List of Famous people with last name Orlov

Prince Grigory Grigoryevich Orlov (1734–1783) was the favorite of Catherine the Great of Russia. He led the coup which overthrew Catherine's husband Peter III of Russia, and installed Catherine as empress. For some years, he was virtually co-ruler with her, but his repeated infidelities and the enmity of Catherine's other advisers led to his fall from power.

Count Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov was a Russian soldier and statesman, who rose to prominence during the reign of Catherine the Great.

Dmitry Vladimirovich Orlov is a Russian professional ice hockey defenceman for the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL).

Yuri Fyodorovich Orlov was a particle accelerator physicist, human rights activist, Soviet dissident, founder of the Moscow Helsinki Group, a founding member of the Soviet Amnesty International group, and Professor of Physics at Cornell University. He was declared a prisoner of conscience while serving nine years in prison and internal exile for monitoring the Helsinki human rights accords as a founder of the human rights movement in the Soviet Union.

Igor Anatolyevich Orlov, is a Ukrainian-born Russian statesman and politician who served as the Governor of Arkhangelsk Oblast from 2012 to 2020. He is currently the General Director of PJSC Severnaya Verf Shipyard since June 2020.

Aleksey Maratovich Orlov is a Kalmyk statesman who served as Head of the Republic of Kalmykia from October 2010 until March 2019.

Gennady Sergeyevich Orlov is a Russian sports journalist and a former Soviet footballer. He has lived in Leningrad since 1966 and has been a commentator since 1974. Orlov is best known for being a football commentator on Leningrad Television and, subsequently, Petersburg – Channel 5 for many years.

Alexander Mikhailovich Orlov, was a colonel in the Soviet secret police and NKVD Rezident in the Second Spanish Republic. In 1938, Orlov refused to return to the Soviet Union due to the fears of execution, and instead fled with his family to the United States. He is mostly known for secretly transporting the entire Spanish gold reserves to the USSR and for his book, The Secret History of Stalin's Crimes.