Putin (surname)

Putin (Russian: Путин) is a masculine Russian surname. Its feminine counterpart is Putina (Russian: Путина). Notable people with the surname include: Igor Putin (born 1953), a Russian businessman and politician, cousin of Vladimir Putin Lyudmila Putina (born 1958), the former wife of Vladimir Putin Maria Putina (born 1985), a Russian pediatric endocrinologist Roman Putin (born 1977), a Russian businessman and politician, nephew of Vladimir Putin Spiridon Putin (1879–1965), a Russian chef who was the personal cook of Lenin and Stalin, paternal grandfather of Vladimir Putin Vera Putina (1926–2023), a woman who claimed to be Vladimir Putin's mother Vladimir Putin (born 1952), President of Russia from 2000 to 2008 and from 2012–present, Prime Minister of Russia from 1999 to 2000 and 2008 to 2012