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 notable people have this name:
[edit] Real people
- Alexander Lebedev, Russian businessman and politician
- Alexander Nikolayevich Lebedev, Russian biochemist
- Alexander Pavlovich Lebedev (1918–1943), Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
- Alexei Lebedev, Russian electrical engineer
- Artemy Lebedev, Russian graphic designer and founder of Art. Lebedev Studio
- Gerasim Lebedev (1749–1817), Russian Indologist
- Dmitry Lebedev, Russian scientist in the field of rail transport mechanics
- Ivan Lebedev, Russian writer
- Klavdy Lebedev (1852–1916), a Russian painter
- Konstantin Lebedev (1910–1949), Soviet soldier and Hero of the Soviet Union
- Mikhail Ivanovich Lebedev, Russian painter
- Mikhail Nikolayevich Lebedev, Russian poet
- Natalya Lebedeva, Russian athlete
- Nikolai Lebedev, Russian sinologist and pedagogue
- Nikolai Alexandrovich Lebedev (1914–1942), Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
- Pavel Lebedev, Russian pairs figure skater
- Platon Lebedev, Russian businessman
- Pyotr Nikolaevich Lebedev, Russian physicist
- Sergei Lebedev, head of Russian foreign intelligence
- Sergei Alekseyevich Lebedev, creator of first Soviet computers
- Sergei Vasilyevich Lebedev, Russian chemist, inventor of synthetic rubber
- Tatyana Lebedeva, Russian athlete
- Valentin Lebedev, Russian cosmonaut and double Hero of the Soviet Union
- Vasili Lebedev-Kumach, Russian poet
- Vladimir Lebedev, Russian painter and graphic artist
- Yevgeny Lebedev, Russian actor, People's Artist of the USSR
[edit] Fictional characters
- Juan Ivanovich Lebedev, fictional character from Deus Ex
- Lebedev (first name not mentioned), fictional character from Dostoevsky's novel The Idiot
[edit] Institutions
The Lebedev Physical Institute and the Lebedev Institute of Precision Mechanics and Computer Engineering which are named after Pyotr and Sergei, respectively.