Petrov (surname)

Petrov or Petroff (masculine) or Petrova (feminine; , ) is one of the most common surnames in Russia and Bulgaria. The surname is derived from the first name Pyotr (Пётр, Russian) or Petar (Петър, Bulgarian) (both equivalent to English Peter). Petrov means "Peter's" or the English surname "Peters". It is the last name of the following people:

• Alexander Petrov (chess player) (1794–1867), Russian chess player, after whom the following is named:
  • Petrov's Defence, an opening
• Aleksandr Petrov (animator) (b. 1957), Russian animator
• Aleksei Aleksandrovich Petrov (b. 1974), Russian weightlifter
• Aleksei Zinovyevich Petrov (1910–1972), Russian mathematician
• Aleksey Petrov (ice hockey), Russian ice hockey player with SKA St. Petersburg
• Aleksei Petrov (cycling), Soviet cyclist who won bronze medal at the 1960 Olympics
• Alexey A Petrov (b. 1971), American physicist
• Alyaksey Pyatrow (b. 1991), Belarusian footballer
• Andrey Petrov (1930–2006), Russian composer
• Borislava Petrova, Bulgarian curler
• Božo Petrov (b. 1979), Croatian politician
• Daniel Petrov (b. 1971), Bulgarian boxer
• Dušan Petrov, Serbian political and human rights activist
• Evdokia Petrova (1915–2002), Soviet spy, wife of the Soviet diplomat who defected to Australia
• Georgi Petrov, several people
• Gjorche Petrov (1864/1865–1921), Bulgarian revolutionary
• Grigory Spiridonovich Petrov (1866-1925), Russian priest and publicist
• Igor Petrov (activist), Russian LGBT activist
• Igor Petrov (director), Soviet film director
• Igor Petrov (figure skater), Russian figure skater
• Igor Petrov (politician) (b. 1959), Czech senator
• Igor Petrovich Petrov (b. 1979), Russian footballer
• Ihor Petrov (b. 1964), Soviet and Ukrainian football player and coach
• Ivailo Petrov (1923–2005), Bulgarian writer
• Ivan Petrov (baritone) (1899–1963), opera singer (baritone) of Bulgarian descent
• Ivan Atanassov Petrov (b. 1947), Bulgarian neurologist
• Ivan Ivanovich Petrov (1920–2003), Russian bass opera singer
• Ivan Yefimovich Petrov (1896–1958), Soviet general
• Ivanka Petrova (b. 1951), Bulgarian shot putter
• Katerina Petrova, (1473-2012) character from the television series The Vampire Diaries
• Nadia Petrova, (1490-2012) character from the television series The Vampire Diaries
• Kirill Petrov (b. 1990), Russian ice hockey player
• Konstantin Petrov, Ukrainian physicist
• Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin (1878–1939), Russian/Soviet painter
• Kyrylo Petrov (b. 1990), Ukrainian footballer
• Lyudmila Petrova (b. 1968), Russian long-distance runner
• Maria Petrova (rhythmic gymnast) (b. 1975), Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast
• Maria Petrova (figure skater) (b. 1977), Russian figure skater
• Martin Petrov (b. 1979), Bulgarian footballer
• Nadia Petrova (b. 1982), Russian professional tennis player
• Nikolay Petrov, multiple people
• Oleg Petrov (b. 1971), Russian hockey player
• Oleg Petrov (footballer) (b. 1968), retired Russian professional footballer
• Olga Petrova (1884–1977), stage name of Muriel Harding, an English-born American vaudeville performer
• Osip Petrov (1806–1878), Russian opera singer
• Petar Petrov, several people
• Peter Petrov, Bulgarian investment banker
• Serhiy Petrov (b. 1997), Ukrainian footballer
• Stanislav Petrov (b. c. 1939), Russian colonel who averted a potential nuclear exchange
• Stefka Petrova (b. 1950), Bulgarian nutritionist
• Stiliyan Petrov (b. 1979), Bulgarian footballer
• Tatiana Petrova (b. 1973), Russian water polo player
• Tatyana Petrova (b. 1983), Russian runner
• Todor Petrov (b. 1960), Macedonian politician
• Tonka Petrova, Bulgarian middle distance runner
• Totka Petrova (b. 1956), Bulgarian middle distance runner
• Tudor Petrov-Popa (b. 1963), Moldovan Romanian politician
• Vadim Petrov (b. 1932), Czech composer
• Valeri Petrov (b. 1920), Bulgarian poet
• Valeriy Petrov, (b. 1955) Ukrainian football coach
• Vasily Petrov, multiple people
• Victor Petrov, Soviet spy, Ukrainian emigrant activist, writer, philosopher and historian
• Vitaly Petrov, Russian auto racing driver
• Vitaly Petrov, Ukrainian athletics coach
• Vladimir Petrov, multiple people
• Yevgeny Petrov, multiple people