Medvedev

Medvedev () and female Medvedeva (), from Russian (), meaning the animal "bear", are Slavic surnames. Notable bearers of the name include:

==Medvedev== (male form): Alexander Medvedev (born 1955), Russian business manager Aleksei Medvedev (disambiguation) – several people Andrey Medvedev – several people, including Andriy Medvedev (born 1974), Ukrainian tennis player Daniil Medvedev (born 1996), Russian tennis player Dmitry Medvedev (disambiguation) – several people, including Dmitry Medvedev (born 1965), Russian politician, former Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, former President of Russia, and Dmitry Medvedev (partisan) (1898–1954), Russian partisan leader in World War II Evgeny Medvedev (born 1982), Russian ice hockey defenceman Grigory Medvedev, Soviet sprint canoeist Hennadiy Medvedyev (born 1975), Ukrainian footballer Ilya Medvedev (born 1983), Russian Olympic canoer Maksim Medvedev (born 1989), Azerbaijani footballer Mikhail Medvedev (1891–1964), Bolshevik, Chekist Pavel Medvedev (disambiguation) – several people Roy Medvedev (1925–2026), Georgian-born Russian historian Sergei Medvedev (disambiguation) – several people Vladimir Medvedev (born 1937), KGB general, senior bodyguard of Brezhnev and Gorbachev Vladimir Medvedev (footballer) (born 1971), Russian football player Vitaly Medvedev (disambiguation) – several people Yukhym Medvedev (1886–1938), first elected chairman of the Soviet parliament in Ukraine Zhores Medvedev (1925–2018), Georgian-born Russian biologist, historian and activist