Bogdanov (Богданов), or its feminine form Bogdanova (Богданова), is a common Russian and Bulgarian surname, derived by a genitive inflection from the given name Bogdan. In a number of cases in the Russian Empire the surname was given to illegitimate children, interpreting the literal meaning "given by God".
Notable individuals Abraham Bogdanove (1888–1946) Russian muralist, artist and educator Alexei Alexeivich Bogdanov (1907–1971), Soviet geologist Andrei Ivanovich Bogdanov (1692–1766), Russian bibliographer and ethnographer Igor and Grichka Bogdanoff (1949–2021/2022), French TV hosts and twin brothers, notable for the Bogdanov affair and numerous internet memes Ivan Bogdanov (1897–1942), Soviet military officer Ivan Bogdanov (painter) (1855–1932), Russian painter Malachi Bogdanov, British theatre director Michael Bogdanov (1938–2017), British theatre director Mikhail Aleksandrovich Bogdanov (1914–1995), Soviet production designer Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky (1868–1945), Russian painter Semen Ilyich Bogdanov (1894–1960), Soviet military officer, Hero of the Soviet Union Vladimir Leonidovich Bogdanov (born 1951), Russian oil tycoon Jon Bogdanove (Born 1958), American artist
Science Alexander Bogdanov (1873–1928), Belarusian-Russian physician, philosopher, economist, writer and revolutionary Anatoli Petrovich Bogdanov (1834–1896), Russian zoologist and anthropologist Bogdan Bogdanov (1940–2016), Bulgarian classical philologist, culturologist and translator Konstantin Bogdanov (born 1963), Russian anthropologist and philologist Modest Bogdanov (1841–1888), Russian zoologist Rifkat Bogdanov (1950–2013), Tatar-Russian mathematician
Politics Alexey Bogdanov (born 1973), Belarusian politician Andrei Vladimirovich Bogdanov, (born 1970), Russian politician Boris Bogdanov (1884–1960), Menshevik revolutionary Pyotr Bogdanov (1882–1939), Bolshevik statesman, engineer and economist
Sport Anatoli Bogdanov (born 1981), Russian footballer Anatoli Ivanovich Bogdanov (1931–2001), Soviet sport shooter Andrei Bogdanov (1958–1999), Russian swimmer Eduard Bogdanov (born 1968), Russian football player and coach Kitija Bogdanova (born 2004), Latvian luger Lyubomir Bogdanov (born 1982), Bulgarian football player Maksims Bogdanovs (born 1989), Latvian motorcycle speedway rider Petar Bogdanov (born 1948), Bulgarian high jumper Sergei Dmitriyevich Bogdanov (born 1977), Russian footballer Valeri Bogdanov (footballer, born 1952), Russian football player and coach Valeri Bogdanov (footballer, born 1966), Russian football player
Bogdanova Anna Bogdanova (born 1984), Russian heptathlete Galina Bogdanova (1925–2013), Russian grinder and production leader Krasimira Bogdanova (1949–1992), Bulgarian basketball player Ludmila Bogdanova, penname of Belarusian writer Rakitina Nika (born 1963) Lyudmila Bogdanova (born 1983), Russian judoka Margarita Louis-Dreyfus (born 1962), née Bogdanova (1836–1897), Russian dancer with an international career, prima ballerina of Paris Opera and Bolshoi Theatre. Olga Bogdanova (born 1951), actress Olga Bogdanova (born 1994), Estonian rhythmic gymnast Svetlana Bogdanova (handballer) (born 1964), Russian handball player Svetlana Bogdanova (water polo) (born 1976), Russian water polo player Yuliya Bogdanova (born 1964), Soviet swimmer Viktoria Bogdanova (born 1994), Estonian rhythmic gymnast Glikeriya Bogdanova-Chesnokova (1904–1983), Soviet theatre and film actress
Bogdanovs Maksims Bogdanovs (born 1989), Latvian motorcycle speedway rider
See also
Bogdanów (disambiguation) Bogdan Bogdani
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