# Pavlov (surname)

Pavlov and its feminine form Pavlova are common Russian (Па́влов, Па́влова) and Bulgarian surnames. Their Ukrainian variant is Pavliv. All stem from Latin Christian name Paulus (English: Paul; Russian: Pavel; Ukrainian: Pavlo). Notable peiople with the name Pavlov or Pavlova include:

## Arts and entertainment
### Film and television

* Sergey A. Pavlov (born 1958), Russian actor, director
* Viktor Pavlov (1940–2006), Soviet/Russian actor

### Literature

* Karolina Pavlova, Russian writer
* Nikolai Pavlov, Russian writer
* Oleg Pavlov (1970–2018), Russian writer
* Vera Pavlova, Russian writer

### Music

* Alla Pavlova (born 1952), Russian composer
* Dmitri Pavlov (composer) (born 1959), Russian composer
* Petya Pavlova, Bulgarian singer

### Other people in arts and entertainment

* Anelia Pavlova (born 1956), Bulgarian-born Australian artist
* Anna Pavlova (1881–1931), Russian ballet dancer
* Anna Pavlova (gymnast) (born 1987), 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) (1897–1941), Soviet general
* Yakov Pavlov (1917–1981), Soviet platoon commander

## Science

* Alexei Petrovich Pavlov (1854–1929), Russian geologist and paleontologist
* Ivan Pavlov (1849–1936), Nobel Prize–winning Russian physiologist noted for his classical conditioning experiments with dogs
* Maria Pavlova (1854–1938), Russian paleontologist
* Mikhail Grigoryevich Pavlov (1793–1840), Russian philosopher and scientist
* Nina Pavlova (1897–1973), Russian botanist

## Sport
### Football (soccer)

* Alyaksandr Pawlaw (born 1984), Belarusian international footballer
* Sergei Aleksandrovich Pavlov (born 1955), Russian football manager
* Yevhen Pavlov (born 1991), Ukrainian footballer

### Track and field

* Igor Pavlov (athlete) (born 1979), Russian pole vaulter
* Pavel Pavlov (athlete) (1952–2004), Bulgarian sprinter
* Pepa Pavlova, Bulgarian sprinter

### Other sports

* Aleksandr Pavlov (wrestler) (born 1973), Belarusian wrestler
* Alexander Pavlov (figure skater), Australian figure skater
* Anna Pavlova (gymnast) (born 1987), Russian artistic gymnast
* Igor Pavlov (ice hockey player) (born 1965), Latvian ice hockey player, ice hockey coach in Germany
* Ivan Pavlov (figure skater), Ukrainian figure skater
* Mircea Pavlov (born 1937), Romanian chess master
* Pavel Pavlov (wrestler) (born 1953), Bulgarian wrestler
* Serhii Pavlov (born 1997), Ukrainian basketball player
* Yelena Pavlova, Kazakhstani volleyball player

## Other people

* Cyril Pavlov (1919–2017), Russian Orthodox hieromonk and archimandrite, confessor of Russian patriarchs
* Igor Pavlov (programmer), Russian freelance programmer, creator of 7-zip
* Iliya Pavlov (1960–2003), Bulgarian businessman
* Mikhail Pavlov (disambiguation)
* Nikolay Pavlov (disambiguation)