Ivanov (Bulgarian, Russian: Ивано́в, sometimes the stress is on Ива́нов in Bulgarian if it is a middle name, or in Russian as a rare variant of pronunciation), Ivanoff or Ivanow (masculine), or Ivanova (Ивано́ва; feminine) is one of the most common surnames in Russia and Bulgaria. The surname derived from the first name Ivan (equivalent to John, and Ivan"-ov" meaning "John's/Ivan's" making the name effectively equivalent to Johns/Ivans).
The following people share this surname (See Ivanov for fictional characters):
- Alexander Ivanov (disambiguation), several people
- Alexey Ivanov (disambiguation), several people
- Alina Ivanova (born 1969), Russian race walker and long-distance runner
- Almaz Ivanov (died 1669), Russian statesman
- Anton Ivanov-Goluboy (1818–1863), Russian painter
- Arkady Ivanov, Russian revolutionary
- Artyom Ivanov, several people
- Artemiy Ivanov, Russian zoologist
- Binio Ivanov, Bulgarian poet
- Desislava Ivanova (born 1979), Bulgarian singer better known as Desi Slava
- Dimitar Ivanov Popov (1894–1975), Bulgarian organic chemist
- Dimitar Ivanov Stoyanov (1877–1949), Bulgarian writer better known as Elin Pelin
- Dmytro Ivanov (born 1989), Ukrainian footballer
- Elena Ivanova, Russian figure skater
- Georgi Ivanov (disambiguation), several people
- Georgy Ivanov (1894–1958), leading poet of the Russian emigration
- Igor Petrovich Ivanov (1923–1992), Russian pedagogue
- Igor Vasilyevich Ivanov (1947–2004), Russian-born Canadian chess player
- Igor Ivanov (born 1945), Russian foreign minister
- Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov (1870–1932?), Russian biologist
- Ivan Ivanov (born 1971), Bulgarian Weightlifter
- Ivan Ivanov (footballer) (born 1988), Bulgarian footballer
- Ivan Ivanov (mathematician) (1862–1939), Russian mathematician
- Ivan Ivanov-Vano (1900–1987), Soviet/Russian animator
- Ivo Ivanov (disambiguation), several people
- Kira Ivanova (1963–2001), Russian figure skater
- Konstantin Valeryevich Ivanov (b. 1991), Russian footballer
- Konstantin Vasilyevich Ivanov (1890–1915), Chuvash poet
- Kristo Ivanov (born 1937), Swedish information scientist and systems scientist
- Lea Ivanova, Bulgarian singer
- Leonid Ivanov (athlete), Soviet Olympic runner
- Leonid Ivanov (basketball), Soviet basketball player
- Leonid Ivanov (botanist), Russian botanist
- Leonid Ivanov (footballer) (1921–1990), Soviet international footballer
- Lev Ivanov (1834–1901), Russian choreographer
- Lili Ivanova (born 1939), Bulgarian singer
- Lyubomir Ivanov, Bulgarian scientist, non-governmental activist, and Antarctic explorer
- Lyubov Ivanova (born 1981), Russian long-distance runner
- Mike Ivanow (born 1948), a retired U.S. soccer goalkeeper
- Mikhail Ivanov (cross-country skier) (born 1977), Russian cross country skier
- Mikhail Ivanov (composer) (1849–1927), Russian composer and critic
- Mikhail Matveyevich Ivanov, Russian graphic artist and painter
- Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859–1939), Russian composer, conductor, and pedagogue
- Mikhail Ivanov-Boretsky (1874–1936), Russian musicologist and composer
- Mimi Ivanova, Bulgarian singer
- Mirela Ivanova (born 1962), modern Bulgarian poet
- Miroslav Ivanov (1929–1999), Czech non-fiction writer
- Miroslav Ivanov (footballer) (born 1981), Bulgarian footballer
- Mitrofan Ivanov-Kozelsky, Russian actor
- Natalia Ivanova (taekwondo) (born 1971), Russian taekwondo practitioner
- Natalya Ivanova (born 1981), Russian hurdler
- Natalya Ivanova (wrestler) (born 1969), Tajikistani wrestler
- Natalya Ivanova (Ukrainian athlete) (born 1975), Ukrainian runner
- Nikolay Ivanov (disambiguation), several people
- Nicolas Ivanoff (born 1969), French pilot and flying instructor
- Olimpiada Ivanova (born 1979), Russian athlete
- Porfiry Ivanov (1898–1983), Russian religious leader
- Pyotr Ivanov (embryologist), Russian embryologist
- Pyotr Sergeyevich Ivanov (born 1984), Russian footballer
- Razumnik Ivanov-Razumnik, Russian politician
- Rick Ivanoff a Canadian songwriter and member of SOCAN
- Savina Ivanova (born 1989), Australian academic
- Semion Ivanov (1907–1993), Soviet general
- Sergei Vasilievich Ivanov, Russian soloist with the Alexandrov Ensemble
- Sergey Ivanov (disambiguation), several people
- Trifon Ivanov (born 1965), Bulgarian football player
- Valentin D. Ivanov (born 1967), Bulgarian astronomer and science fiction writer
- Valentin Kozmich Ivanov (1934–2011), Soviet football player
- Valentin Valentinovich Ivanov (born 1961), Russian football referee
- Valentina Ivanova (born 1963), Russian discus thrower
- Valeri Ivanov (born 1963), modern Bulgarian poet and literari critic
- Valeri Ivanov (died 2002), Russian journalist
- Vasili Ivanov (born 1970), Russian football player
- Viktor Ivanov (born 1950), Russian politician
- Viktor Semyonovich Ivanov (1909–1968), Soviet poster artist
- Vitali Vladimirovich Ivanov (born 1976), Russian handball player
- Vitaly Vyacheslavovich Ivanov (born 1977), Russian lawyer, journalist, political scientist and member of Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation
- Violeta G. Ivanova, Bulgarian astronomer
- Vladimir Ivanov (footballer) (born 1973), Bulgarian football player
- Vladimir Ivanov (Iranologist) (1886–1970), Russian Iranologist
- Vladimir Alexeyevich Ivanov, Russian orientalist
- Vladimir Dmitriyevich Ivanov, Soviet military leader
- Vladislav Ivanov (footballer), a Russian footballer, who plays for Asteras Tripolis
- Vladislav Ivanov (physicist), a Soviet physicist
- Vlad Ivanov, Romanian actor in 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
- Volodymyr Ivanov (volleyball), Ukrainian volleyball player and Olympic gold medalist
- Vsevolod Ivanov (1895–1963), Soviet writer
- Vyacheslav Ivanovich Ivanov (1866–1949), Russian Symbolist poet and philosopher
- Vyacheslav Nikolayevich Ivanov (born 1938), Russian rower, first three-time Olympic gold medalist in the single scull
- Vyacheslav Vsevolodovich Ivanov (born 1929), Russian philologist and Indo-Europeanist
- Xenophont Ivanov (1898–1967), Bulgarian veterinary scholar
- Yanis Ivanov, Soviet composer and People's Artist of the USSR
- Yehor Ivanov, (born 1991) Ukrainian footballer
- Yevgeny Ivanov (disambiguation), several people
- Yulia Ivanova (born 1983), Russian beauty queen