# 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

* Aleksandr Kuznetsov (disambiguation), several people
* Aleksey Kuznetsov (disambiguation), several people

### Artists and entertainers

* Aleksey Alekseevich Kuznetsov (born 1941), Soviet/Russian jazz guitarist and composer
* 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
* Yury Kuznetsov, (born 1946), Russian actor
* Andy Kusnetzoff (born 1970), Argentine TV and radio personality

### In sports

* Alex Kuznetsov (born 1987), Ukrainian-American male tennis player
* Andrey Kuznetsov (born 1991), Russian 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
* Evgeny Kuznetsov (diver) (born 1990), Russian diver
* 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
* Ruslan Kuznetsov (born 1980), Russian para-cyclist
* Pavel Kuznetsov (weightlifter), (born 1961), Russian weightlifter
* Syarhey Kuznyatsow, (born 1979), Belarusian footballer
* Serhiy Kuznetsov (footballer born 1982), Ukrainian footballer
* Sofya Kuznetsova [pt; it; ru], Russian volleyball 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) (1941–2011), Soviet judoka

### In politics

* Alexey Kuznetsov (1905–1950), Soviet politician
* Eduard Kuznetsov (dissident) (1939–2024), Jewish Soviet dissident and human rights activist
* Eduard Kuznetsov (politician) (born 1967), Russian politician
* 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
* Pavel Grigoryevich Kuznetsov (1901–1982), Soviet general
* 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
* Arseniy Kuznetsov (born 1979), Russian physicist
* Pobisk Kuznetsov (1924–2000), Soviet Russian philosopher and scientist
* 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
* Andrei Kuznetsov, oldest living Finn at the time of his death

## Women
### Artists and entertainers

* Agniya Kuznetsova (born 1985), Russian theatre and film actress
* Dina Kuznetsova, American lyric dramatic operatic soprano
* Lyubov Kuznetsova (born 1928), Russian calligrapher and font designer
* Maria Kouznetsova (violinist) (born 1991), Russian violinist
* Maria Kuznetsova (novelist), Ukrainian American novelist
* Mariya Kuznetsova (born 1950), Russian actress in 2001 film Taurus
* Mariya Kuznetsova (singer) (1880–1966), Russian opera singer and dancer
* Marina Kuznetsova (1925–1996), Soviet stage and film actress
* Vera Kuznetsova (1907–1994) was a Russian film actress

### In sports

* Alesya Kuznetsova (born 1992), Russian judoka
* Elena Kuznetsova (born 1982), Uzbekistani sport shooter
* Evgeniya Kuznetsova (born 1980), former Olympic gymnast who competed for Russia and later Bulgaria
* Galyna Kuznetsova (born 1960), Ukrainian Paralympic volleyball player
* Maria Kuznetsova (wrestler) (born 1997), Russian wrestler
* Nataliya Kuznetsova (born 1991), Russian powerlifter and bodybuilder
* Olga Kuznetsova (born 1967), Russian middle distance runner
* Olga Kuznetsova (sport shooter) (born 1968), Russian sport shooter
* Polina Kuznetsova (born 1987), Russian handball player
* Svetlana Kuznetsova (born 1985), Russian tennis player
* Svetlana Kuznetsova (basketball) (born 1965), Russian basketball player
* Svetlana Kuznetsova (cyclist) (born 1995), Russian cyclist
* Yelena Kuznetsova (born 1977), Kazakhstani race walker
* Yevgeniya Kuznetsova (athlete) (born 1936), Soviet athlete, competed in discus throwing in 1960 and 1964 Olympics

### In politics

* Anna Kuznetsova (born 1982), Russian human rights activist
* Irina Davydovna Kuznetsova (1923–?), Soviet-Latvian politician

### In business

* Inna Kuznetsova (born 1968), CEO of ToolsGroup

### In science and engineering

* Irina Levshakova (née Kuznetsova) (1959–2016), Soviet/Russian paleontologist and artist
* Valentina Kuznetsova (1937–2010), Soviet and Russian polar researcher and skier

### In the military

* Mariya Kuznetsova (pilot) (1918–1990), Soviet fighter pilot

### In other areas

* Nataliya Kuznetsova-Lobanova (1947–1998), a Russian diver
* Tatyana Kuznetsova (1941–2018), Soviet cosmonaut