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Igor (given name)
Common Slavic given name
Igor (Belarusian: Ігар, romanized: Ihar [ˈiɣar]; Russian: Игорь, romanized: Igor' [ˈiɡərʲ]; Serbian Cyrillic: Игор pronounced [îɡor]; Ukrainian: Ігор, romanized: Ihor [ˈiɦor]; ) is a common East Slavic given name derived from the Norse name Ingvar, that was brought to ancient Rus' by the Norse Varangians, see Igor of Kiev.
People
Igor
- Igor of Kiev, ruler of Kievan Rus' from 913 to 945
- Igor II of Kiev (died 1147), Grand Prince of Kiev (1146)
- Igor Akinfeev (born 1986), Russian football goalkeeper
- Igor Andreev (born 1983), Russian tennis player
- Igor Angulo (born 1984), Basque-Spanish footballer
- Igor Antón (born 1983), Basque-Spanish cyclist
- Igor Arnáez (born 1991), Basque-Spanish footballer
- Igor Astarloa (born 1976), Basque-Spanish cyclist
- Igor Belousov (1928–2005), Soviet statesman
- Igor Bobček (born 1983), Slovak ice hockey defenceman
- Igor Bogdanoff (1949–2022), French science fiction author
- Igor Boki (born 1994), Belarusian Paralympic swimmer
- Igor Cavalera (born 1970), Brazilian musician
- Igor Chernykh (1932–2020), Russian camera operator
- Prince Igor Constantinovich of Russia (1894–1918), Russian royalty
- Igor Chugainov (born 1970), Russian football player and coach
- Igor Danchenko (born 1978), Russian-American analyst
- Igor M. Diakonoff (1915–1999), Russian historian, linguist, and translator
- Igor Dodon (born 1975), Moldovan politician and president of Moldova from 2016 to 2020
- Igor de Camargo (born 1983), Brazilian / Belgian footballer
- Igor Eremenko (born 1997), Russian ice dancer who defected to the United States
- Igor Gabilondo (born 1979), Basque-Spanish footballer
- Igor Gaydamaka, Soviet sprint canoer
- Igor Girkin (born 1970), Russian army veteran and former Federal Security Service officer who played a key role in the Russian annexation of Crimea
- Igor Golomstock (1929–2017), London-based Russian art historian
- Igor González de Galdeano (born 1973), Basque-Spanish cyclist
- Igor Julio dos Santos de Paulo (born 1998), Brazilian footballer
- Igor Jankowski (born 1983), Belarusian-Polish composer
- Igor Kholmanskikh (born 1969), Russian government appointee and former factory worker
- Igor Coronado, Brazilian footballer
- Igor Kornelyuk (born 1962), Russian musician, singer and songwriter
- Igor Kokoškov (born 1971), Serbian basketball coach
- Igor Kunitsyn (born 1981), Russian tennis player
- Igor Kurnosov (1985–2013), Russian chess grandmaster
- Igor Larionov (born 1960), Soviet and Russian retired ice hockey player
- Igor Lewczuk (born 1985), Polish football defender
- Igor López de Munain (1983/1984–2022), Basque politician
- Igor Luzhkovsky (1938–2000), Russian swimmer
- Igor Markevitch (1912–1983), Russian-born composer and conductor
- Igor Julio (born 1998), Brazilian footballer
- Igor Martinez (born 1989), Basque-Spanish footballer
- Igor Matovič (born 1973), Slovak politician
- Igor Medved (born 1981), Slovenian ski jumper
- Igor Menshchikov (born 1970), Russian football player and coach
- Igor Merino (born 1990), Basque-Spanish cyclist
- Igor V. Minin (born 1960), Russian physicist
- Igor Nesterenko (born 1990), Israeli-Ukrainian basketball player in the Israel Basketball Premier League
- Igor Nikitin (ice hockey) (1966–2013), Russian ice hockey player
- Igor Nikolayev (born 1960), Russian singer, composer and songwriter
- Igor Oistrakh (1931–2021), Russian violinist
- Igor Olshanetskyi (born 1986), Israeli Olympic weightlifter
- Igor Olshansky (born 1982), Ukrainian-born American National Football League player
- Igor Omura Fraga (born 1998), Japanese-born Brazilian racing driver and eSports racer
- Igor Pavlov (athlete) (born 1979), Russian pole vaulter
- Igor Rasko (born 1966), Russian ice hockey player
- Igor Savitsky (1915–1984), Russian art collector and art museum director.
- Igor Sechin (born 1960), Russian businessman and politician
- Igor Sedašev (born 1950), Estonian politician
- Igor Severyanin (1887–1941), Russian poet
- Igor Shesterkin (born 1995), Russian ice hockey player
- Igor Shuvalov (born 1967), Russian politician
- Igor Sijsling (born 1987), Dutch tennis player
- Igor Sikorsky (1889–1972), Russian-born American pioneer of aviation in both helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft
- Igor Smirnov (politician) (born 1941), Transnistrian politician
- Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971), Russian composer and conductor
- Igor Subbotin (born 1990), Estonian footballer
- Igor Svyatoslavich (1151–1201/1202), prince of Putivl (1164–1180), of Novgorod-Seversk (1180–1198), and of Chernigov (1198–1201/1202)
- Igor Sypniewski (1974–2022), Polish football forward
- Igor Śmiałowski (1917–2006), Polish actor
- Igor Tudor (born 1978), Croatian footballer and manager
- Igor Ursov (1927–2002) Russian phthisiatrist, scientist
- Igor Yebra (born 1974), Basque-Spanish dancer
- Igor Zubeldia (born 1997), Basque-Spanish footballer
Ihar
- Ihar Hermianchuk (1961–2002), Belarusian journalist and political activist.
- Ihar Hershankou (1981–2018), convicted Belarusian murderer, soldier and fraudster
- Ihar Makarau (born 1979), Belarusian judoka
- Ihar Maystrenka (born 1959), Belarusian former rower
- Ihar Razhkow (born 1981), Belarusian footballer
- Ihar Rynkevich (born 1968), Belarusian legal and political expert, journalist and human rights activist
- Ihar Stasevich (born 1985), Belarusian footballer
- Ihar Tarlowski (born 1974), Belarusian footballer and coach
- Ihar Truhaw (born 1976), Belarusian footballer and coach
- Ihar Tsaplyuk (born 1970), Belarusian footballer
- Ihar Zyankovich (born 1987), Belarusian footballer
- Ihar Zyulew (born 1984), Belarusian footballer and coach
Ihor
- Ihor Bazhan (born 1981), Ukrainian footballer
- Ihor Chuchman (born 1985), Kazakhstani footballer
- Ihor Della-Rossa (born 1939), Georgian-born Soviet racewalker
- Ihor Huz (born 1982), Ukrainian politician, member of Parliament
- Ihor Kalynets (born 1939), Ukrainian poet and dissident during Soviet times
- Ihor Kharatin (born 1995), Ukrainian footballer
- Ihor Kharchenko (born 1962), Ukrainian diplomat
- Ihor Kirienko (born 1986), Ukrainian footballer
- Ihor Kohut (born 1996), Ukrainian footballer
- Ihor Kolykhaiev (born 1971), Ukrainian politician and entrepreneur
- Ihor Kolomoyskyi (born 1963), Ukrainian businessman
- Ihor Kononenko (born 1965) Ukrainian businessman and politician
- Ihor Kyrylenko (born 1991), Ukrainian singer, songwriter, producer and DJ, member in a number of musical bands
- Ihor Kyryukhantsev (born 1996), Ukrainian footballer
- Ihor Lytovchenko (born 1966), Ukrainian businessman and entrepreneur
- Ihor Lutsenko (politician) (born 1978), Ukrainian journalist and politician
- Ihor Melnyk (footballer, born 1983), Ukrainian footballer
- Ihor Melnyk (footballer, born 1986), Ukrainian footballer
- Ihor Nasalyk (born 1962), Ukrainian optoelectronic engineer and politician
- Ihor Olefirenko (born 1990), Ukrainian long distance runner
- Ihor Pavlyuk (born 1967), Ukrainian writer, translator and research worker
- Ihor Plastun (born 1990), Ukrainian footballer
- Ihor Podolchak (born 1962), Ukrainian film director and visual artist
- Ihor Prokopchuk (born 1968), Ukrainian diplomat
- Ihor Rainin or Raynin (born 1973), Ukrainian politician
- Ihor Reptyukh (born 1994), Ukrainian cross-country skier and biathlete
- Ihor Rybak (1934–2005), Ukrainian weightlifter
- Ihor Reznichenko (born 1994), Ukrainian figure skater
- Ihor Sahach (born 1956), Ukrainian diplomat
- Ihor Shcherbak (1943–2002), Soviet long-distance runner
- Ihor Shevchenko (born 1971), Ukrainian politician, government minister, and lawyer
- Ihor Ševčenko (1922–2009), Polish-born philologist and historian of Ukrainian origin
- Ihor Sorkin (born 1967), Ukrainian banker, chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine
- Ihor Surkis (born 1958), Ukrainian businessman
- Ihor Tsvietov (born 1994), Ukrainian Paralympic athlete with cerebral palsy
- Ihor Tyschenko (born 1989), Ukrainian footballer
- Ihor Yukhnovskyi (1925–2024), Ukrainian physicist and politician, and a member of the Presidium
- Ihor Yushko (born 1961), Ukrainian economist and politician
- Ihor Zubko (born 1991), Ukrainian footballer
Fictional characters
- Igor (character), a stock character
- Igor, a baboon with shape-shifting powers in Marvel Comics
- Igor, in the Persona series
- Igor, in Count Duckula
- Igor, in Young Frankenstein
- Igor, in the 1989 US fighting game Human Killing Machine
- Igor, in the 1985 US horror film Igor and the Lunatics
- Igor, in the 2008 US computer-animated horror comedy film Igor
- Igor Barkov, in the 1998 young adult novel Holes
- Igor Burov, in the US TV drama series The Americans
- Igor Karkaroff, in the Harry Potter series
- Igor Nevsky, in the 1997 US political action thriller film Air Force One (film)
- Igor Parker, in the 1994 graphic adventure game Igor: Objective Uikokahonia
- Igor Rabitov, in the US action TV series Banshee
- Igor Sergei Klinki (created October 10, 1959), "virtual" poet, created by Argentine writer, artist, photographer, and illustrator Rafael San Martín
- Igor Stancheck, in Radioactive Man
- Igor Straminsky, in the US media franchise M*A*S*H
- Igor Teplov, in World of Watches
- Igor Wagner, in The Adventures of Tintin
- Igor Khymynuk, in Chernobylite (video game)
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