Igor (given name)
Igor is a common East Slavic given name derived from the Norse name Ingvar, that was brought to ancient Rus' by the Norse Varangians, see Igor of Kiev. The name can be translated as warrior under the protection of the god Ingvar or protector of the gods.
People
Igor
- Igor of Kiev, ruler of Kievan Rus' from 913 to 945
- Igor II of Kiev, Grand Prince of Kiev
- Igor Akinfeev, Russian football goalkeeper
- Igor Andreev, Russian tennis player
- Igor Angulo, Basque-Spanish footballer
- Igor Antón, Basque-Spanish cyclist
- Igor Arkhipov, Russian politician
- Igor Arnáez, Basque-Spanish footballer
- Igor Astarloa, Basque-Spanish cyclist
- Igor Belousov, Soviet statesman
- Igor Bobček, Slovak ice hockey defenceman
- Igor Bogdanoff, French science fiction author
- Igor Boki, Belarusian Paralympic swimmer
- Igor Cavalera, Brazilian musician
- Igor Chernykh, Russian camera operator
- Prince Igor Constantinovich of Russia, Russian royalty
- Igor Chugainov, Russian football player and coach
- Igor Danchenko, Russian-American analyst
- Igor M. Diakonoff, Russian historian, linguist, and translator
- Igor Dodon, Moldovan politician and president of Moldova from 2016 to 2020
- Igor de Camargo, Brazilian / Belgian footballer
- Igor Eremenko, Russian ice dancer who defected to the United States
- Igor Gabilondo, Basque-Spanish footballer
- Igor Gaydamaka, Soviet sprint canoer
- Igor Girkin, Russian army veteran and former Federal Security Service officer who played a key role in the Russian annexation of Crimea
- Igor Golyak, Ukrainian-American theatre director
- Igor Golomstock, London-based Russian art historian
- Igor González de Galdeano, Basque-Spanish cyclist
- Igor Julio dos Santos de Paulo, Brazilian footballer
- Igor Jankowski, Belarusian-Polish composer
- Igor Kholmanskikh, Russian government appointee and former factory worker
- Igor Coronado, Brazilian footballer
- Igor Kornelyuk, Russian musician, singer and songwriter
- Igor Kokoškov, Serbian basketball coach
- Igor Kopystiansky, American artist
- Igor Kunitsyn, Russian tennis player
- Igor Kurnosov, Russian chess grandmaster
- Igor Larionov, Soviet and Russian retired ice hockey player
- Igor Lewczuk, Polish football defender
- Igor López de Munain, Basque politician
- Igor Luzhkovsky, Russian swimmer
- Igor Markevitch, Russian-born composer and conductor
- Igor Julio, Brazilian footballer
- Igor Martinez, Basque-Spanish footballer
- Igor Matovič, Slovak politician
- Igor Medved, Slovenian ski jumper
- Igor Menshchikov, Russian football player and coach
- Igor Merino, Basque-Spanish cyclist
- Igor V. Minin, Russian physicist
- Igor Nesterenko, Israeli-Ukrainian basketball player in the Israel Basketball Premier League
- Igor Nikitin (ice hockey), Russian ice hockey player
- Igor Nikolayev, Russian singer, composer and songwriter
- Igor Oistrakh, Russian violinist
- Igor Olshanetskyi, Israeli Olympic weightlifter
- Igor Olshansky, Ukrainian-born American National Football League player
- Igor Omura Fraga, Japanese-born Brazilian racing driver and eSports racer
- Igor Paixão, Brazilian footballer
- Igor Pavlov (athlete), Russian pole vaulter
- Igor Rasko, Russian ice hockey player
- Igor Savitsky, Russian art collector and art museum director.
- Igor Sechin, Russian businessman and politician
- Igor Sedašev, Estonian politician
- Igor Severyanin, Russian poet
- Igor Shesterkin, Russian ice hockey player
- Igor Shuvalov, Russian politician
- Igor Sijsling, Dutch tennis player
- Igor Sikorsky, Russian-born American pioneer of aviation in both helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft
- Igor Smirnov (politician), Transnistrian politician
- Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer and conductor
- Igor Subbotin, Estonian footballer
- Igor Svyatoslavich, prince of Putivl, of Novgorod-Seversk, and of Chernigov
- Igor Sypniewski, Polish football forward
- Igor Śmiałowski, Polish actor
- Igor Talkov, Russian singer-songwriter
- Igor Tudor, Croatian footballer and manager
- Igor Ursov Russian phthisiatrist, scientist
- Igor Yebra, Basque-Spanish dancer
- Igor Zubeldia, Basque-Spanish footballer
Ihar
- Ihar Hermianchuk, Belarusian journalist and political activist.
- Ihar Hershankou, convicted Belarusian murderer, soldier and fraudster
- Ihar Makarau, Belarusian judoka
- Ihar Maystrenka, Belarusian former rower
- Ihar Razhkow, Belarusian footballer
- Ihar Rynkevich, Belarusian legal and political expert, journalist and human rights activist
- Ihar Stasevich, Belarusian footballer
- Ihar Tarlowski, Belarusian footballer and coach
- Ihar Truhaw, Belarusian footballer and coach
- Ihar Tsaplyuk, Belarusian footballer
- Ihar Zyankovich, Belarusian footballer
- Ihar Zyulew, Belarusian footballer and coach
Ihor
- Ihor Bazhan, Ukrainian footballer
- Ihor Blazhkov, Ukrainian conductor
- Ihor Chuchman, Kazakhstani footballer
- Ihor Della-Rossa, Georgian-born Soviet racewalker
- Ihor Huz, Ukrainian politician, member of Parliament
- Ihor Kalynets, Ukrainian poet and dissident during Soviet times
- Ihor Kharatin, Ukrainian footballer
- Ihor Kharchenko, Ukrainian diplomat
- Ihor Kirienko, Ukrainian footballer
- Ihor Kohut, Ukrainian footballer
- Ihor Kolykhaiev, Ukrainian politician and entrepreneur
- Ihor Kolomoyskyi, Ukrainian businessman
- Ihor Kononenko Ukrainian businessman and politician
- Ihor Kyrylenko, Ukrainian singer, songwriter, producer and DJ, member in a number of musical bands
- Ihor Kyryukhantsev, Ukrainian footballer
- Ihor Lytovchenko, Ukrainian businessman and entrepreneur
- Ihor Lutsenko (politician), Ukrainian journalist and politician
- Ihor Melnyk (footballer, born 1983), Ukrainian footballer
- Ihor Melnyk (footballer, born 1986), Ukrainian footballer
- Ihor Nasalyk, Ukrainian optoelectronic engineer and politician
- Ihor Olefirenko, Ukrainian long distance runner
- Ihor Pavlyuk, Ukrainian writer, translator and research worker
- Ihor Plastun, Ukrainian footballer
- Ihor Podolchak, Ukrainian film director and visual artist
- Ihor Prokopchuk, Ukrainian diplomat
- Ihor Rainin or Raynin, Ukrainian politician
- Ihor Reptyukh, Ukrainian cross-country skier and biathlete
- Ihor Rybak, Ukrainian weightlifter
- Ihor Reznichenko, Ukrainian figure skater
- Ihor Sahach, Ukrainian diplomat
- Ihor Shcherbak, Soviet long-distance runner
- Ihor Shevchenko, Ukrainian politician, government minister, and lawyer
- Ihor Ševčenko, Polish-born philologist and historian of Ukrainian origin
- Ihor Sorkin, Ukrainian banker, chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine
- Ihor Surkis, Ukrainian businessman
- Ihor Tsvietov, Ukrainian Paralympic athlete with cerebral palsy
- Ihor Tyschenko, Ukrainian footballer
- Ihor Yukhnovskyi, Ukrainian physicist and politician, and a member of the Presidium
- Ihor Yushko, Ukrainian economist and politician
- Ihor Zubko, Ukrainian footballer
Fictional characters
- Igor (character), a stock character
- The race of Igors, who are all called Igor or Igorina, in the Discworld book series by Sir Terry Pratchett
- Igor, a baboon with shape-shifting powers in Marvel Comics
- Igor, in the Persona series
- Igor, in the album Igor
- Igor, in Count Duckula
- Igor, in Young Frankenstein
- Igor, in the 1989 US fighting game Human Killing Machine
- Igor, in the 1985 US horror film Igor and the Lunatics
- Igor, in the 2008 US computer-animated horror comedy film Igor
- Igor, one of the Iron Legion suits in Iron Man 3
- Igor Barkov, in the 1998 young adult novel Holes
- Igor Burov, in the US TV drama series The Americans
- Igor Karkaroff, in the Harry Potter series
- Igor Nevsky, in the 1997 US political action thriller film Air Force One (film)
- Igor Parker, in the 1994 graphic adventure game Igor: Objective Uikokahonia
- Igor Rabitov, in the US action TV series Banshee
- Igor Sergei Klinki, "virtual" poet, created by Argentine writer, artist, photographer, and illustrator Rafael San Martín
- Igor Stancheck, in Radioactive Man
- Igor Straminsky, in the US media franchise M*A*S*H
- Igor Teplov, in World of Watches
- Igor Wagner, in The Adventures of Tintin
- Igor Khymynuk, in Chernobylite (video game)