Ivan Petrovich Ivanov-Vano, born Ivanov, was a Soviet and Russian animation director, animator, screenwriter, educator, professor at Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (VGIK). One of the pioneers of the Soviet animation school, he is sometimes called the "Patriarch of Soviet animation". People's Artist of the USSR (1985).
Ivan Karpovych Tobilevych, known by his pseudonym Karpenko-Karyi, was a Ukrainian writer, playwright, actor, and erudite. He was designated as one of the luminaries of Ukrainian domestic theatre.
Ivan Vasilyevich Kireyevsky was a Russian literary critic and philosopher who, together with Aleksey Khomyakov, is credited as a co-founder of the Slavophile movement.
Ivan Kuzmich Kondratyev was a Russian Empire writer, playwright and poet. According to Ivan Belousov, Kondratyev was a member of Vasily Surikov's circle.