Pavlov and its feminine form Pavlova are common Russian (Па́влов, Па́влова) and Bulgarian surnames. Their Ukrainian variant is Pavliv. All stem from Christian name Paul (Russian: Pavel; Ukrainian: Pavlo). Notable peiople with the name Pavlov or Pavlova include:

• Sergey A. Pavlov (born 1958), Russian actor, director
• Viktor Pavlov (1940–2006), Soviet/Russian actor

• Karolina Pavlova, Russian writer
• Nikolai Pavlov, Russian writer
• Oleg Pavlov (1970–2018), Russian writer
• Vera Pavlova, Russian writer

• Alla Pavlova (born 1952), Russian composer
• Dmitri Pavlov (composer) (born 1959), Russian composer
• Petya Pavlova, Bulgarian singer

• Anelia Pavlova (born 1956), Bulgarian-born Australian artist
• Anna Pavlova (1881–1931), Russian ballet dancer
• Anna Pavlova (gymnast) (born 1987), Russian artistic gymnast

• The Contesa Pavlova, fictional character in the film Buenos Aires me mata

• Aleksandr Pavlov (politician), Kazakhstani politician, economist, financier and banker
• Jo Pavlov, Green Party Candidate, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
• Sergei Pavlov - Soviet politician
• Valentin Pavlov, Prime Minister of the Soviet Union
• Vladimir Pavlov (politician, born 1956), Russian politician
• Vladimir Pavlov (politician, born 1976), Russian politician

• Dmitry Pavlov (general) (1897–1941), Soviet general
• Yakov Pavlov (1917–1981), Soviet platoon commander

• Alexei Petrovich Pavlov (1854–1929), Russian geologist and paleontologist
• Ivan Pavlov (1849–1936), Nobel Prize–winning Russian physiologist noted for his classical conditioning experiments with dogs
• Maria Pavlova (1854–1938), Russian paleontologist
• Mikhail Grigoryevich Pavlov (1793–1840), Russian philosopher and scientist
• Nina Pavlova (1897–1973), Russian botanist

• Alyaksandr Pawlaw (born 1984), Belarusian international footballer
• Sergei Aleksandrovich Pavlov (born 1955), Russian football manager
• Yevhen Pavlov (born 1991), Ukrainian footballer

• Igor Pavlov (athlete) (born 1979), Russian pole vaulter
• Pavel Pavlov (athlete) (1952–2004), Bulgarian sprinter
• Pepa Pavlova, Bulgarian sprinter

• Aleksandr Pavlov (wrestler) (born 1973), Belarusian wrestler
• Alexander Pavlov (figure skater), Australian figure skater
• Anna Pavlova (gymnast) (born 1987), Russian artistic gymnast
• Igor Pavlov (ice hockey player) (born 1965), Latvian ice hockey player, ice hockey coach in Germany
• Ivan Pavlov (figure skater), Ukrainian figure skater
• Mircea Pavlov (born 1937), Romanian chess master
• Pavel Pavlov (wrestler) (born 1953), Bulgarian wrestler
• Serhii Pavlov (born 1997), Ukrainian basketball player
• Yelena Pavlova, Kazakhstani volleyball player

• Cyril Pavlov (1919–2017), Russian Orthodox hieromonk and archimandrite, confessor of Russian patriarchs
• Igor Pavlov (programmer), Russian freelance programmer, creator of 7-zip
• Iliya Pavlov (1960–2003), Bulgarian businessman
• Mikhail Pavlov (disambiguation)
• Nikolay Pavlov (disambiguation)

• Pavlov (disambiguation)
• Pavlova (disambiguation)
• Muriel Pavlow, British actress