Kuznetsov

Kuznetsov, Kuznyetsov, Kuznetsoff, or Kouznetsov (masculine, Russian: Кузнецо́в) or Kuznetsova (feminine, Russian: Кузнецо́ва) 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
• Lyubov Kuznetsova (1928), Russian calligrapher
• Maria Kouznetsova (violinist) (1991—), Russian violinist
• Maria Nikolaevna Kuznetsova (1880–1966), Russian opera singer
• Nikolai Dmitriyevich Kuznetsov (1850-1929), Ukrainian portrait painter
• Pavel Varfolomevich Kuznetsov (1878–1968), Russian painter
• Andy Kusnetzoff (1970), Argentine TV and radio personality

In sports

• Alex Kuznetsov (born 1987), Ukrainian-American male tennis player
• Aleksey Kuznetsov (disambiguation), several people
• Aleksei Yuryevich Kuznetsov (born 1984), Russian footballer
• 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
• Dmitri Kuznetsov (footballer born 1991), Russian football striker for FC Nosta Novotroitsk
• Evgeny Kuznetsov (born 1992), Russian ice hockey player
• Galyna Kuznetsova (born 1960), Ukrainian Paralympic volleyball player
• Mikhail Kuznetsov (figure skater) (born 1988), Russian figure skater
• Mikhail Kuznetsov (triathlete) (born 1971), Kazakhstani triathlete
• Nataliya Kuznetsova (born 1991), Russian powerlifter and bodybuilder
• Oleh Kuznetsov (born 1963), Ukrainian footballer and manager
• Syarhey Kuznyatsow, (born 1979), Belorussian footballer
• Serhiy Kuznetsov (footballer born 1982), Ukrainian footballer
• Svetlana Kuznetsova (born 1985), Russian female tennis player
• 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) (born 1941), Soviet judoka
• Yelena Kuznetsova (born 1977), Kazakhstani race walker

In politics

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

In other areas

• Boris Kuznetsov (scientist), a Russian scientist and writer
• Boris Kuznetsov (lawyer) (1944), a prominent Russian lawyer
• Fyodor Kuznetsov (1898–1961), a military commander of the Soviet Union
• Nikolai Dmitriyevich Kuznetsov (1911–1995), a prominent Soviet aerospace engineer and the chief of the Kuznetsov Design Bureau
• Nikolai Gerasimovich Kuznetsov (1904–1974), an Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union
• Nikolai Ivanovich Kuznetsov (1911–1944), Soviet intelligence agent who operated in Nazi-occupied Ukraine
• Nikolai Yakovlevich Kuznetsov (1873-1948), a Russian entomologist, paleoentomologist and physiologist
• Pyotr Kuznetsov (1964), a Russian religious leader
• Yuri A. Kuznetsov, a mathematician

Women

• Lyubov Kuznetsova (born 1928), a Russian calligrapher and font designer
• Maria Nikolaevna Kuznetsova (1880–1966), a Russian Empire and Soviet opera singer and dancer
• Olga Kuznetsova (born 1967), a Russian middle distance runner
• Svetlana Kuznetsova (born 1985), a Russian tennis player
• Tatyana Kuznetsova (born 1941), a Soviet former cosmonaut
• Yelena Kuznetsova, a race walker from Kazakhstan
• Yevgeniya 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, the only completed ship of this class
• 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