Kuznetsov

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

Men

Artists and entertainers

• Aleksandr Kuznetsov (disambiguation), several people
• Anatoly Borisovich Kuznetsov (1930–2014), 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
• Mikhail Kuznetsov (actor) (1918–1986), Soviet actor
• Nikolai Dmitriyevich Kuznetsov (1850–1929), Ukrainian portrait painter
• Pavel Varfolomevich Kuznetsov (1878–1968), Russian painter
• Sergey Kuznetsov, (born 1966), Russian writer
• Yury Kuznetsov, (born 1946), Russian actor
• Andy Kusnetzoff (born 1970), Argentine TV and radio personality

In sports

• Alex Kuznetsov (born 1987), Ukrainian-American male tennis player
• Aleksey Kuznetsov (disambiguation), several people
• Andrey Kuznetsov (born 1991), Russian male tennis player
• Artur Kuznetsov (Russian footballer) (born 1972)
• Artur Kuznetsov (Ukrainian footballer) (born 1995)
• Dmitri Kuznetsov (footballer born 1965), association football coach and former player
• Dmitri Anatolyevich Kuznetsov (born 1972), retired Russian footballer
• Evgeny Kuznetsov (born 1992), Russian ice hockey player
• Maxim Kuznetsov (born 1977), Russian ice hockey player
• Mikhail Kuznetsov (figure skater) (born 1988), Russian figure skater
• Mikhail Kuznetsov (triathlete) (born 1971), Kazakhstani triathlete
• Oleh Kuznetsov (born 1963), Ukrainian footballer and manager
• Pavel Kuznetsov (weightlifter), (born 1961), Russian weightlifter
• Syarhey Kuznyatsow, (born 1979), Belorussian footballer
• Serhiy Kuznetsov (footballer born 1982), Ukrainian footballer
• Vasili Kuznetsov (athlete) (1932–2001), Soviet decathlete
• Vasili Kuznetsov (footballer) (born 1978), Russian footballer
• Viktor Kuznyetsov (athlete) (born 1986), Ukrainian athlete
• Viktor Kuznetsov (footballer, born 1949) (born 1949), Soviet international footballer
• Viktor Kuznetsov (swimmer) (born 1961), Soviet backstroke swimmer
• Vitali Kuznetsov (footballer) (born 1986), Russian footballer
• Vitali Kuznetsov (judoka) (1941–2011), Soviet judoka

In politics

• Alexey Kuznetsov (1905–1950), Soviet politician
• Eduard Kuznetsov (born 1939), Jewish Soviet dissident and human rights activist
• Vasili Kuznetsov (politician) (1901–1990), Soviet politician
• Vyacheslav Nikolayevich Kuznetsov (born 1947), Belarusian politician

In the military

• Fyodor Kuznetsov (1898–1961), Soviet military leader
• Nikolai Gerasimovich Kuznetsov (1904–1974), Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union
• Nikolai Ivanovich Kuznetsov (1911–1944), Soviet intelligence agent and partisan
• Vasily Kuznetsov (general) (1894–1964), Soviet military leader and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Yuri Viktorovich Kuznetsov (1946–2020), Soviet military leader and Hero of the Soviet Union

In science and engineering

• Alexander Kuznetsov (mathematician) (born 1973), Russian mathematician
• Nikolai Dmitriyevich Kuznetsov (1911–1995), Soviet aerospace engineer and the chief of the Kuznetsov Design Bureau
• Nikolai Yakovlevich Kuznetsov (1873–1948), Russian entomologist, paleoentomologist and physiologist
• Nikolay V. Kuznetsov (born 1979), Russian scientist, specialist in nonlinear dynamics and control theory
• Yuri A. Kuznetsov, Russian-American mathematician

In other areas

• Boris Kuznetsov (lawyer) (born 1944), Russian lawyer
• Pyotr Kuznetsov (born 1964), Russian religious leader

Women

• Anna Kuznetsova (born 1982), a Russian human rights activist
• Galyna Kuznetsova (born 1960), Ukrainian Paralympic volleyball player
• Lyubov Kuznetsova (born 1928), a Russian calligrapher and font designer
• Maria Kouznetsova (violinist) (born 1991), Russian violinist
• Maria Nikolaevna Kuznetsova (1880–1966), a Russian Empire and Soviet opera singer and dancer
• Nataliya Kuznetsova (born 1991), Russian powerlifter and bodybuilder
• Olga Kuznetsova (born 1967), a Russian middle distance runner
• Svetlana Kuznetsova (born 1985), a Russian tennis player
• Tatyana Kuznetsova (1941–2018), a Soviet former cosmonaut
• Yelena Kuznetsova (born 1977), Kazakhstani race walker
• Evgeniya Kuznetsova (born 1980), a former Olympic gymnast who competed for Russia and later Bulgaria

See also

• Kuznetsov Design Bureau, a Soviet/Russian aircraft engine design bureau
• Admiral Kuznetsov class aircraft carrier
  • Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov
• 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
• Kuznetsk Basin, massive Russian coal mining region in southwestern Siberia
• Leninsk-Kuznetsky, a city in the Kuznetsk Basin in Russia
• Novokuznetsk, the most populous city in the Kemerovo Oblast (Russian: Ке́меровская о́бласть, Kemerovskaya oblast), also known as Kuzbass (Кузба́сс) which is a portmanteau for the Kuznetsk (Kuz) Basin (bass)
• Leninsk-Kuznetsky District, an administrative district in the Kemerovo Oblast, Russia, which lies in the Kuznetsk Basin