Famous People with Name Pavel

Pavel Lisitsian            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Pavel Lisitsian: was an outstanding Soviet baritone opera singer who performed in the Bolshoi Opera, Moscow from 1940 until his retirement from stage in 1966.

Pavel Petrovich Blonsky            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Pavel Petrovich Blonsky: was a Soviet psychologist who lived in the Ukraine until 1918. He introduced the behaviorist approach in Russian psychology (under the label "objective Marxist psychology"). During the 1930s he was severely criticized for his adherence to psychological te

Pavel Podkolzin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Pavel Podkolzin: is a Russian professional basketball player formerly in the NBA and the NBA Development League. He is a 2.26 m (7' 5"), 127 kg (280 lb) center.Podkolzin made his debut with Lokomotiv Novosibirsk, in the Russian second division, during the 2001-02 season. He moved to Italy in December 2001, signed by Metis Varese, for which he played from 2002 to 2004. He was selected by the Utah Jazz in the 2004 NBA Draft and promptly traded to the Dallas Mavericks for their first round pick in the 2005 NBA Draft (Utah later traded that pick to the Portland Trailblazers, which used the pick to draft Linas Kleiza). He was originally available for selection in the previous year's draft,

Pavel Stratan            Origin/Culture/Country: Romanian

Pavel Stratan: is a Moldovan rock singer born in the village of Niscani, Raionul Calarasi, Moldova (then in the USSR).In 1977, he played the guitar for the first time on stage, at school. In 1983, he wrote his first lyrics, while in 1996 he had his first real show-business experience as a sleight-of-hand artist.

Pavel Å Tepán            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Pavel ŠTepán: has linked up in his career with his family's musical tradition: He is the grandson of Professor Vilém Kurz, a prominent Czech piano educator, and the son of piano virtuoso and teacher Ilona Štepánová-Kurzová and musicologist/pianist Václav Štepán. His family maintained close personal contacts with the composer Josef Suk, and actually received instructions for the interpretation of his piano output from the composer himself. Pavel Štepán made his first public appearance at the age of sixteen, two years later to make his debut performance with the Czech Philharmonic (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No.24 in C minor K 491 ), playing under the baton of Rafael Kubelík.