# Novikov

Novikov, Novikoff (masculine, Russian: Новиков) or Novikova (feminine, Russian: Новикова) is one of the most common Russian surnames. Derived from novik - a teenager on military service who comes from a noble, boyar or cossack family in Russia of 16th-18th centuries. It may refer to:

## Novikov

* Alexei Novikov (1916–1986), Soviet pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union
* Alexey Novikov (painter) (b. 1931), Russian painter
* Alexey Novikov-Priboy (1877–1944), Russian writer
* Alexander Novikov (1900–1976), Russian Marshal of Aviation, Double Hero of the Soviet Union
* Alexander Novikov (mathematician), mathematician known for his work on stochastic processes
* Alexander Vasilievich Novikov (b. 1953) (ru) - singer-songwriter
* Anatoliy Novikov (1947–2022), Ukrainian judoka
* Anatoly Novikov (composer) (1896–1984), Russian composer
* Andrey Novikov (1889–1941), Russian writer
* Andriy Novikov (b. 1999), Ukrainian football player
* Arkady Novikov (b. 1962), Russian restaurateur
* Artem Novikov (b. 1987), Kyrgyzstani politician
* Boris Novikov (sportsman) (1909–1989), Russian sportsman and trainer
* Boris Novikov (1925–1997), Soviet actor
* Dennis Novikov (b. 1993), American tennis player
* Dmitry Novikov (b. 1969), Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
* Evgeny Novikov (b. 1990), Russian rally driver
* Ignatiy Novikov (1907–?), Soviet statesman
* Igor Novikov (painter) (b. 1961), Swiss-Russian painter Soviet Nonconformist Art, Switzerland
* Igor Novikov (chess player) (b. 1962), Ukrainian then U.S. chess grandmaster
* Igor Alexandrovich Novikov (1929–2007), Russian sportsman and trainer; former biathlon champion
* Igor Dmitriyevich Novikov (b. 1935), Russian theoretical astrophysicist and cosmologist
** Novikov self-consistency principle, principle to solve the problems of paradoxes in time travel, developed by him
* Ilya Novikov, (b. 1982), Russian jurist
* Ivan Novikov (1879–?), Russian novelist, playwright, and poet
* Ivan Alexeyevich Novikov (1877–1959), Russian writer
* Ivan Ivanovich Novikov (1916–2014), Russian scientist
* Jevgeni Novikov (b. 1980), Estonian footballer
* Konstantin Novikov (1919–1958), Soviet pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union
* Nikita Novikov (ice hockey) (b. 2003), Russian ice hockey player
* Nikolai Vasilevich Novikov (1903–1989), Soviet ambassador to the United States
* Nikolay Ivanovich Novikov (1744–1818), Russian writer and philanthropist
* Nikolay Vasilyevich Novikov (1880–1957), Russian historian
* Oleg Novikov [ru] (b. 1968), general director of Eksmo
* Oleksandr Novikov (b. 1982), Ukrainian politician and law enforcement officer
* Oleksii Novikov (b. 1996), Ukrainian strongman and winner of World's Strongest Man
* Pyotr Novikov (1901–1975), Russian mathematician
* Sergei Novikov (mathematician) (1938–2024), Russian mathematician, son of Pyotr
** Novikov conjecture, an unsolved problem in topology named for him
* Sergei Borisovich Novikov (b. 1961), Soviet footballer
* Sergei Valentinovich Novikov (b. 1979), Belarusian biathlete
* Sergei Novikov (cross-country skier), Russian cross-country skier
* Stepan Novikov, Russian grenadier who saved Surorov from a Turkish warrior in the Battle of Kinburn
* Tanel-Eiko Novikov, Estonian percussionist
* Vasily Loginovich Novikov (1915–1941), Soviet pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union
* Vasily Mikhailovich Novikov (1910–1979), Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
* Viktor Novikov (military officer) (1913–1941), Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
* Viktor Novikov (footballer) (1912–1970), Soviet footballer and team manager
* Viktor Novikov (1905–1979), Russian Jesuit priest and Catholic bishop
* Vitali Novikov, Russian ice dancer.
* Vladimir Novikov (disambiguation), multiple people
* Vladimir Stepanovich Novikov (b. 1922), Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
* Yakov Novikov [ru] (also Jacques Novicow) (1849–1912), sociologist
* Yegor Novikov (1915–1941), Soviet pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union
* Yuri Novikov (b. 1972), Kazakh footballer

## Novikoff

* Alex Benjamin Novikoff (1913–1987), Russian-born, American biologist
* Ivan Novikoff (1899–2002), Russian-born ballet master
* Laurent Novikoff (1888–1956)
* Olga Novikoff (1840s–1925), Russian author
* Tyrone Novikoff, American football player

## Novikova

* Anastasiya Novikova (1980-2004), NTK television announcer in Kazakhstan
* Anastasiya Novikova (footballer) (born 1998), Belarusian footballer
* Elena Novikova (born 1984), Ukrainian road cyclist
* Irina B. Novikova (born 1975), Russian-American physicist
* Ksenia Novikova (born 1980), Russian singer, actress, songwriter
* Olesya Novikova, Russian ballet dancer
* Yuliya Novikova (born 1973), Russian film and stage actress