Shevchenko

For other uses, see Shevchenko (disambiguation).

Shevchenko (Ukrainian: Шевчéнко [ʃeu̯ˈtʃɛnko]; alternative spellings Schevchenko, Ševčenko, Shevcenko, Szewczenko, Chevchenko) is a family name of Ukrainian origin. It is derived from the Ukrainian word shvets (Ukrainian: швець [ʃʋɛt͡sʲ] and Czech: švec), literally meaning "cobbler or shoemaker", and the suffix -enko, denoting Ukrainian descent. It is somewhat equivalent to occupational surnames: French: Cordonnier, Italian: Crispino, Spanish: Zapatero, German: Schumacher, Schumann, Schubert, and English: Shoemaker, Shoesmith, also Laster.

People

Shevchenko

• Alexander Shevchenko (disambiguation), multiple individuals
• Aleksandr Shevchenko (1883–1948), Ukrainian modernist painter and sculptor
• Alexandra Shevchenko (born 1988), Ukrainian feminist
• Andrey Anatolyevich Shevchenko, Russian politician
• Andriy Shevchenko (born 1976), Ukrainian football player and manager
• Andriy Shevchenko (politician) (born 1976), Ukrainian journalist and politician
• Anna Shevchenko (born 1993), Kazakhstani cross-country skier
• Antonina Shevchenko (born 1984), Kyrgyzstani/Peruvian martial artist
• Arkady Shevchenko (1930–1998), Ukrainian Soviet diplomat and defector
• Artem Shevchenko (born 1977), Ukrainian TV journalist and manager
• Christine Shevchenko (born 1988), Ukrainian-American ballet dancer
• Daryna Shevchenko (journalist)
• Denys Shevchenko (born 2003), Ukrainian footballer
• Dmitriy Shevchenko (disambiguation), multiple individuals
• Eduard Shevchenko (born 1977), Ukrainian soldier
• Igor Shevchenko (disambiguation), multiple individuals
• Ihor Shevchenko (born 1971), Ukrainian politician
• Inna Shevchenko (born 1990), Ukrainian feminist
• Irina Shevchenko (born 1975), Russian hurdler
• Kirill Shevchenko (born 2002), Ukrainian chess grandmaster
• Leonid Shevchenko (1932–2017), Soviet and Russian footballer and football coach
• Lyudmyla Shevchenko (born 1970), Ukrainian team handball player
• Maksim Shevchenko (disambiguation), multiple individuals
• Mykyta Shevchenko (born 1993), Ukrainian football goalkeeper
• Oleksandr Shevchenko (disambiguation), multiple individuals
• Oleksandr Shevchenko (1937–2016), Ukrainian scientist, jurist, politician
• Oleksiy Shevchenko (born 1992), Ukrainian footballer
• Olga Shevchenko (born 1979), Russian ski-orienteering competitor
• Serhiy Shevchenko (disambiguation), multiple individuals
• Serhiy Shevchenko (1908–200?), Ukrainian politician and diplomat
• Sofia Shevchenko (born 2001), Russian ice dancer
• Taras Shevchenko (1814–1861), Ukrainian poet and artist
• Valentina Shevchenko (born 1988), Kyrgyzstani-Peruvian mixed martial artist
• Valentyna Shevchenko (disambiguation), multiple individuals
• Vasyl Shevchenko (1888–1964), Ukrainian bandurist
• Vasilij Shevchenko (born 1960), Ukrainian astronomer
• Vitaliy Shevchenko (born 1951), Russian footballer
• Vitaly Shevchenko, BBC journalist
• Vladislav Shevchenko (born 1940), Russian astronomer
• Vyacheslav Shevchenko (born 1985), Ukrainian footballer
• Yegor Shevchenko (born 1978), Russian footballer
• Yelena Shevchenko (gymnast) (born 1971), Soviet artistic gymnast
• Yevhen Shevchenko (born 1987), Ukrainian footballer

Other forms

• Ihor Ševčenko (1922–2009), American philologist and historian
• Tanja Szewczenko (born 1977), German figure skater

See also

• All pages with titles containing Shevchenko
• Neko Case (originally Shevchenko)
• Shevchuk, a Ukrainian cognate
• Shvets, a Ukrainian cognate
• Švec, a Czech cognate
• Szewczyk, a Polish cognate