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 Denis Popov (born 1979), Russian football player and manager Denis Popov (footballer, 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 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 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 (1931–2008), Russian engineer 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 (born 1940) a Bulgarian cellist Stole Popov (born 1950), Macedonian film director. Strahil Popov (born 1990), Bulgarian footballer 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 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