Petrov or Petroff (masculine) or Petrova (feminine; [pʲɪˈtrof], [pʲɪˈtrovə]) 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 openingAleksandr Petrov (animator) (b. 1957), Russian animatorAleksei Aleksandrovich Petrov (b. 1974), Russian weightlifterAleksei Zinovyevich Petrov (1910–1972), Russian mathematicianAleksey Petrov (ice hockey), Russian ice hockey player with SKA St. PetersburgAleksei Petrov (cycling), Soviet cyclist who won bronze medal at the 1960 OlympicsAlexey A Petrov (b. 1971), American physicistAlyaksey Pyatrow (b. 1991), Belarusian footballerAndrey Petrov (1930–2006), Russian composerBoris Petrov, name of several individuals from RussiaBorislava Petrova, Bulgarian curlerBožo Petrov (b. 1979), Croatian politicianDaniel Petrov (b. 1971), Bulgarian boxerDušan Petrov, Serbian political and human rights activistEvdokia Petrova (1915–2002), Soviet spy, wife of the Soviet diplomat who defected to AustraliaGeorgi Petrov, several peopleGjorche Petrov (1864/1865–1921), Bulgarian revolutionaryGrigory Spiridonovich Petrov (1866-1925), Russian priest and publicistIgor PetrovIgor Petrov (activist), Russian LGBT activistIgor Petrov (director), Soviet film directorIgor Petrov (figure skater), Russian figure skaterIgor Petrov (politician) (b. 1959), Czech senatorIgor Petrovich Petrov (b. 1979), Russian footballerIhor Petrov (b. 1964), Soviet and Ukrainian football player and coachIvailo Petrov (1923–2005), Bulgarian writerIvan PetrovIvan Petrov (baritone) (1899–1963), opera singer (baritone) of Bulgarian descentIvan Atanassov Petrov (b. 1947), Bulgarian neurologistIvan Ivanovich Petrov (1920–2003), Russian bass opera singerIvan Yefimovich Petrov (1896–1958), Soviet generalIvanka Petrova (b. 1951), Bulgarian shot putterKirill Petrov (b. 1990), Russian ice hockey playerKonstantin Petrov, Ukrainian physicistKuzma Petrov-Vodkin (1878–1939), Russian/Soviet painterKyrylo Petrov (b. 1990), Ukrainian footballerLyudmila Petrova (b. 1968), Russian long-distance runnerMaria PetrovaMaria Petrova (rhythmic gymnast) (b. 1975), Bulgarian rhythmic gymnastMaria Petrova (figure skater) (b. 1977), Russian figure skaterMartin Petrov (b. 1979), Bulgarian footballerMikhail Petrovich PetrovMikhail Petrovich Petrov (general) (1898–1941), Soviet generalMikhail Petrovich Petrov (colonel), Hero of the Soviet UnionNadia Petrova (b. 1982), Russian professional tennis playerNikolay Petrov, multiple peopleOleg PetrovOleg Petrov (b. 1971), Russian hockey playerOleg Petrov (footballer) (b. 1968), retired Russian professional footballerOlga Petrova (1884–1977), stage name of Muriel Harding, an English-born American vaudeville performerOsip Petrov (1806–1878), Russian opera singerPetar Petrov, several peoplePeter Petrov, Bulgarian investment bankerPyotr Nikolayevich Petrov (1827–1891), Russian historian and writerPyotr Mikhailovich Petrov (1910–1941), Soviet flying aceSerhiy Petrov (b. 1997), Ukrainian footballerStanislav Petrov (b. c. 1939), Russian colonel who averted a potential nuclear exchangeStefka Petrova (b. 1950), Bulgarian nutritionistStiliyan Petrov (b. 1979), Bulgarian footballerTetiana PetrovaTatiana Petrova (b. 1973), Russian water polo playerTatyana Petrova (b. 1983), Russian runnerTodor Petrov (b. 1960), Macedonian politicianTonka Petrova, Bulgarian middle distance runnerTotka Petrova (b. 1956), Bulgarian middle distance runnerTudor Petrov-Popa (b. 1963), Moldovan Romanian politicianVadim Petrov (b. 1932), Czech composerVadym Petrov, (b. 1995) Ukrainian football playerValeri Petrov (b. 1920), Bulgarian poetValeriy Petrov, (b. 1955) Ukrainian football coachVasily Petrov, multiple peopleVictor Petrov, Soviet spy, Ukrainian emigrant activist, writer, philosopher and historianVitaliy PetrovVitaly Petrov, Russian auto racing driverVitaly Petrov, Ukrainian athletics coachVladimir Petrov, multiple peopleYevgeny Petrov, multiple people