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Medvedev (
Russian : Медве́дев ) and female Medvedeva (Медве́дева ), from Russian medved’ (медве́дь ), meaning the animal "bear", are Slavic surnames. Notable bearers of the name include:
Medvedev
(male form):
Alexander Medvedev (born 1955), Russian business manager
Alexander Medvedev (ice hockey) (born 1979), Russian ice hockey player
Aleksei Medvedev (disambiguation) – several people
Andrey Medvedev , several people, including
Andriy Medvedev (born 1974), Ukrainian tennis player
Daniil Medvedev (born 1996), Russian tennis player
Dmitry Medvedev (disambiguation) , several people, including
Dmitry Medvedev (born 1965), Russian politician, former Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, former President of Russia, and
Dmitry Medvedev (partisan) (1898–1954), Russian partisan leader in World War II
Evgeny Medvedev (born 1982), Russian ice hockey defenseman
Grigory Medvedev , Soviet sprint canoeist
Hennadiy Medvedyev (born 1975), Ukrainian footballer
Ilya Medvedev (born 1983), Russian Olympic canoer
Maksim Medvedev (born 1989), Azerbaijani footballer
Mikhail Medvedev (1891-1964), Bolshevik, Chekist
Pavel Medvedev (disambiguation) - several people
Roy Medvedev (born 1925), Georgian-born Russian historian
Sergei Medvedev (disambiguation) – several people
Vladimir Medvedev (born 1937), KGB general, senior bodyguard of Brezhnev and Gorbachev
Vladimir Medvedev (footballer) (born 1971), Russian football player
Vitaly Medvedev (disambiguation) – several people
Yukhym Medvedev (1886–1938), first elected chairman of the Soviet parliament in Ukraine
Zhores Medvedev (1925–2018), Georgian-born Russian biologist, historian and activist
Medvedeva
(female form)
See also
Family names derived from the word "
bear "
Germanic
North Germanic:
Bjorn ,
Bjornson
West Germanic:
Baer ,
Bähr ,
Bär ,
Bear ,
Beer ,
Beers ,
Behr ,
De Beer ,
Behr ,
Berson
Romance
Slavic Other