Makarov (surname)

Makarov/Makarova (masculine/feminine) (Russian: Макаров/Макарова) is a Russian surname that is derived from the male given name Makar (in turn derived from the Greek name Macarius) and literally means Makar's. It is the 29th most common Russian surname.

The Coat of arms of Makarov was approved on the 25th of January 1801 by Empress Catherine II and Emperor Paul I.

Notable Makarovs

• Alexander Alexeyevich Makarov, Russian inventor in the field of mass spectrometry
• Alexander Alexandrovich Makarov, Imperial Russian politician
• Alexander Sergeyevich Makarov, Russian politician, mayor of the city of Tomsk, Russia
• Aleksandr Viktorovich Makarov, Russian soccer goalkeeper
• Aleksandr Vladimirovich Makarov, Russian soccer midfielder
• Aleksandr Makarov (athlete), Soviet Russian javelin thrower
• Alexei Makarov, Russian statesman
• Andrei Makarov (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Andrei Makarov (ice hockey, born 1964), Russian ice hockey forward who played with Ak Bars Kazan
  • Andrei Makarov (ice hockey, born 1966), Russian ice hockey forward who played with Metallurg Novokuznetsk
  • Andrey Makarov (ice hockey) (born 1993), Russian ice hockey goaltender
  • Andrey Makarov (racewalker) (born 1971), Belarusian race walker
• Antonina Makarova, Soviet executioner and Nazi collaborator
• Ekaterina Makarova, Russian tennis player
• Elena Makarova, Russian tennis player
• Igor Makarov (footballer, born 1961), Russian footballer with FC Lokomotiv Moscow, FC Shinnik Yaroslavl, FC Asmaral Moscow and FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi
• Igor Makarov (businessman) (born 1962), Russian businessman
• Igor Makarov (footballer, born 1970), Russian footballer with PFC CSKA Moscow, FC Fakel Voronezh, FC Baltika Kaliningrad and FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg
• Igor Makarov (ice hockey) (born 1987), Russian ice hockey player who was drafted by the Chicago Blackhawks
• Ihar Makarau, Belarusian judoka
• Ivan Makarov, Russian painter
• Kira Makarova, Estonian-American biologist
• Konstantin Makarov, Soviet Navy admiral
• Konstantin Makarov (ice hockey)
• Ksenia Makarova, Russian-American figure skater
• Natalia Makarova, Russian-American ballerina
• Nikolai Georgievich Makarov (born 1955), Russian mathematician
• Nikolay Makarov (disambiguation)
  • Nikolay Fyodorovich Makarov (1914–1988), Soviet firearms designer
  • Nikolay Makarov, Russian general, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
• Oleg Aleksandrovich Makarov, Soviet international footballer
• Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov, Russian cosmonaut
• Oleg Vitalyevich Makarov, Soviet figure skater
• Sergei Mikhaylovich Makarov, Soviet, NHL, and Olympic ice hockey forward
• Sergei Makarov (ice hockey, born 1964), Soviet ice hockey defenceman
• Sergey Makarov, Russian javelin thrower
• Stepan Makarov, Russian admiral
• Tamara Makarova, Soviet actress
• Tatyana Makarova, Soviet World War II pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Vladimir Makarov (1947–1979) a Soviet footballer.
• Vladimir Makarov, the primary antagonist in the video game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
• Michail Makarow, German bobsledder