Orlov (disambiguation)

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Orlov (Орлов), also spelled Orloff in English, is a common Russian last name and may refer to:

Contents 1 People 1.1 Fictional characters 2 Places 3 Other

[edit] People

• The name of a Russian noble family of Orlov
• Alexander Ivanovich Orlov (1873–1948), Russian conductor
• Alexander Ivanovich Orlov (b. 1949), Russian sociologist
• Alexander Mikhailovich Orlov (1895–1973), Soviet intelligence officer who defected to the West
• Alexander Sergeyevich Orlov (1871–1947), Russian literary critic and academician
• Alexander Yakovlevich Orlov (1880–1954), Russian astronomer
• Dmitry Orlov (1892–1955), Russian actor
• Fyodor Yevplovich Orlov (1843–1892), Russian scientist in the filed of mechanics
• Georgy Orlov (1901–1981), Soviet architect
• Ivan Ivanovich Orlov (1861–1928), Russian inventor
• Ivan Vasilyevich Orlov (1899–?), Russian helminthologist
• Ivan Yefimovich Orlov (1886–1936), philosopher
• Lyubov Orlova (1902–1975), Soviet actress
• Mikhail Fyodorovich Orlov (1788–1842), member of the Decembrist movement
• Mikhail Orlov (athlete) (b. 1967), Russian race walker
• Nicholas W. Orloff, Russian KGB agent in the United States
• Vladimir Alexandrovich Orlov, Belarusian film director and writer
• Sergey Mikhailovich Orlov (1911–1971), Russian sculptor
• Sergey Sergeyevich Orlov (1921–1977), Soviet poet
• Sergey Vladimirovich Orlov (1880–1958), Russian astronomer
• Vasily Alexandrovich Orlov (1896–1974), Russian actor and pedagogue, People's Artist of the USSR
• Vasily Ivanovich Orlov (1848–1885), Russian statistician and economist
• Vladimir Mitrofanovich Orlov (1895–1938], Soviet military leader
• Vladimir Nikolayevich Orlov (1908–?), Soviet literary critic
• Vasily Sergeyevich Orlov (1856/1857–1907), Russian choir conductor
• Vladimir Viktorovich Orlov (b. 1936), Russian writer
• Vladimir Orlov (b. 1938), Russian speed skater
• Yegor Orlov (1865–1944), Russian chemist, technologist, and academician
• Yuri Alexandrovich Orlov (1893–1966), Russian paleonthologist and academician
• Yuri Feodorovich Orlov (b. 1924), Soviet nuclear physicist, dissident and a human rights activist
• Vasily Orlov-Denisov (1775–1843), Russian cavalry general

[edit] Fictional characters

• General Orlov, a villain in the James Bond film Octopussy
• Yuri Orlov, arms dealer and central character of the film Lord of War

[edit] Places

• Orlov, Russia, a town in Kirov Oblast, Russia
• Orlov, Stará Ľubovňa, a village in Stará Ľubovňa District in Eastern Slovakia

[edit] Other

• Orlov Trotter, a breed of horse, named after this family
• Orlov Revolt, an incident of the Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774), named after Aleksey Grigoryevich Orlov.
• Orloff, a diamond
• Orlov, a lunar crater
• Veal Orloff, a 19th century dish of Franco-Russian cuisine