Chernov
Appearance
Chernov (Russian: Чернов) is a Slavic surname formed from the Russian word Chyorny (Russian: Чёрный) meaning black. The feminine form of the surname is Chernova (or Tchernova). Some people with this name include:
- Alex Chernov (born 1938), an Australian judge, Chancellor of the University of Melbourne, and Governor of Victoria
- Alexander Chernov (1877–1963), a Soviet geologist, paleonthologist, and Hero of Socialist Labor
- Anatoly Chernov (1919–1953), a Soviet aircraft pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union
- Andrei Chernov (1966–2017), a Russian programmer, one of the founders of Runet and the creator of the KOI8-R character encoding
- Boris Chernov, designer of a series of light flying boats such as the Gidroplan Che-22 Korvet and the Chernov Che-25
- Dmitry Chernov (1839–1921), a Russian metallurgist
- Evgeniy Demitrievich Chernov, a Soviet admiral, former commander of Soviet submarine K-278 Komsomolets
- Georgy Chernov (April 21, 1906 – April 6, 2009) was a Russian geologist and Order "For Merit to the Fatherland"
- Matvei Chernov (1914–1944), a Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
- Mikhail Chernov, a Russian musician
- Mstyslav Chernov (born 1985), an Associated Press journalist and photographer
- Natalia Chernova, a Russian gymnast
- Tatyana Chernova (born 1988), a Russian heptathlete
- Viktor Chernov (1873–1952), the founder of Socialist-Revolutionary Party
- Vladimir Chernov, famous singer at The Metropolitan Opera