Lebedev

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Lebedev (Russian: Лебедев), or Lebedeva (feminine; Лебедева) is a common Russian family name derived from the word lebed - swan. The following people have this name:

• Alexander Lebedev, a Russian physisist
• Alexander Fyodorovich Lebedev, a Russian soil scientist and hydrogeologist
• Alexander Ignatyevich Lebedev, a Russian graphic artist and lithographer
• Alexander Nikolayevich Lebedev, a Russian biochemist
• Alexander Pavlovich Lebedev (1918-1943), a Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Alexei Lebedev, a Russian electrical engineer
• Alexei Ivanovich Lebedev (1921-1943), a Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Alexei Fyodorovich Lebedev (1924-1945), a Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Artemy Lebedev, a Russian graphic designer and founder of Art. Lebedev Studio
• Boris Lebedev (1925-1944), a Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Gennady Sergeyevich Lebedev (1922-1999), a Soviet aircraft pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Gennady Stepanovich Lebedev (1912-1977), a Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Gerasim Lebedev (1749–1817), a Russian Indologist
• Dmitry Lebedev, a Russian scientist in the field of rail transport mechanics
• Fyodor Lebedev (1923-1991), a Soviet aircraft pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Ivan Lebedev, a Russian writer
• Ivan Danilovich Lebedev (b. 1916), a Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Klavdiy Lebedev, a Russian painter
• Konstantin Lebedev (1910-1949), a Soviet soldier and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Mikhail Ivanovich Lebedev, a Russian painter
• Mikhail Nikolayevich Lebedev, a Russian poet
• Natalya Lebedeva, a Russian athlete
• Nikolai Lebedev, a Russian sinologist and pedagogue
• Nikolai Alexandrovich Lebedev (1914-1942), a Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Pavel Lebedev, a Russian military leader
• Pavel Lebedev-Polyansky, a Russian literary critic and academician
• Platon Lebedev, a Russian businessman
• Pyotr Ivanovich Lebedev, a Russian geologist and petrographer
• Pyotr Nikolaevich Lebedev, a Russian physicist
• Sergei Lebedev, head of Russian foreign intelligence
• Sergei Alekseyevich Lebedev, creator of first Soviet computers
• Sergei Vasilyevich Lebedev, a Russian chemist, inventor of synthetic rubber
• Tatyana Lebedeva, a Russian athlete
• Valentin Lebedev, a Russian cosmonaut and double Hero of the Soviet Union
• Vasili Lebedev-Kumach, a Russian poet
• Viktor Lebedev, a Soviet architect
• Viktor Mikhailovich Lebedev (1924-1943), a Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Vladimir Lebedev, a Russian painter and graphic artist
• Yevgeny Lebedev, a Russian actor, People's Artist of the USSR

There are also the Lebedev Physical Institute and the Lebedev Institute of Precision Mechanics and Computer Engineering which are named after Pyotr and Sergei, respectively.