Doctor Zhivago is named for someone.
Doctor Zhivago ( До́ктор Жива́го , Doktor Zhivago [ ˈdoktər ʐɨˈvaɡə ] ) is a novel by Boris Pasternak , first published in 1957 in Italy . The novel is named after its protagonist , Yuri Zhivago , a physician and poet , and takes place between the Russian Revolution of 1905 and the Civil War .