List of Famous people with last name Kiev
Sviatoslav I of Kyiv
Sviatoslav I Igorevich (Old East Slavic: Ст҃ославъ / Свѧтославъ Игорєвичь, romanized: Svętoslavŭ Igorevičǐ; Russian: Святослав Игоревич; Ukrainian: Святослав Ігорович, romanized: Sviatoslav Ihorovych; Belarusian: Святаслаў Ігаравіч;, also spelled Svyatoslav, was Grand Prince of Kiev famous for his persistent campaigns in the east and south, which precipitated the collapse of two great powers of Eastern Europe, Khazaria and the First Bulgarian Empire. He also conquered numerous East Slavic tribes, defeated the Alans and attacked the Volga Bulgars, and at times was allied with the Pechenegs and Magyars.
Olga of Kyiv
Saint Olga was a regent of Kievan Rus' for her son Sviatoslav from 945 until 960. Following her baptism, Olga took the name Elenа. She is known for her subjugation of the Drevlians, a tribe that had killed her husband Igor of Kiev. Even though it would be her grandson Vladimir that would convert the entire nation to Christianity, because of her efforts to spread Christianity through Rus', Olga is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church with the epithet "Equal to the Apostles" and her feast day is the 11th of July.
Igor of Kyiv
Igor the Old was a Varangian ruler of Kievan Rus' from 912 to 945.
Anne of Kyiv
Anne of Kiev was a Rus' princess who became queen of France in 1051 upon marrying King Henry I. She ruled the kingdom as regent during the minority of their son Philip I from Henry's death in 1060 until her controversial marriage to Count Ralph IV of Valois. Anne founded the Abbey of St. Vincent at Senlis.
Yaropolk I of Kyiv
Yaropolk I Sviatoslavich was a young and rather enigmatic ruler of Kiev (Kyiv) between 972 and 980. He was the oldest son of Svyatoslav. His royal title is traditionally translated as "Prince".
Sviatopolk I of Kyiv
Sviatopolk I Vladimirovich was the Kniaz' (Turov) of Turov (988–1015) and Velykyi Kniaz or Grand Prince of Kiev whose paternity and guilt in the murder of brothers are disputed.
Saint Anthony of Kyiv
Anthony of Kiev also called Anthony of the Caves was a monk and the founder of the monastic tradition in Kievan Rus'. Together with Theodosius of Kiev, he co-founded the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra.
Mstislav I Harald of Kyiv
Mstislav I Vladimirovich the Great or Mstislav the Great was the Grand Prince of Kiev, the eldest son of Vladimir II Monomakh by Gytha of Wessex. He is figured prominently in the Norse Sagas under the name Harald, to allude to his grandfather, Harold II of England. Mstislav's Christian name was Theodore.
Iziaslav III of Kyiv
Izyaslav III Davidovich (1115?-1162), Prince (Kniaz') of Chernigov and Grand Prince of Kiev. He was the son of Davyd Sviatoslavich of Chernigov.
Maria Dobroniega of Kyiv
Maria Dobroniega of Kiev, was a Kievian Rus princess of the Rurikid dynasty and by marriage Duchess of Poland.