7 most famous Ivanovs of modern Russia

Today, August 10, people named Ivan are celebrating their name day. This name became a household name when designating a Russian person, and the famous Ivans played a significant role in the history of the country - Grozny, Susanin, the first printer Fedorov and many others.

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1. Ivan Urgant

Our rating is headed by the famous showman Ivan Urgant - a man of numerous talents and virtues. It quite deservedly takes the first place, because for many years a real Urgantomania has been going on in Russia. And such a mania is quite understandable, because Ivan is the most sought-after TV presenter, hereditary actor, multi-instrumentalist musician, restaurateur and even a photographer (albeit an amateur). Among other things, Hurricane is known for his sharp tongue - in terms of the number of witticisms per second of air time, he is the absolute champion.

He received an acting education at the St. Petersburg Academy of Theater Arts, but after receiving his diploma he did not pursue a theatrical career, but went to work first on radio and then on television in St. Petersburg. After moving to Moscow, Ivan's career rapidly went uphill: first he worked on Russian Radio, and then on Hit-FM, later in 2001 he appeared on Moscow television, on the MTV channel, and since 2005 on the First . For 14 years of work on television, he was the host of dozens of television programs. Now he is a TV presenter in the programs "Smak" and "Evening Urgant". Played in dozens of films. Engaged in music under the pseudonym Grisha Urgant.

2. Ivan Okhlobystin

Ivan Okhlobystin, aka Ivan Alien and Leopold Luxurious, aka Father John, aka Doctor Bykov, aka a father of many children, as well as an actor, director, screenwriter, playwright, journalist and writer.

Ivan Ivanovich was born in 1966 in an unusual family - his father was a 60-year-old military doctor, his mother was a 20-year-old economics student. After leaving school, he entered VGIK, which he graduated in 1992, having managed to quit his studies by that time, serve in the army, recover at the institute and star in his first film, Leg, 1991. Until 2001, he acted in films a lot ("Down House", "DMB", "8 1/2 $", "Mother, Do not Cry" and many others), wrote scripts, but after he was ordained a priest, he stopped filming. During his service as a priest, which lasted six years, he continued to write scripts, published a book, and hosted a radio program. However, in 2007, he returned to the cinema, which Okhlobystin himself explained by the fact that his family did not have enough money. At the same time, Ivan is the father of six children, and in two years he and his wife will celebrate the twentieth anniversary of their marriage.

Total all-Russian fame came to Okhlobystin in 2010, after he began playing the colorful doctor Bykov in the television series Interns.

The movie performance of a man who occupies the priesthood caused a lot of controversy, especially after Okhlobystin played the controversial role of a jester in the film "Tsar". In 2010, at the request of Okhlobystin himself, Patriarch Kirill temporarily removed him from service due to "internal contradictions." At the same time, the Patriarch noted that if Priest John Okhlobystin makes a “final and unequivocal choice in favor of pastoral service,” then his temporary ban on service can be lifted.

Ivan was also noticed in politics - in 2011 he was going to run for president, although he is a staunch monarchist.

3. Ivan Dorn

24-year-old Ivan Dorn is a singer, DJ and TV presenter, a former member of the Para Normalny group, who continues his solo career.

Born in Chelyabinsk. In 1990 he moved to Slavutych in connection with his father's work at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Later, Ivan's parents divorced, and he changed his father's surname 'Eremin' to his mother's 'Dorn'. From early childhood, Ivan showed a penchant for music and singing - at the age of 6, the boy already sang at the festival 'Golden Autumn of Slavutych'.

In 2006, Dorn became a student at the Faculty of Cinematography of the Karpenko-Kary Kyiv University of Theatre, Film and Television. Soon he began working as a host on the Ukrainian channel M1. In 2007, together with Anya Dobrydneva, he created the duet 'Pair of Normals'. In 2008, the band's debut album 'I'll come up with a happy end' was released. The group's song turned out to be a hit on the radio - 'Pair of Normal' hit the top ten songs of Russian radio.

Since 2010, Ivan Dorn began his solo career, releasing his own songs, including "Stytsamen", "Curlers", "Northern Lights", "Especially" and others. In May 2012, the official presentation of the first solo album Co'N'Dorn took place. He was nominated for the MuzTV-2012 award in the Breakthrough of the Year category, and was also nominated in three categories for the 2012 Steppenwolf award.

In the spring of 2012, Dorn received several positive reviews in the Russian press. They wrote about him as "the new undisputed star of the local pop music", called him "the best performer of Russian-language mass pop music in the world." In April 2013, Dorn's song "Stytsamen" was included in the list of "One Hundred Songs That Changed Our Lives", compiled by observers from the Moscow website of TimeOut magazine.

4. Ivan Alekseev

Ivan Alekseev, better known by his stage name Noize MC, is a Russian musician, rapper, composer and actor. Gained fame thanks to the numerous Lo-Fi compositions posted by the musician on the Internet over the years of his creative activity. The music of Noize MC combines features of several styles. The artist himself described his work as "modern urban music at the intersection of hip-hop, punk, reggae and breakbeat."

In the work of Ivan Alekseev, a social theme is clearly traced, many of his songs, such as: “Mercedes S666”, “Smoke bamboo”, “Moscow is not rubber”, “Our movement”, “Heroin fest”, “10 days” - are a reaction the author on significant social problems.

Noize MC played one of the main roles in the movie Prank, which premiered in May 2008. In 2010, Ivan had a son, Vasily, and in 2012, another son, Mikhail.

5. Ivan Vyrypaev

Ivan Vyrypaev is a Russian playwright, actor, director, and artistic director of the Praktika Theatre. Known for such films as "Euphoria", "Oxygen", "Dance of Delhi".

In 1995 he graduated from the acting department of the Irkutsk Theater School. As an actor, he worked at the Magadan Drama Theater and the Drama and Comedy Theater in Kamchatka. In 1998, he founded the theater-studio "Space of the Game" in Irkutsk. He taught acting at the Irkutsk Theater School. Since 2001, he has been participating in the work of the center of the new play "Teatr.doc", and since 2005 - the theater "Practika". Author of numerous screenplays (“Another District”, “Bunker”, “Antonina Looked Back”, “Bucharest 68”, co-authored “Bumer-2”), plays (“July”, “Genesis No. 2”, “Oxygen”, “ Valentine's Day", "The City Where I Am", "Dreams"), the book "13 Texts Written in Autumn". In 2006, according to his own script, he shot the film "Euphoria". Ivan Vyrypaev has been awarded the Golden Mask National Theater Award, the Presidential Council Award For Contribution to Russian Literature, the Triumph Award, and several awards at international theater festivals.

6. Ivan Yankovsky

23-year-old Ivan Yankovsky is the successor of the famous domestic film dynasty. His grandfather, Oleg Yankovsky, is an outstanding film and theater actor, beloved by millions of viewers. Father, Philip Yankovsky, is known as a film director, and mother, Oksana Fandera, is a popular film actress. In a word, Ivan's fate was sealed...

At the end of school, Ivan Yankovsky was going to enter the directing department of the Moscow International Film School. However, he is not going to limit himself to directing in the future, since the acting path is also very interesting to him. Ivan has already demonstrated his outstanding acting skills in the films Come See Me and Indigo.

7. Ivan Zhidkov

Theater and film actor Ivan Zhidkov was born in Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg). In 2004 he graduated from the Moscow Art Theater School (course of E. B. Kamenkovich). From 2004 to 2007, he was an actor at the Studio Theater directed by Oleg Tabakov, where he made his debut as Peter in Maxim Gorky's play The Last, and the A.P. Chekhov Moscow Art Theater - on this stage, Dmitry made his debut in the play Yu based on the play by Olga Mukhina. He starred in a number of films, including "Black Lightning", in which the actor played a major role. Married to actress Tatyana Arntgolts.