List of Famous people named Lev

Lev Mikhaylovich Dovator was a famous Soviet Jewish major-general who was killed in action during World War II and posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

Lev Abramovich Kassil was a Soviet writer of juvenile and young adult literature, depicting Soviet life, teenagers and their world, school, sports, cultural life, and war.

Lev Alexandrovich Anninsky was a Soviet and Russian literary critic, historian, publicist, essayist and author of more than 30 books. He was also a scriptwriter, and as such the three times TEFI laureate.

Lev Shcheglov was a Russian physician who focused on sexology and psychotherapy.

Lev Pavlovich Barashkov was a Soviet actor of theater and cinema, pop singer. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1970). Honored Artist of the Karakalpak Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.

Lev Markovich Shlosberg is a Russian politician, human rights activist, journalist, chairman of the Pskov Oblast branch of Yabloko, and a member of its federal political committee.

Lev Aleksandrovich Mei was a Russian dramatist and poet.

Lev Zalmanovich (Zinovyevich) Kopelev was a Soviet author and dissident.

Lev Matveevich Zelenyi is a Soviet and Russian physicist, an expert in the field of space plasma physics, the physics of solar-terrestrial relations, nonlinear dynamics and planetary research. Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Professor, Director of the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (2002-2017), with whom his entire career is connected, now his scientific advisor. Vice-President of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 2013-2017, member of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Foreign member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (2008), full member of the International Academy of Astronautics.

Lev Binzumovich Leviev is an Israeli-Russian entrepreneur and investor, co-founder of Russia's largest social network VK.com and the Selectel data center network.