Davidov

Davidov (Давыдов), or Davidova (feminine; Давыдова), also sometimes transliterated as Davydov/Davydova, is a surname common in Russia among Jewish and non-Jewish people, in high frequently among Bukharan Jews and Mountain Jews, meaning "son of David", and can refer to:

People

 * Denis Davydov (1774–1838), Russia guerilla officer and poet
 * August Davidov (1823–1885), Russian mathematician and pedagogue, brother of Karl Davidov
 * Karl Davydov (1838–1889), Russian cellist, conductor, composer, and pedagogue, brother of August Davidov
 * Alexei Davidov (1867–1940), Russian cellist, composer, and businessman, son of August Davidov
 * Milan Davidov, (1863–1903) Bulgarian independence fighter (for Macedonia)
 * Lado Davidov (1924–1987), Soviet soldier, Hero of the Soviet Union.
 * Marv Davidov (1931–2012), American peace activist and founder of the Honeywell Project
 * Dmitry Davydov (filmmaker) (born 1983), Russian
 * Jayar Davidov (died 2023), Israeli police officer

Athletes

 * Vitali Davydov (born 1939), Russian footballer
 * Ivan Davidov (1943–2015), Bulgarian footballer
 * Evgeny Davydov (born 1967), Russian ice hockey player
 * Dmitri Anatolyevich Davydov (born 1975), Russian footballer
 * Dmitry Alexeyevich Davydov (born 1978), Russian footballer
 * Shani Bloch-Davidov (born 1979), Israeli Olympic racing cyclist
 * Milan Davidov (born 1978), Serbian footballer
 * Pāvels Davidovs (born 1980), Latvian footballer

Other uses

 * Davidov (municipality), a village and municipality in Slovakia
 * Davidov Stradivarius, a cello once owned by Karl Davidov, built in 1712 by Antonio Stradivari.
 * Davidov Spur, a ridge in Antarctica