Pavlov (surname)
Pavlov and its feminine form Pavlova are common Russian and Bulgarian surnames. Their Ukrainian variant is Pavliv. All stem from Latin Christian name Paulus. Notable people with the name Pavlov or Pavlova include:
Arts and entertainment
Film and television
- Sergey A. Pavlov, Russian actor, director
- Viktor Pavlov, Soviet/Russian actor
Literature
- Karolina Pavlova, Russian writer
- Nikolai Pavlov, Russian writer
- Oleg Pavlov, Russian writer
- Vera Pavlova, Russian writer
Music
- Alla Pavlova, Russian composer
- Dmitri Pavlov (composer), Russian composer
- Petya Pavlova, Bulgarian singer
Other people in arts and entertainment
- Anelia Pavlova, Bulgarian-born Australian artist
- Anna Pavlova, Russian ballet dancer
- Anna Pavlova (gymnast), Russian artistic gymnast
Fictional characters
- The Contesa Pavlova, fictional character in the film ''Buenos Aires me mata''
Government and politics
- Aleksandr Pavlov (politician), Kazakhstani politician, economist, financier and banker
- Jo Pavlov, Green Party Candidate, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Sergei Pavlov - Soviet politician
- Valentin Pavlov, Prime Minister of the Soviet Union
- Vladimir Pavlov (politician, born 1956), Russian politician
- Vladimir Pavlov (politician, born 1976), Russian politician
Military
- Dmitry Pavlov (general), Soviet general
- Yakov Pavlov, Soviet platoon commander
Science
- Alexei Petrovich Pavlov, Russian geologist and paleontologist
- Ivan Pavlov, Nobel Prize–winning Russian physiologist noted for his classical conditioning experiments with dogs
- Maria Pavlova, Russian paleontologist
- Mikhail Grigoryevich Pavlov, Russian philosopher and scientist
- Nina Pavlova, Russian botanist
Sport
Football (soccer)
- Alyaksandr Pawlaw, Belarusian international footballer
- Sergei Aleksandrovich Pavlov, Russian football manager
- Yevhen Pavlov, Ukrainian footballer
Track and field
- Igor Pavlov (athlete), Russian pole vaulter
- Pavel Pavlov (athlete), Bulgarian sprinter
- Pepa Pavlova, Bulgarian sprinter
Other sports
- Aleksandr Pavlov (wrestler), Belarusian wrestler
- Alexander Pavlov (figure skater), Australian figure skater
- Anna Pavlova (gymnast), Russian artistic gymnast
- Bogomil Pavlov, Bulgarian ski jumper
- Igor Pavlov (ice hockey player), Latvian ice hockey player, ice hockey coach in Germany
- Ivan Pavlov (figure skater), Ukrainian figure skater
- Mircea Pavlov, Romanian chess master
- Pavel Pavlov (wrestler), Bulgarian wrestler
- Serhii Pavlov, Ukrainian basketball player
- Yelena Pavlova, Kazakhstani volleyball player
Other people
- Cyril Pavlov, Russian Orthodox hieromonk and archimandrite, confessor of Russian patriarchs
- Igor Pavlov (programmer), Russian freelance programmer, creator of 7-zip
- Iliya Pavlov, Bulgarian businessman
- Mikhail Pavlov (disambiguation)
- Nikolay Pavlov (disambiguation)