List of Famous people with last name Petrov

Georgiy Ivanovich Petrov was a Soviet engineer. In 1935 after graduating from the Moscow State University, Petrov worked at the Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute. In 1944 he worked at NII-1, a jet propulsion research institute. In 1953 he was nominated professor at the Moscow State University. In the same year he became a member of the USSR Academy of Sciences. From 1965 to 1973 Petrov directed the Russian Space Research Institute.

Ivan Yefimovich Petrov was a Soviet Army General from 1941.

Fyodor Fyodorovich Petrov was a Soviet artillery designer.

Osip Afanasievich Petrov was a Ukrainian operatic bass-baritone of great range and renown, whose career centred on St Petersburg.

Danail Andonov Petrov is a Bulgarian former road bicycle racer.

Ihor Hryhorovych Petrov is a Ukrainian professional football coach and a former player.

Yevgeny Nikolaevich Petrov (born December 17, 1975 in Novouralsk, Sverdlovsk Oblast, RSFSR), known as the "Novouralsk Ripper", is a Russian serial killer, rapist and pedophile.