a Soviet marshal of the corps of engineers
  • Pavel Vorobiev
    Pavel Vorobiev
    Pavel Sergeevich Vorobiev is a professional ice hockey right winger who currently plays for MVD Balashikha of the Kontinental Hockey League.-Playing career:...

     (b. 1982), a Russian ice hockey player
  • Petr Vorobiev
    Petr Vorobiev
    Petr Vorobiev is a former ice hockey player who is better known as the head coach of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League.-Playing career:...

     (b. 1949), a Russian ice hockey player
  • Roman Vorobyov
    Roman Vorobyov
    Roman Konstantinovich Vorobyov is an association football midfielder who currently plays for FC Krylia Sovetov Samara. He has played for FC Saturn Moscow Oblast, FC Khimki, FC Zenit Saint Petersburg, FC Amkar Perm, FC Metallurg-Kuzbass Novokuznetsk and FC Fakel Voronezh.- External links :**...

     (b. 1984), a Russian footballer
  • Valeria Vorobieva
    Valeria Vorobieva
    Valeria Vorobieva is a Russian figure skater. She competed internationally for Russia on the junior level as a single skater. In 2007, she teamed up with French skater Jérôme Blanchard to compete as a pairs team for Russia. As a single skater, Vorobieva was coached by Alexei Urmanov. As a pair...

     (b. 1988), a Russian figure skater
  • Valeriy Vorobyov
    Valeriy Vorobyov
    Valeriy Oleksandrovych Vorobyov is a former professional Ukrainian football player. For several years since 1997 when he joined FC Torpedo Moscow he played in Russia where later ended his playing career...

     (b. 1970), a Ukrainian footballer
  • Vladimir Vorobiev
    Vladimir Vorobiev
    Vladimir Anatolievich Vorobiev was a professional ice hockey player. He was selected in the tenth round of the 1992 NHL Entry Draft, 240th overall, by the New York Rangers...

    (b. 1972), a Russian ice hockey player
  • Vladimir Vorobyov (1876-1937), a Soviet anatomist and academician
  • Yakov Vorobyov (1885-1919), a Russian revolutionary
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