Popov

Popov (; masculine), or Popova (; feminine), is a common Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian and Serbian surname. Derived from a Slavonic word ''pop'' (, "priest"). The fourth most common Russian surname, it may refer to: *Alek Popov (born 1966), Bulgarian writer *Alexander Popov (disambiguation) *Aleksei Popov (disambiguation) *Anatoly Popov (born 1960), Russian politician, Prime Minister of Chechnya *Andrei Popov (disambiguation) *Angel Popov (born 1979), Bulgarian-born Qatari weightlifter *Apostol Popov (born 1982), Bulgarian football defender *Blagoy Popov (1902–1968) *Boris Popov (born 1941), Russian water polo player *Christo Popov (born 2002), Bulgarian-born French badminton player *Denis Popov (born 1979), Russian football player and manager *Denis Popov, (born 2002) Russian football player *Denys Popov (born 1999), Ukrainian football player *Dilyana Popova (born 1981), Bulgarian actress and model *Dimitar Popov (born 1970), Bulgarian footballer *Dimitar Ivanov Popov (1894–1975), Bulgarian organic chemist *Dimitar Iliev Popov (1927–2015), Bulgarian judge and Prime Minister *Dmitri Popov (disambiguation) *Duško Popov (1912–1981), Serbian double-agent, known as Tricycle *Egor Popov (1913–2001), Russian-American structural and seismic engineer *Fedot Popov (died between 1648 and 1654), Russian explorer *Gavriil Popov (composer) (1904–1972), Russian composer *Gavriil Popov (politician) (born 1936), Russian politician *George Basil Popov (1922–1998) a Russian-British entomologist born in Iran *Georgi Popov (born 1941), Bulgarian chess player *Georgi Alexandrov Popov (born 1937), Bulgarian chess player (GMC), member of the ICCF Bulgaria *Georgi Dimitrov Popov (1944–2024), Bulgarian football player *Georgi Vladimirovich Popov (1912–1974) was a Soviet weightlifter. *Georgy Arturovich Popov (born 2001), Russian taekwondo athlete *Goran Popov (born 1984), Macedonian footballer *Haralan Popov (1907–1988), Bulgarian church minister *Hristian Popov (born 1990), Bulgarian football player *Ilya Popov (born 2000), Russian boxer *Ivan Popov (born 1975), Russian general *Ivan Popov (born 1990), Russian chess Grandmaster *Ivelin Popov (born 1987), Bulgarian footballer *Katia Popov (1965–2018), Bulgarian-born American violinist *Leonid Popov (born 1945), Soviet cosmonaut *Luben Popov (born 1936), Bulgarian chess player *Markian Popov (1902–1969), Soviet Army General *Mikhail Popov (disambiguation) *Nikolay Popov (disambiguation) *Oleg Popov (1930–2016), Russian circus artist *Pavel Popov (born 1957), Russian military officer *Polina Popova (born 1995), Miss Russia 2017 *Pyotr Popov (born 1985), Russian luger *Pyotr Semyonovich Popov (1923–1960), Soviet intelligence officer and double agent *Robert Popov (born 1982), Macedonian footballer *Rumen Popov (born 1983), Bulgarian football player *Sergei Popov (disambiguation) *Serhiy Popov (born 1971), Ukrainian footballer *Stefan Popov (musician) (born 1940) a Bulgarian cellist *Stole Popov (born 1950), Macedonian film director. *Strahil Popov (born 1990), Bulgarian footballer *Toma Junior Popov (born 1998), Bulgarian-born French badminton player *Valery Popov (disambiguation) *Vasile M. Popov (born 1928), Romanian-born scientist and systems theorist *Vasili Popov (disambiguation) *Victor Popov (1937–1994), Russian theoretical physicist *Vladimir Popov (disambiguation) *Yevgeni Popov (disambiguation) *Yuri Alexandrovich Popov (1936–2016), Russian paleoentomologist Provided by Wikipedia