List of people with given name Ivan

Notable people

Mononymously known as Ivan

• Ivan (footballer, born 1984), Brazilian football player
• Ivan (footballer, born 1997), Brazilian football player
• Ivan (model), Japanese fashion model and musician
• Iván (singer), Spanish singer
• Ivan (Belarusian-Russian singer), Belarusian-Russian singer
• Ivan, German codename of Serbian spy Duško Popov

Royalty

• Ivan Vladislav, Bulgarian emperor
• Ivan Asen I, Bulgarian emperor
• Kaloyan, Bulgarian emperor
• Ivan Asen II, Bulgarian emperor
• Ivan II, Bulgarian emperor
• Ivan Stephen, Bulgarian emperor
• Ivan Alexander, Bulgarian emperor
• Ivan Shishman, Bulgarian emperor in Tarnovo
• Ivan Stratsimir, Bulgarian emperor in Vidin
• Ivan III Fyodorovich, Grand Prince of Ryazan
• Ivan IV Vasilyevich, Grand Prince of Ryazan
• Ivan V Ivanovich, Grand Prince of Ryazan
• Ivan I, "The Moneybag", Grand Duke of Moscow
• Ivan II, "The Fair", Grand Duke of Moscow
• Ivan III, "The Great", Grand Prince of Moscow
• Ivan IV, "The Terrible", Russian tsar
• Ivan V, Russian tsar
• Ivan VI, Russian emperor

Nobility

• Ivanko, a Bulgarian boyar who killed Tsar Ivan Asen I in 1196
• John Horvat, Hungarian-Croatian nobleman, Ban of Macsó
• John of Palisna, Hungarian-Croatian nobleman, Ban of Croatia
• Ivanko, a Bulgarian despot of the Despotate of Dobruja, ruled 1385–1399
• Ivan Bohun, colonel of Ukrainian Cossacks
• Ivan Bot, Hungarian-Croatian nobleman, Ban of Croatia
• Ivan Cherkasov, Russian Baron, privy councillor, cabinet secretary
• Ivan Mazepa, Hetman of Zaporizhian Host in Ukraine
• Ivan Mažuranić, Austro-Hungarian nobleman, Ban of Croatia, and poet
• Ivan Mikhailovich Viskovatyi, Russian diplomat and head of the foreign ministry
• Ivan Pidkova, Ukrainian Cossack leader
• Ivan Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian courtier and lover of Catherine the Great
• Ivan Samoylovych, Cossack hetman of Left-bank Ukraine
• Ivan Shuvalov, Russian nobleman, favorite of Elizabeth of Russia
• Ivan Sirko, Ukrainian Cossack military leader
• Ivan Sulyma, Ukrainian Cossack leader
• Ivan Tararui-Khovansky, Russian boyar who led the Streltsy during the Moscow Uprising of 1682
• Ivan Tolstoy, Russian diplomat, senator, and minister of postal service
• Ivan Vorontsov, president of the Collegium of Estates in Moscow

Clergy

• Ivan Lee, Australian Anglican bishop
• Ivan Rilski, Bulgarian Orthodox hermit and patron saint
• Ivan Šaško, Croatian Roman Catholic prelate and theologian also Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb since 2008

Military

• Ivan Bagramyan, a Soviet/Armenian general
• Ivan Bella, a Slovak Air Force officer
• Ivan Belov, a Soviet Komandarm 1st rank
• Ivan Čermak, a Croatian general
• Ivan Chernyshyov, a Russian General Admiral
• Ivan Naumovich Dubovoy, a Soviet Komandarm 2nd rank
• Ivan Vasilievich Dubovoy, a Soviet major general of tank forces and a Hero of the Soviet Union
• Ivan Fersen, a Russian military commander and general of the infantry
• Ivan Kolev, a Bulgarian general during First World War
• Ivan Konev, a Marshal of the Soviet Union
• Ivan Korade, a Croatian Army general
• Ivan Smirnov, a Russian revolutionary, participant in the civil war
• Ivan Sorokin, a Russian revolutionary, Commander of the 11th Red Army
• Ivan Lytvynchuk, a Colonel of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army
• Ivan Mihailov, a Bulgarian revolutionary
• Ivan Milutinović, a Yugoslav Partisan general
• Ivan Ivanovich Möller-Sakomelsky a General of the Russian Empire
• Ivan Omelianovych-Pavlenko a colonel general in the army of the Ukrainian People's Republic
• Ivan Paskevich, a Russian military leader, General-feldmarshal
• Ivan Pokaz, a Croatian general, deputy head of intelligence at the General Staff of the Armed Forces
• Ivan S. Pavlović, a Serbian officer
• Ivan Tertel, Belarusian military leader, lieutenant general, chairman of the KGB RB
• Ivan Valkov, a Bulgarian general during First World War and later Minister of War
• Ivan Visin, a naval captain of the Austrian Navy

Politics

• Ivan Abramov, senator of Russian Federation from Amur Oblast
• Ivan Ahčin, Slovene sociologist, publicist, journalist, author, and politician
• Ivan Benediktov, Soviet politician
• Ivan Dassanayake, Sri Lankan Sinhala Member of Parliament for Wariyapola
• Iván Duque Márquez, President of Colombia
• Ivan Evstratiev Geshov, 18th Prime Minister of Bulgaria
• Ivan Fadeev, Soviet economist and politician
• Ivan Knotek, Slovak politician
• Ivan Korčok, Slovak politician
• Ivan Kostov, 47th Prime Minister of Bulgaria
• Ivan Laluha, Slovak politician
• Ivan Peshev, Bulgarian politician
• Ivan Rybkin, 6th Chairman of the Russian Parliament
• Ivan Silayev, Prime Minister of the Russian SFSR
• Ivan Sierada Belarusian politician
• Ivan Štefunko, Slovak politician
• Ivan Varga, Slovak politician
• Ivan Vasyunyk, Ukrainian politician
• Ivan Velio, Russian Active Privy Councillor
• Ivan Warner, New York politician and judge
• Ivan Zhdanov, Russian politician

Sports

• Ivan Almeida, Cape Verdean basketball player
• Ivan Aska, American basketball player in the Israeli National League
• Iván Campo, Spanish footballer
• Ivan Capelli, Italian former Formula One driver
• Ivan Cleary, Australian Rugby League player and coach
• Iván Córdoba, Colombian footballer
• Ivan Domingues, Portuguese racing driver
• Iván Fandiño, Spanish bullfighter
• Ivan Fedotov, Russian ice hockey goaltender
• Iván González Ferreira, Paraguayan footballer
• Iván Helguera, Spanish footballer
• Iván Herrera, Panamanian baseball player
• Iván Hurtado, Ecuadorian footballer
• Ivan Ivanov, Bulgarian footballer and manager
• Ivan Kley, Brazilian tennis player
• Ivan Lee, American Olympic saber fencer and coach
• Ivan Leko, Croatian soccer player and coach
• Ivan Lendl, Czech-American tennis player
• Ivan Leshinsky, American-Israeli basketball player
• Ivan Ljubičić, Croatian tennis player
• Ivan Majeský, Slovak ice hockey defenseman
• Iban Mayo, Spanish cyclist
• Ivan Miljković, Serbian volleyball player
• Ivan Osiier, Danish épée, foil, and sabre fencer, 25x Danish champion
• Ivan Pace Jr., American football player
• Ivan Perišić, Croatian footballer
• Ivan Pravilov, Ukrainian ice hockey coach charged with child molestation
• Ivan Rakitić, Croatian football player
• Iván Rodríguez, Puerto Rican baseball player
• Ivan Rudež, Croatian basketball coach
• Ivan Runje, Croatian footballer
• Ivan Sproule, Northern Irish footballer
• Ivan Toney, English footballer
• Ivan Wilfred Johnson, Canadian hockey player
• Iván Zamorano, Chilean footballer
• Iván Zarandona, Equatoguinean footballer
• Ivan Zaytsev (disambiguation), several sportsmen
• Ivan Zemlyanskii, Russian chess grandmaster
• Ivan Zucco, Italian professional boxer

Arts

• Ivan Barias, Dominican-American music producer and songwriter
• Ivan Brunetti, cartoonist
• Ivan Bunin, Russian writer and Nobel laureate in literature
• Ivan Della Mea, Italian singer-songwriter
• Ivan Dixon, American actor, director and producer
• Ivan Dorn, Ukrainian singer and actor
• Ivan Doroschuk, lead vocalist for Men Without Hats
• Ivan Dorschner, Filipino-American actor, host and model
• Ivan Franko, Ukrainian writer
• Ivan (gorilla), painter
• Ivan Graziani, Italian singer-songwriter
• Ivan Jones, British Writer and poet
• Ivan Klíma, Czech novelist and playwright
• Ivan Král, Czech-American musician
• Ivan Meštrović, Croatian sculptor and architect
• Ivan Moody, singer of heavy metal band Five Finger Death Punch
• Ivan Morley, American painter
• Van Morrison, Northern Irish singer-songwriter and musician
• Ivan Ozhogin, Russian singer and actor
• Ivan Reitman, Czechoslovak-born Canadian film and television director, producer and screenwriter
• Ivan Shishmanov, Bulgarian writer, ethnographer, politician and diplomat
• Ivan Turgenev, Russian novelist
• Ivan Urgant, Russian television personality, presenter, actor and musician
• Ivan Vazov, Bulgarian poet, novelist and playwright, often referred to as "the Patriarch of Bulgarian literature"

Science, academia, business and other

• Ivan Aboimov, Russian diplomat and ambassador
• Ivan Agayants, Soviet intelligence officer of Armenian origin
• Ivan Aksakov, Russian littérateur and notable Slavophile
• Ivan Boesky, Wall Street trader who inspired the character of Gordon Gekko in the film Wall Street.
• Ivan Chermayeff, graphic designer
• Ivan Corea, Sri Lankan Anglican priest
• Ivan Gazidis, chief executive of the AC Milan
• Ivan Glasenberg, CEO of Glencore, director of Xstrata and Minara Resources
• Ivan Greenberg, English journalist
• Ivan Hričovský, Slovak celebrity gardener
• Ivan Ilyin, Russian religious and political philosopher
• Ivan Massow, chairman of the Institute of Contemporary Arts
• Ivan Menezes, CEO of Diageo, non-executive director at Coach, Inc.
• Ivan Milat, Croatian Australian serial killer famous for the backpacker killings
• Ivan Miller, Canadian journalist and sportscaster
• Ivan Vsevolodovich Meshcherskiy, Russian mathematician
• Ivan J. Parron, entertainment attorney and entrepreneur
• Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist and Nobel laureate in Medicine & Physiology
• Ivan Rogers, British civil servant, former Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the European Union
• Ivan Seidenberg, chairman & CEO at Verizon Communications
• Ivan Selin, former chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Fulbright scholar
• Ivan Semwanga, Ugandan-born South African philanthropist
• Ivan Šramko,, Governor of the National Bank of Slovakia
• Ivan Wettengel, Naval Governor of Guam

Fictional characters

• Ivan Braginsky, the given name for the national personification of Russia from the anime series Hetalia: Axis Powers
• Ivan, a secondary character of Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
• Ivan the Fool, a character of the eponymous story
• Ivan Vanko, an antagonist from the Marvel Comics franchise The Invincible Iron Man who appears as the primary antagonist in the sequel to the film adaptation
• Ivan Denisovich Shukhov, a character of One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
• Ivan, a Nintendo character in the Golden Sun series
• Ivan, a Nintendo character in Devil's Third and Pokémon series
• Ivan Vassilevich Lomov, a character in Anton Chekhov's one-act play, A Marriage Proposal
• Ivan Raidenovich Raikov, a character in video game Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
• Ivan Ilych, the title character of Leo Tolstoy's book, The Death of Ivan Ilyich
• Ivan Karamazov, brother of protagonist Alyosha Karamazov, in Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel, The Brothers Karamazov
• Ivan, in the 2006 film Curious George
• Ivan Ivanovitch, a Russian painter who appears in The Smurfs. He has a magic chicken named Kiev, in which lays painted eggs.
• Ivan Veen, in Vladimir Nabokov's Ada or Ardor
• Ivan Drago, in Rocky IV
• Ivan Nikolayevich Ponyryov, in Mikhail Bulgakov's novel, The Master and Margarita
• Ivan Shawbly, from the television series Mona the Vampire
• Ivan Ooze, the villain in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie
• Sir Ivan of Zandar, the Gold Ranger in Power Rangers Dino Charge and Power Rangers Dino Super Charge
• Ivanhoe, an 1820 novel by Sir Walter Scott
• Ivan, a Western lowland Gorilla, the star and basis of the 2012 K.A. Applegate novel The One and Only Ivan and its film adaptation.
• Ivan Bruel, in the animated series Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir
• Ivan Ramirez from the animated Disney cartoon ''Primos''