Kuznetsov

Kuznetsov, Kuznyetsov, or Kuznetsoff (masculine, Template:Lang-ru) or Kuznetsova (feminine, Template:Lang-ru) is the third most common Russian surname, an equivalent of the English "Smith" (derived from a Russian word kuznets that means blacksmith).

People with the surname Kuznetsov

People in culture

• Aleksandr Kuznetsov (disambiguation), several people
• Anatoly Borisovich Kuznetsov (b. 1930), Soviet/Russian actor
• Anatoly Vasilievich Kuznetsov (1929–1979), Soviet writer, author of Babi Yar
• I. Kuznetsov, Russian soloist with the Alexandrov Ensemble
• Ivan Sergeyevich Kuznetsov (1867–1942), Russian architect
• Lyubov Kuznetsova (1928), Russian calligrapher
• Maria Kuznetsova (1880–1966), Russian opera singer
• Pavel Varfolomevich Kuznetsov (1878–1968), Russian painter
• Andy Kusnetzoff (1970), Argentine TV & Radio personality

People in sports

• Alex Kuznetsov (b. 1987), Ukrainian-American male tennis player
• Aleksey Kuznetsov (1929–2003), Soviet cross-county skier
• Aleksei Yuryevich Kuznetsov (b. 1984), Russian footballer
• Andrey Kuznetsov (b.1991), Russian male tennis player
• Artur Kuznetsov (b. 1972), Russian footballer
• Dmitri Kuznetsov (b. 1965), Russian former footballer and he has served famous club RCD Espanyol in Spain.
• Evgeny Kuznetsov (b. 1992), Russian ice hockey player
• Mikhail Kuznetsov (figure skater) (b. 1988), Russian figure skater
• Mikhail Kuznetsov (triathlete) (b. 1971), Kazakhstani triathlete
• Oleh Kuznetsov (b. 1963), Ukrainian footballer and manager
• Serhiy Kuznetsov, (b. 1979), Belorussian footballer
• Serhiy Kuznetsov (footballer born 1982), Ukrainian footballer
• Svetlana Kuznetsova (b. 1985), Russian female tennis player
• Vasili Kuznetsov (athlete) (1932–2001), Soviet decathlete
• Vasili Kuznetsov (footballer) (b. 1978), Russian footballer
• Viktor Kuznyetsov (athlete) (b. 1986), Ukrainian athlete
• Viktor Kuznetsov (footballer) (b. 1949), Soviet international footballer
• Viktor Kuznetsov (swimmer) (b. 1961), Soviet backstroke swimmer
• Vitali Kuznetsov (footballer) (b. 1986), Russian footballer
• Vitali Kuznetsov (judo) (b. 1941), Soviet judoka
• Yelena Kuznetsova (b. 1977), Kazakhstani race walker

People in politics

• Alexey Kuznetsov (1905–1950), Soviet politician
• Eduard Kuznetsov (1939), Jewish Soviet dissident and human rights activist
• Vasili Kuznetsov (politician) (1901–1990), Soviet politician
• Vyacheslav Nikolayevich Kuznetsov, Belarusian politician

In other areas

• Boris Abramovich Kuznetsov (1935), a prominent Russian lawyer
• Fyodor Kuznetsov (1898–1961), a military commander of the Soviet Union
• Nikolai Gerasimovich Kuznetsov (1904–1974), a Soviet Admiral of the Fleet
• Nikolai Dmitriyevich Kuznetsov (1911–1995), a prominent Soviet aerospace engineer and the chief of the Kuznetsov Design Bureau
• Pyotr Kuznetsov (1964), a Russian religious leader

See also

• Kuznetsov Design Bureau, a Soviet/Russian aircraft engine design bureau
• Admiral Kuznetsov class aircraft carrier
  • Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov, the only completed ship of this class
• 2233 Kuznetsov, an asteroid named for Nikolai Ivanovich Kuznetsov (1911 – 1944), a Russian partisan fighter of World War II, and a Hero of the Soviet Union.