List of Famous people with last name Popov

Admiral Vyacheslav Alekseyevich Popov is a retired admiral of the Russian Navy who commanded the Northern Fleet from 1999–2001, with his service period notably including the Kursk submarine disaster.

Sophia Popov is a German professional golfer.

Aleksandr Vladimirovich Popov, better known as Alexander Popov, is a former Russian swimmer. Widely considered the greatest sprint swimmer in history, Popov won gold in the 50-metre and 100 m freestyle at the 1992 Olympics and repeated the feat at the 1996 Olympics, and is the only male in Olympic games history to defend both titles. He held the world record in the 50 m for eight years, and the 100 m for six. In 2003, aged 31, he won 50 m and 100 m gold at the 2003 World Championships.

Ivelin Ivanov Popov is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays for Russian club Sochi and also played for the Bulgaria national team as an attacking midfielder between 2007 and 2019.

Pyotr Semyonovich Popov - was a major in the Soviet military intelligence apparatus (GRU). He was the first GRU officer to offer his services to the Central Intelligence Agency after World War II. Between 1953 and 1958, he provided the United States government with large amounts of information concerning military capabilities and espionage operations. Codenamed ATTIC, for most of his time with the CIA, Popov's case officer was George Kisevalter.

Gavriil Kharitonovich Popov is a Russian politician and economist. He served as the mayor of Moscow from 1991 until he resigned in 1992.

Christo Popov is a French badminton player from Fos club. He was the boys' doubles European U15 and U17 Junior Champions, also won the boys' singles silver medals at the 2018 European and 2019 World Junior Championships. He reached a career high as boys' singles World Junior number 1 in January 2020.

Oleksandr Pavlovych Popov, is a Ukrainian politician. In 2010 to 2013, he was a head of the Kyiv City State Administration.

Albert Popov is a Bulgarian alpine skier.

Alexey Lvovich Popov is a Russian journalist and TV commentator best known as a commentator on Formula 1 racing.