Orlov (surname)

For other uses, see Orlov (disambiguation).

Orlov (Russian: Орлов; masculine) or Orlova (Орлова; feminine) is a Russian surname derived from the noun орёл "eagle".[1] It is shared by the following people:

## People

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* Orlov (family), a Russian noble family
* Aleksandr Orlov (disambiguation), several people
* Aleksey Orlov (politician) (b. 1961), Russian-Kalmyk politician
* Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov (1737-1808), Russian military leader
* Alina Orlova, Lithuanian singer-songwriter
* Andrey Orlov or Orlusha, Russian poet, and journalist
* Boris Orlov (disambiguation), several people
* Dal Orlov (1935–2021), Russian film critic, journalist, and screenwriter
* Dmitri Orlov, Russian hockey player
* Dmitry Orlov (disambiguation), several people
* Dorothy Orlov (mother of actor Paul Michael Glaser)
* Georgi Orlov (1884–1941), Russian-Estonian politician
* Igor Orlov, several people
* Ivan Orlov (aviator) (1895-1917), World War I flying ace
* Ivan Orlov (philosopher) (1886–1936), philosopher
* Jakob Orlov (b. 1985), Swedish footballer
* Janina Orlov (b. 1952), Finnish-Swedish translator
* Lyubov Orlova (1902–1975), Soviet actress
* Marina Orlova (actress), Russian actress
* Marina Orlova (YouTuber), YouTube celebrity philologist
* Mikhail Orlov (racewalker) (b. 1967), Russian race walker
* Natalya Orlova (born 1969), Russian politician
* Nikolay Orlov, several people
* Oleg Orlov (b. 1953), Russian biologist, post-Soviet human rights activist
* Raisa Orlova (1918-1989), Russian writer and American studies scholar
* Sergei Orlov (disambiguation), multiple people
* Svetlana Orlova (disambiguation), multiple people
* Vasily Orlov-Denisov (1775–1843), Russian cavalry general
* Vladimir Orlov (speed skater) (b. 1938), Russian speed skater
* Vladimir Aljakseevich Orlov (b. 1953), also known as Uładzimir Arłou, Belarusian historian, writer, politician, and poet
* Vladimir Mitrofanovich Orlov (1895–1938), Soviet military leader
* Yuri Orlov (1924–2020), Soviet nuclear physicist, dissident and a human rights activist

## Fictional characters

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* Aleksandr Orlov, an anthropomorphic meerkat from the Compare the Meerkat advertising campaign
* Bo Orlov, a character in the Netflix series  Grand Army
* General Orlov, a villain in the James Bond film Octopussy
* Georgiy Ivanych Orlov, a character in the Chekhov novella The Story of an Unknown Man.
* Yuri Orlov, arms dealer and central character of the film Lord of War

## See also

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* Akvilev

## References

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1. ^ "Фамилия Орлов — происхождение, история, значение и интересные факты о фамилии". famiry.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-02-08.

Surname list

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Family names derived from the word "eagle"

Germanic|

* North Germanic: Ørn
* West Germanic: Adler, Adelaar, Eagle, Eagles

Romance|

* Latin: Aquila
* French: Aigle
* Iberian: Aguila, Águia
* Italian: Aquila
* Romanian: Vultur

Slavic|

* East Slavic: Orel, Orlov, Oryol
* South Slavic: Orao, Orel
* West Slavic: Orel, Orlice, Orlowski, Orzeł

Other|

* Baltic: Ērglis, Erelis
* Basque: Arrano
* Estonian: Kotkas
* Finnish: Kotka
* Hungarian: Sas
* Japanese: Washi
* Turkish: Kartal

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