Medvedev

Medvedev (Russian: Медведев) and female Medvedeva (Медведева), from Russian medved, meaning the animal "bear", are Russian surnames.

Notable bearers of the name include:

Medvedev (male form):

• Medvedev, Dmitry Anatolyevich (born 1965), President of the Russian Federation
• Medvedev, Alexander (born 1955), Russian business manager -- Gazprom
• Medvedev, Alexander (born 1979), Russian ice hockey player
• Medvedev, Aleksei (born 1977), Russian footballer
• Medvedev, Andriy (born 1974), a retired professional tennis player from Ukraine
• Medvedev, Danila (born 1980), Russian futurologist, business manager -- KrioRus, Science vs. Aging
• Medvedev, Dmitry (pilot) (1918-1992), Soviet soldier
• Medvedev, Dmitry Nikolayevich (1898-1954), Russian partisan leader in World War II
• Medvedev, Grigory, Russian writer
• Medvedev, Nikolai (1922-1985), a Soviet seaman and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Medvedev, Pavel (1892-1938), Russian scholar
• Medvedev, Pyotr, Russian actor and entrepreneur
• Medvedev, Roy (born 1925), Georgian-born Russian historian
• Medvedev, Sergei (1885-1937), Russian metalworker, and unionist
• Medvedev, Sergei (geologist)
• Medvedev, Sergei (officer) (1970-2005), a Russian army officer and Hero of Russia
• Medvedev, Zhores (born 1925), Georgian-born Russian biologist, historian and activist

Medvedeva (female form)

• Medvedeva, Svetlana (born 1965), First Lady of Russia
• Medvedeva, Nadezhda, Russian actress
• Medvedeva, Natalia (born 1971), Ukrainian tennis player
• Medvedeva, Natalya (1958-2003), Russian poet, singer and model
• Medvedeva, Katya (born 1937), Russian naïve painter
• Medvedeva-Arbuzova, Yevgeniya (born 1976), cross country skier

See also

• Medvedev-Sponheuer-Karnik scale, earthquake-strength system
• Medved (disambiguation), a non-Russian Slavic variant of the surname meaning bear in Russian.
• Nedvěd, another Slavic variant