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
- 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
- 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
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