# Smirnov

Smirnov (masculine, Russian: Смирнов) or Smirnova (feminine, Russian: Смирнова) is one of the two most common surnames in Russia. Smirnov (Russian: Смирнов) is derived from an adjectival nickname smirnyj (смирный; in archaic form smirnoy, смирной), meaning 'quiet, still, peaceful, gentle'.

## Smirnov

* Aleksandr Smirnov (disambiguation), multiple people
* Aleksandr Petrovich Smirnov (1877–1938), Russian old Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet statesman
* Alexei Smirnov (physicist) (born 1951), Russian particle physicist
* Alexey Smirnov (disambiguation), multiple people
* Anatoly Smirnov (disambiguation), multiple people
* Andrei Smirnov (disambiguation), multiple people
* Anton Smirnov (disambiguation), multiple people
* Artem Smirnov (tennis) (born 1988), Ukrainian tennis player
* Artyom Aleksandrovich Smirnov (born 1989), Russian footballer
* Boris Smirnov (disambiguation), multiple people
* Danila Smirnov (born 2001), Russian football player
* Daniil Smirnov, Russian Paralympic swimmer
* Denys Smirnov (born 1975), Ukrainian footballer
* Dmitry Smirnov (disambiguation), multiple people
* Eulogius (Smirnov) (1937–2020), Russian Orthodox prelate
* Evgeny Smirnov (born 1987), Ukrainian DJ and producer known by his stage name Omnia
* Gennady Mikhailovich Smirnov (1955–2000), Soviet footballer
* Grigory Sergeyevich Smirnov (born 1997), Russian competitive ice dancer
* Igor Smirnov (disambiguation), multiple people
* Ilya Smirnov (1887–1964), Soviet army general
* Ivan Smirnov (disambiguation), multiple people
* Karin Smirnov (1880–1973), Finnish Swedish author and daughter of August Strindberg
* Konstantin Smirnov (1854–1930), general of the Imperial Russian Army
* Konstantin Smirnov (military Orientalist) (1877–1938), military Orientalist of the Imperial Russian Army
* Leonid Smirnov (footballer) (1889–1980), Russian football player
* Leonid Smirnov (politician) (1916–2001), Soviet politician and engineer
* Lev Smirnov (1911–1986), Soviet statesman and jurist
* Maksim Smirnov (born 1979), Estonian football midfielder
* Mikhail Smirnov (disambiguation), multiple people
* Nikolai Smirnov (disambiguation), multiple people
* Oleg Smirnov (disambiguation), multiple people
* Pavel Smirnov (1882–1947), Russian chess player
* Pyotr Arsenievich Smirnov (1831–1898), Russian businessman, founder of the Smirnoff vodka brand
* Pyotr Smirnov (1897–1939), Soviet Commissar, Deputy Minister of Defense and Commander of the Soviet Navy
* Roman Smirnov (disambiguation), multiple people
* Sergey Smirnov (disambiguation), multiple people
* Stanislav Smirnov (born 1970), mathematician
* Valentin Smirnov (athlete) (born 1986), Russian middle distance runner
* Valentin Panteleimonovich Smirnov (born 1937), Russian nuclear fusion physicist
* Vasily Smirnov (disambiguation), multiple people
* Vitali Smirnov (born 1935), Russian member of the International Olympic Committee
* Vladimir Smirnov (disambiguation), multiple people
* Yanaki Smirnov (born 1992), Bulgarian footballer
* Yevhen Smirnov (born 1993), Ukrainian football midfielder
* Yuriy Smirnov (disambiguation), also Yuri Smirnov; multiple people

## Smirnova

* Alexandra Smirnova (1809–1882) Russian lady-in-waiting
* Galina Konstantinovna Smirnova (1910–1980), Russian composer
* Lyudmila Smirnova (born 1949), Russian figure skater
* Mariya Smirnova (1920–2002), Russian military pilot
* Sophia Smirnova (1852–1921), Russian writer
* Svetlana Smirnova (sport shooter) (born 1962), Russian sport shooter
* Svetlana Smirnova (actor) (born 1956), Russian actor
* Tamara Mikhaylovna Smirnova (1935–2001), Soviet/Russian astronomer
* Yekaterina Smirnova (born 1956), Soviet heptathlete

## Other variations

* Smirnoff (surname), variant of transliteration
* Smirnovs, Latvian form
* Smirnovas, Lithuanian form
* Smirnow, variant of transliteration
* Ukrainian forms: the Russian surname Смирнов may be rendered either as Смирнов (Smyrnov) or Смірнов (Smirnov).