Popov

Popov (masculine), or Popova (feminine), is a common Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian and Serbian surname. Derived from a Slavonic word pop (, "priest"). The fourth most common Russian surname, it may refer to:
 * Alek Popov (born 1966), Bulgarian writer
 * Alexander Popov (disambiguation)
 * Aleksei Popov (disambiguation)
 * Anatoly Popov (born 1960), Russian politician, Prime Minister of Chechnya
 * Andrei Popov (disambiguation)
 * Angel Popov (born 1979), Bulgarian-born Qatari weightlifter
 * Apostol Popov (born 1982), Bulgarian football defender
 * Blagoy Popov (1902–1968)
 * Boris Popov (born 1941), Russian water polo player
 * Christo Popov (born 2002), Bulgarian-born French badminton player
 * Denis Popov (born 1979), Russian football player and manager
 * Denis Popov, (born 2002) Russian football player
 * Denys Popov (born 1999), Ukrainian football player
 * Dimitar Popov (born 1970), Bulgarian footballer
 * Dimitar Ivanov Popov (1894–1975), Bulgarian organic chemist
 * Dimitar Iliev Popov (1927–2015), Bulgarian judge and Prime Minister
 * Dmitri Popov (disambiguation)
 * Duško Popov (1912–1981), Serbian double-agent, known as Tricycle
 * Egor Popov (1913–2001), Russian-American structural and seismic engineer
 * Fedot Popov (died between 1648 and 1654), Russian explorer
 * Gavriil Popov (composer) (1904–1972), Russian composer
 * Gavriil Popov (politician) (born 1936), Russian politician
 * George Basil Popov (1922–1998) a Russian-British entomologist born in Iran
 * Georgi Popov (born 1941), Bulgarian chess player
 * Georgi Alexandrov Popov (born 1937), Bulgarian chess player (GMC), member of the ICCF Bulgaria
 * Georgi Dimitrov Popov (1944–2024), Bulgarian football player
 * Georgi Vladimirovich Popov (1912–1974) was a Soviet weightlifter.
 * Georgy Arturovich Popov (born 2001), Russian taekwondo athlete
 * Goran Popov (born 1984), Macedonian footballer
 * Haralan Popov (1907–1988), Bulgarian church minister
 * Hristian Popov (born 1990), Bulgarian football player
 * Ilya Popov (born 2000), Russian boxer
 * Ivan Popov (born 1975), Russian general
 * Ivan Popov (born 1990), Russian chess Grandmaster
 * Ivelin Popov (born 1987), Bulgarian footballer
 * Katia Popov (1965–2018), Bulgarian-born American violinist
 * Leonid Popov (born 1945), Soviet cosmonaut
 * Luben Popov (born 1936), Bulgarian chess player
 * Markian Popov (1902–1969), Soviet Army General
 * Mikhail Popov (disambiguation)
 * Nikolay Popov (disambiguation)
 * Oleg Popov (1930–2016), Russian circus artist
 * Pavel Popov (born 1957), Russian military officer
 * Polina Popova (born 1995), Miss Russia 2017
 * Pyotr Popov (born 1985), Russian luger
 * Pyotr Semyonovich Popov (1923–1960), Soviet intelligence officer and double agent
 * Robert Popov (born 1982), Macedonian footballer
 * Rumen Popov (born 1983), Bulgarian football player
 * Sergei Popov (disambiguation)
 * Serhiy Popov (born 1971), Ukrainian footballer
 * Stefan Popov (musician) (born 1940) a Bulgarian cellist
 * Stole Popov (born 1950), Macedonian film director.
 * Strahil Popov (born 1990), Bulgarian footballer
 * Toma Junior Popov (born 1998), Bulgarian-born French badminton player
 * Valery Popov (disambiguation)
 * Vasile M. Popov (born 1928), Romanian-born scientist and systems theorist
 * Vasili Popov (disambiguation)
 * Victor Popov (1937–1994), Russian theoretical physicist
 * Vladimir Popov (disambiguation)
 * Yevgeni Popov (disambiguation)
 * Yuri Alexandrovich Popov (1936–2016), Russian paleoentomologist

Fictional people

 * Nadia Popov, character in the British children's program Rentaghost


 * Boris Vyacheslavovich Popov, character in Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance

Popova

 * Alena Popova, Kazakhstani volleyballer
 * Daria Popova, Russian pair skater
 * Diana Popova, Bulgarian gymnast
 * Faton Popova, German footballer
 * Katarzyna Popowa-Zydroń, Polish pianist and pedagogue of Bulgarian descent
 * Ksenia Popova, Russian open water swimmer
 * Larisa Popova, Moldovan rower
 * Lyubov Popova (1889–1924), Russian avant-garde artist
 * Margarita Popova, former Bulgarian Minister of Justice
 * Mariana Popova (born 1978), Bulgarian singer
 * Nadezhda Popova, Soviet military pilot
 * Natalia Popova, Ukrainian figure skater
 * Natalia Popova (born 1976), Belarusian chess master
 * Nina Popova (1908–1994), Soviet official
 * Roza Popova (1879–1949), Bulgarian actress and theatre director
 * Sofka Popova, Bulgarian runner
 * Tamara Popova, Soviet sprint canoer
 * Tatiana Popova (basketball), Russian basketball player
 * Valentina Popova (born 1972), Russian weightlifter
 * Vera Popova, Russian chemist
 * Veronika Popova, Russian swimmer