Orlov (surname)

Orlov (surname)

People

  • The name of a Russian noble family of Orlov
  • Vasily Orlov-Denisov (1775–1843), Russian cavalry general
  • Alexander Yakovlevich Orlov (1880–1954), Russian astronomer
  • Alexander Mikhailovich Orlov (1895–1973), Soviet intelligence officer who defected to the West
  • Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov (1737-1808), Russian military leader
  • Ivan Ivanovich Orlov (1861–1928), Russian inventor
  • Sergey Vladimirovich Orlov (1880–1958), Russian astronomer
  • Ivan Orlov (1886–1936), philosopher
  • Yuri Alexandrovich Orlov (1893–1966), Russian paleonthologist and academician
  • Vladimir Mitrofanovich Orlov (1895–1938], Soviet military leader
  • Lyubov Orlova (1902–1975), Soviet actress
  • Yuri Feodorovich Orlov (b. 1924), Soviet nuclear physicist, dissident and a human rights activist
  • Boris Orlov (1925–1981), Russian painter
  • Vladimir Orlov (speed skater) (b. 1938), Russian speed skater
  • Dmitry Orlov (b. 1963), engineer and writer on Peak Oil
  • Mikhail Orlov (athlete) (b. 1967), Russian race walker

Fictional characters

  • Aleksandr Orlov, star of Compare the Meerkat advertising campaign

See also


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