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Ivan
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Ivan is a Slavic masculine given name, corresponding to English John.[http://www.mfnames.com/mnames/i/origin-and-meaning-of-ivan.htm MFnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Ivan]. The name originates from New Testament Greek (Iōánnēs; not from Latin Io(h)annes), which is in turn derived from Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yôḥānnān, “‘Yahweh is gracious’”).

Ivan or Iván may refer to:


People


=Royalty

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  • Ivan I of Russia
  • Ivan II of Russia
  • Ivan III of Russia aka "Ivan the Great"
  • Ivan IV of Russia - aka "Ivan the Terrible", Grand Duke of Muscovy from 1533 to 1584, Tsar of All Russia from 1547 to 1584
  • Ivan V of Russia
  • Ivan VI of Russia
  • Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria
  • Ivan Asen I of Bulgaria
  • Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria
  • Ivan Shishman of Bulgaria
  • Ivan Sratsimir of Bulgaria


    =Sports

    =
  • Iván Campo, Spanish footballer
  • Iván Emmanuel González, Paraguayan footballer
  • Iván Helguera, Spanish footballer
  • Iván Hurtado, Ecuadorian footballer
  • Ivan Lendl, American tennis player
  • Ivan Ljubičić, Croatian tennis player
  • Ivan Miljković, Serbian volleyball player
  • Ivan Wilfred Johnson, Canadian hockey player
  • Iván Zamorano, Chilean footballer
  • Iván Zarandona, naturalized Equatoguinean footballer


    =Arts

    =
  • Ivan Brunetti, cartoonist
  • Ivan Bunin, Russian writer and Nobel laureate
  • Ivan Della Mea, Italian singer-songwriter
  • Ivan Doroschuk, lead vocalist for Men Without Hats
  • Ivan Graziani, Italian singer-songwriter
  • Ivan Kral, musician
  • Ivan Moody, singer of heavy metal band Five Finger Death Punch
  • Ivan Turgenev, Novelist in 19th century
  • Iván (singer) - stage name of Spanish singer Juan Carlos Ramos Vaquero ("Fotonovela")


    =Other

    =
  • Ivan Aboimov, Russian diplomat and an abassador
  • Ivan Agayants, Soviet intelligence officer of Armenian origin
  • Ivan Ahčin, Slovene sociologist, publicist, journalist, author and politician
  • Ivan Aksakov, Russian littérateur and notable Slavophile
  • Ivan Chermayeff, Graphic Designer
  • Iván Martino, [http://www.MentalRoots.com.ar MentalRoots] Programmer
  • Iván Seggiaro, [http://www.MentalRoots.com.ar MentalRoots] Web Designer
  • Ivan Milat, Croatian Australian serial killer famous for the backpacker killings


    Meteorology

  • Hurricane Ivan, from the 1980 Atlantic hurricane season, did not approach land
  • Typhoon Ivan (Narsing in the Philippines), from the 1997 Pacific typhoon season, struck the Philippines.
  • Hurricane Ivan, from the 1998 Atlantic hurricane season, did not approach land.
  • Hurricane Ivan, from the 2004 Atlantic hurricane season, struck Grenada, the Windward Islands, Jamaica, The Cayman Islands, Cuba, and the southeastern United States.
  • Cyclone Ivan (2008) was an Intense Tropical Cyclone that made landfall on Madagascar, killing 83.


    Places

  • Iván, a village in Hungary
  • Ivaň, name common to two villages in the South Moravian Region and in the Olomouc Region, Czech Republic
  • Ivan, Russia, a village in Oryol Oblast, Russia


    Other

  • Ivan (film), the third in Olexandr Dovzhenko's Ukraine Trilogy
  • The codename of Tsar Bomba, the largest nuclear explosive ever detonated


    See also

  • Ivan (name)
  • Ivana


    References




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