Mononymously known as Ivan •
Ivan (footballer, born 1984), Brazilian football player •
Ivan (footballer, born 1997), Brazilian football player •
Ivan (model) (Liera Manuel Ivan, born 1984), Japanese fashion model and musician •
Iván (singer) (Juan Carlos Ramos Vaquero, born 1959 or 1962), Spanish singer •
Ivan (Belarusian-Russian singer) (Alexander Ivanov), Belarusian-Russian singer • Ivan, German codename of Serbian spy
Duško Popov Royalty •
Ivan Vladislav, Bulgarian emperor (1015–1018) •
Ivan Asen I, Bulgarian emperor (1189–1196) •
Kaloyan, Bulgarian emperor (1197–1207) •
Ivan Asen II, Bulgarian emperor (1218–1241) •
Ivan II, Bulgarian emperor (1298–1299) •
Ivan Stephen, Bulgarian emperor (1330–1331) •
Ivan Alexander, Bulgarian emperor (1331–1371) •
Ivan Shishman, Bulgarian emperor in Tarnovo (1371–1395) •
Ivan Stratsimir, Bulgarian emperor in Vidin (1356–1396) •
Ivan III Fyodorovich, Grand Prince of Ryazan (1427–1456) •
Ivan IV Vasilyevich, Grand Prince of Ryazan (1467–1500) •
Ivan V Ivanovich, Grand Prince of Ryazan (1496–1533) •
Ivan I, "The Moneybag", Grand Duke of Moscow (1325–1340) •
Ivan II, "The Fair", Grand Duke of Moscow (1353–1359) •
Ivan III, "The Great", Grand Prince of Moscow (1462–1505) •
Ivan IV, "The Terrible", Russian tsar (1547–1584) •
Ivan V, Russian tsar (1682–1696) •
Ivan VI, Russian emperor (1740–1741)
Nobility •
Ivanko, a Bulgarian boyar who killed Tsar
Ivan Asen I in 1196 •
John Horvat (
Ivan Horvat, d. 1394), Hungarian-Croatian nobleman, Ban of Macsó (1376–1381, and 1385–1386) •
John of Palisna (
Ivan od Paližne, d. 1391), Hungarian-Croatian nobleman, Ban of Croatia (1385–1386) •
Ivanko, a Bulgarian despot of the
Despotate of Dobruja, ruled 1385–1399 •
Ivan Bohun (died 1664), colonel of Ukrainian Cossacks •
Ivan Bot, Hungarian-Croatian nobleman, Ban of Croatia (1493) •
Ivan Cherkasov (1692–1758), Russian Baron, privy councillor, cabinet secretary •
Ivan Mazepa, Hetman of Zaporizhian Host in Ukraine •
Ivan Mažuranić, Austro-Hungarian nobleman, Ban of Croatia (1873–1880), and poet •
Ivan Mikhailovich Viskovatyi (died 1570),
Russian diplomat and head of the
foreign ministry •
Ivan Pidkova (died 1578), Ukrainian Cossack leader •
Ivan Rimsky-Korsakov (1754–1831), Russian courtier and lover of
Catherine the Great •
Ivan Samoylovych (died 1690), Cossack hetman of Left-bank Ukraine •
Ivan Shuvalov (1727–1797),
Russian nobleman,
favorite of
Elizabeth of Russia •
Ivan Sirko (c. 1610–1680), Ukrainian Cossack military leader •
Ivan Sulyma, Ukrainian Cossack leader •
Ivan Tararui-Khovansky (died 1682), Russian
boyar who led the
Streltsy during the
Moscow Uprising of 1682 •
Ivan Tolstoy (1806–1867), Russian diplomat, senator, and minister of postal service •
Ivan Vorontsov (1719–1786), president of the Collegium of Estates in Moscow
Clergy •
Ivan Lee (1955 or 1956–2020), Australian Anglican bishop •
Ivan Rilski (
John of Rila), Bulgarian Orthodox hermit and patron saint (876–946) •
Ivan Šaško (born 1966), Croatian Roman Catholic prelate and theologian also Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb since 2008
Military •
Ivan Bagramyan, a Soviet/Armenian general •
Ivan Bella, a
Slovak Air Force officer •
Ivan Belov, a Soviet
Komandarm 1st rank •
Ivan Čermak, a Croatian general •
Ivan Chernyshyov, a Russian General Admiral •
Ivan Naumovich Dubovoy, a Soviet
Komandarm 2nd rank •
Ivan Vasilievich Dubovoy, a Soviet
major general of tank forces and a
Hero of the Soviet Union •
Ivan Fersen, a Russian military commander and general of the infantry •
Ivan Kolev, a Bulgarian general during
First World War •
Ivan Konev, a
Marshal of the Soviet Union •
Ivan Korade, a Croatian Army general •
Ivan Smirnov, a Russian revolutionary, participant in the civil war •
Ivan Sorokin, a Russian revolutionary, Commander of the 11th Red Army •
Ivan Lytvynchuk, a Colonel of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army •
Ivan Mihailov, a Bulgarian revolutionary •
Ivan Milutinović, a Yugoslav Partisan general •
Ivan Ivanovich Möller-Sakomelsky a General of the
Russian Empire •
Ivan Omelianovych-Pavlenko a colonel general in the army of the
Ukrainian People's Republic •
Ivan Paskevich, a Russian military leader,
General-feldmarshal •
Ivan Pokaz, a Croatian general, deputy head of intelligence at the
General Staff of the Armed Forces •
Ivan S. Pavlović, a Serbian officer •
Ivan Tertel, Belarusian military leader, lieutenant general, chairman of the KGB RB •
Ivan Valkov, a Bulgarian general during
First World War and later Minister of War •
Ivan Visin, a naval captain of the Austrian Navy
Politics •
Ivan Abramov (born 1978), senator of Russian Federation from Amur Oblast •
Ivan Ahčin (1897–1960), Slovene sociologist, publicist, journalist, author, and politician •
Ivan Benediktov (1902–1983), Soviet politician •
Ivan Dassanayake (1910–??), Sri Lankan Sinhala Member of Parliament for
Wariyapola •
Iván Duque Márquez (born 1976), President of Colombia •
Ivan Evstratiev Geshov (1849–1924), 18th Prime Minister of Bulgaria •
Ivan Fadeev (1906–1976), Soviet economist and politician •
Ivan Knotek (1936–2020), Slovak politician •
Ivan Korčok (born 1964), Slovak politician •
Ivan Kostov (born 1949), 47th Prime Minister of Bulgaria •
Ivan Laluha (1932–2025), Slovak politician •
Ivan Peshev (born 1986), Bulgarian politician •
Ivan Rybkin (born 1946), 6th Chairman of the Russian Parliament •
Ivan Silayev (1930–2023), Prime Minister of the Russian SFSR •
Ivan Sierada (1879–1943) Belarusian politician •
Ivan Štefunko (born 1977), Slovak politician • •
Ivan Varga (1953–2021), Slovak politician •
Ivan Vasyunyk (born 1959), Ukrainian politician •
Ivan Velio (1830–1899), Russian Active Privy Councillor •
Ivan Warner (1919–1994), New York politician and judge •
Ivan Zhdanov (born 1988), Russian politician
Sports •
Ivan Almeida (born 1989), Cape Verdean basketball player •
Ivan Aska (born 1990), American basketball player in the Israeli National League •
Iván Campo (born 1974), Spanish footballer •
Ivan Capelli (born 1963), Italian former Formula One driver •
Ivan Cleary (born 1971), Australian Rugby League player and coach •
Iván Córdoba (born 1976), Colombian footballer •
Ivan Domingues (born 2006), Portuguese racing driver •
Iván Fandiño (1980–2017), Spanish bullfighter •
Ivan Fedotov (born 1996), Russian ice hockey goaltender •
Iván González Ferreira (born 1987), Paraguayan footballer •
Iván Helguera (born 1975), Spanish footballer •
Iván Herrera (born 2000), Panamanian baseball player •
Iván Hurtado (born 1974), Ecuadorian footballer •
Ivan Ivanov (born 1988), Bulgarian footballer and manager •
Ivan Kley (1958–2025), Brazilian tennis player •
Ivan Lee (born 1981), American Olympic saber fencer and coach •
Ivan Leko (born 1978), Croatian soccer player and coach •
Ivan Lendl (born 1960), Czech-American tennis player •
Ivan Leshinsky (born 1947), American-Israeli basketball player •
Ivan Ljubičić (born 1979), Croatian tennis player •
Ivan Majeský (born 1976), Slovak ice hockey defenseman •
Iban Mayo (born 1977), Spanish cyclist •
Ivan Miljković (born 1979), Serbian volleyball player •
Ivan Osiier (1888–1965), Danish épée, foil, and sabre fencer, 25x Danish champion •
Ivan Pace Jr. (born 2000), American football player •
Ivan Perišić (born 1989), Croatian footballer •
Ivan Pravilov (1963–2012), Ukrainian ice hockey coach charged with child molestation •
Ivan Rakitić (born 1988), Croatian football player •
Iván Rodríguez (born 1971), Puerto Rican baseball player •
Ivan Rudež (born 1979), Croatian basketball coach •
Ivan Runje (born 1990), Croatian footballer •
Ivan Sproule (born 1981), Northern Irish footballer •
Ivan Toney (born 1996), English footballer •
Ivan Wilfred Johnson (1898–1979), Canadian hockey player •
Iván Zamorano (born 1967), Chilean footballer •
Iván Zarandona (born 1980), Equatoguinean footballer •
Ivan Zaytsev (disambiguation), several sportsmen •
Ivan Zemlyanskii (born 2010), Russian chess grandmaster •
Ivan Zucco (born 1995), Italian professional boxer
Arts •
Ivan Barias, Dominican-American music producer and songwriter •
Ivan Brunetti (born 1967), cartoonist •
Ivan Bunin (1870–1953), Russian writer and Nobel laureate in literature •
Ivan Della Mea (1940–2009), Italian singer-songwriter •
Ivan Dixon (1931–2008), American actor, director and producer •
Ivan Dorn (born 1988), Ukrainian singer and actor •
Ivan Doroschuk (born 1957), lead vocalist for Men Without Hats •
Ivan Dorschner (born 1990), Filipino-American actor, host and model •
Ivan Franko (1856–1916), Ukrainian writer •
Ivan (gorilla), painter •
Ivan Graziani (1945–1997), Italian singer-songwriter •
Ivan Jones, British Writer and poet •
Ivan Klíma (1931–2025), Czech novelist and playwright • •
Ivan Král (1948–2020), Czech-American musician •
Ivan Meštrović (1883–1962), Croatian sculptor and architect •
Ivan Moody (born 1980), singer of heavy metal band Five Finger Death Punch •
Ivan Morley (born 1966), American painter •
Van Morrison (George Ivan Morrison, born 1945), Northern Irish singer-songwriter and musician •
Ivan Ozhogin (born 1978), Russian singer and actor •
Ivan Reitman (1946–2022), Czechoslovak-born Canadian film and television director, producer and screenwriter •
Ivan Shishmanov (1862–1928), Bulgarian writer, ethnographer, politician and diplomat •
Ivan Turgenev (1818–1893), Russian novelist •
Ivan Urgant (born 1978), Russian television personality, presenter, actor and musician •
Ivan Vazov (1850–1921), Bulgarian poet, novelist and playwright, often referred to as "the Patriarch of Bulgarian literature"
Science, academia, business and other •
Ivan Aboimov (1936–2022), Russian diplomat and ambassador •
Ivan Agayants (1911–1968), Soviet intelligence officer of Armenian origin •
Ivan Aksakov (1823–1886), Russian littérateur and notable Slavophile •
Ivan Boesky (1937–2024), Wall Street trader who inspired the character of Gordon Gekko in the film
Wall Street. •
Ivan Chermayeff (1932–2017), graphic designer •
Ivan Corea, Sri Lankan Anglican priest •
Ivan Gazidis (born 1964), chief executive of the AC Milan •
Ivan Glasenberg (born 1957), CEO of Glencore, director of Xstrata and Minara Resources •
Ivan Greenberg (1896–1966), English journalist •
Ivan Hričovský (1932–2024), Slovak celebrity gardener •
Ivan Ilyin (1883–1954), Russian religious and political philosopher •
Ivan Massow (born 1967), chairman of the Institute of Contemporary Arts •
Ivan Menezes (1959–2023), CEO of Diageo, non-executive director at Coach, Inc. •
Ivan Milat, Croatian Australian serial killer famous for the backpacker killings •
Ivan Miller (1898–1967), Canadian journalist and sportscaster •
Ivan Vsevolodovich Meshcherskiy (1859–1935), Russian mathematician •
Ivan J. Parron, entertainment attorney and entrepreneur •
Ivan Pavlov (1849–1946), Russian physiologist and Nobel laureate in Medicine & Physiology •
Ivan Rogers (born 1960), British civil servant, former Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the European Union •
Ivan Seidenberg (born 1946), chairman & CEO at Verizon Communications •
Ivan Selin (born 1937), former chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Fulbright scholar •
Ivan Semwanga, Ugandan-born South African philanthropist •
Ivan Šramko, (born 1957), Governor of the
National Bank of Slovakia (2005–2010) •
Ivan Wettengel (1876–1935), Naval Governor of Guam
Other notable people with the given name "Ivan" == Fictional characters ==