List of Famous people with last name Petrov

Maxim Vladimirovich Petrov is a Russian serial killer, convicted for the killing of 11 people in St Petersburg between 1999 and 2000. Petrov, nicknamed Doctor Death by the Russian media, was a practicing doctor who targeted patients from a local health center, killing them by lethal injection at their homes then robbing them.

Aleksandr Konstantinovich Petrov is a Russian animator and animation director.

Oleg Viktorovich Petrov is a Russian former ice hockey right winger. He played in the National Hockey League between 1992 and 2003.

Nikolai Arnoldovich Petrov was a Russian pianist.

Sergei Andreyevich Petrov is a Russian football player. He plays as a right-back or left-back for FC Krasnodar.

Vitaly Afanasevich Petrov is a Ukrainian athletics coach, mainly specialising in pole vault. He was the coach of legendary pole vaulters, like Sergey Bubka, Yelena Isinbayeva and Giuseppe Gibilisco. All three were world champions, with the first two also winning Olympic gold medals and setting world records.

Aleksei Stepanovich Petrov was a Russian cyclist. He competed in the road race and 100 km team time trial at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics. In the time trial he won a bronze medal in 1960 and finished in fifth place in 1964; in the road race he finished 62nd in 1964.

Daniel Bozhilov Petrov is a Bulgarian boxer. He won a silver medal at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992 and a gold medal at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996 in the category Light Flyweight.