Markov (Bulgarian, ), Markova, and Markoff are common surnames used in Russia and Bulgaria. Notable people with the name include:

Academics

  • Ivana Markova (1938–2024), Czechoslovak-British emeritus professor of psychology at the University of Stirling
  • Igor Markov (born 1973), American professor, computer scientist and engineer
  • John Markoff (sociologist) (born 1942), American professor of sociology and history at the University of Pittsburgh
  • Konstantin Markov (1905–1980), Soviet geomorphologist and quaternary geologist

Mathematics, science, and technology

  • Alexander V. Markov (born 1965), Russian biologist
  • Andrey Markov (1856–1922), Russian mathematician
  • Andrey Markov Jr. (1903–1979), Russian mathematician and son of Andrey Markov
  • Elena Vladimirovna Markova (1923–2023), Soviet and Russian cyberneticist, Doctor of Technical Sciences, gulag convict and memoirist.
  • John Markoff (born 1949), American journalist of computer industry and technology
  • Moisey Markov (1908–1994), Russian physicist
  • Vladimir Andreevich Markov (1871–1897), Russian mathematician, brother of Andrey Markov (Sr.)

Performing arts

  • Albert Markov (born 1933), Russian American violinist, composer
  • Alexander Markov (born 1963), current Russian American violinist
  • Dame Alicia Markova (1910–2004), British prima ballerina
  • Margaret Markov (born 1951), Yugoslav-American actress of film and television
  • Rimma Markova (1925–2015), Soviet and Russian actress
  • Zuzana Marková (soprano) (born 1988), Czech soprano

Politicians

  • Helmuth Markov (born 1952), German politician and Member of the European Parliament
  • Nikolai Yevgenyevich Markov (1866–1945), Russian right-wing politician
  • Sergey Alexandrovich Markov (born 1958), Russian political scientist, nationalist politician
  • Vladimir Ivanovich Markov (1859–1919), Russian politician, last Minister-Secretary of State for Finland in Czarist regime

Athletes

  • Alexei Markov (born 1979), Russian road bicycle racer
  • Andrei Markov (ice hockey) (born 1978), Russian ice hockey player in the NHL
  • Danny Markov (born 1976), professional ice hockey player for CSKA Moscow
  • Dmitri Markov (born 1975), Belarusian pole vaulter representing Australia
  • Dragomir Markov (born 1971), Bulgarian swimmer
  • Georgi Markov (footballer) (born 1972), Bulgarian footballer
  • Georgi Markov (weightlifter) (born 1978), Bulgarian weightlifter
  • Georgi Markov (wrestler) (born 1946), Bulgarian wrestler
  • Khristo Markov (born 1965), Bulgarian triple jumper
  • Ilona Markova (born 2002), Russian ice hockey player
  • Ilya Markov (born 1972), Russian race walker
  • Ivaylo Markov (born 1997), Bulgarian footballer
  • Marko Markov (born 1981), Bulgarian footballer
  • Miglena Markova (born 1983), Bulgarian rower
  • Nikolay Markov (footballer) (born 1985), Russian footballer
  • Oleg Markov (born 1996), Australian rules footballer
  • Olga Markova (athlete) (born 1968), Russian long-distance runner
  • Olga Markova (figure skater) (born 1974), Russian figure skater

Other fields

  • Georgi Markov (1929–1978), Bulgarian dissident writer assassinated in London
  • Philip Markoff (1986–2010), defendant in a murder case known as the "Craigslist killing"
  • Sergey Markov (1878–1918), Russian army general, anti-Bolshevik during Soviet civil war
  • Walterina Markova (Walter Dempster), Philippine drag queen and World War II sex slave

Fictional characters

  • Brion Markov, name of comic book character Geo-Force
  • Tara Markov, name of comic book character Terra
  • Frantisek Markov, Dungeons & Dragons character
  • Sorin Markov, character from Magic: The Gathering storyline
  • Ronan Markov, book character from The Darkest Temptation

See also

  • Eufrosina Dvoichenko-Markov, Soviet KGB spy in New York City during World War II
  • Markov (crater), lunar impact crater that is located in the northwestern part of the Moon's near side
  • 27514 Markov, a main-belt asteroid named after Andrey A. Markov
  • Markov chain, a mathematical process useful for statistical modeling
  • Markov random field, a set of random variables having a Markov property described by an undirected graph
  • Markov's inequality, a probabilistic upper bound
  • Markovian (disambiguation)
  • Markovo (disambiguation)
  • Marković
  • Markovich
  • Markovits
  • Markovski
  • Markovsky
  • Marko (surname)