Gleb (first name)
Gleb is a Russian , Belarusian and Ukrainian male given name . The old Russian name comes from the old Scandinavian name Guðleifr ("God's inheritance"). Despite its Nordic origin, the name has spread in the East Slavic area. The reason for this are the first canonized Russian saints Boris and Gleb . The day of remembrance of the saint is July 24 in the Catholic, Russian Orthodox, and Armenian Churches.
The name corresponds to the German Gottlieb .
Well-known namesake
- Gleb Weniaminowitsch Filschtinski (* 1970), Russian lighting designer
- Gleb Sergejewitsch Galperin (* 1985), Russian water diver
- Gleb Pavlovich Jakunin (1934–2014), Russian Orthodox priest and dissident
- Gleb Viktorovich Klimenko (* 1983), Russian ice hockey player
- Gleb Evgenjewitsch Kotelnikow (1872–1944), inventor of the backpack parachute
- Gleb Maximilianowitsch Krschischanowski (1872–1959), Russian revolutionary and Soviet politician
- Gleb Evgenjewitsch Losino-Losinski (1909–2001), Russian aerospace engineer
- Gleb Wladimirowitsch Nossowski (* 1958), Russian author
- Gleb Anatoljewitsch Panfilow (* 1934), Russian film director
- Gleb Olegowitsch Pawlowski (* 1951), Russian political scientist
- Gleb Olegowitsch Pissarewski (* 1976), Russian weightlifter
- Gleb Rahr (1922–2006), Russian journalist and church historian
- Gleb Sergejewitsch Retiwych (* 1991), Russian cross-country skier
- Gleb Nikolajewitsch Sachodjakin (1912–1982), Soviet chess composer
- Gleb Iwanowitsch Uspenski (1843–1902), Russian writer
- Gleb Wataghin (1899–1986), Italian-Ukrainian experimental particle physicist
Individual evidence
- ↑ Profile on www.heiligenlexikon.de (accessed on August 11, 2913)
- ↑ Name days on Kirchenweb.at (accessed on August 11, 2013)