# Shevchenko

Shevchenko (Ukrainian: Шевчéнко; alternative spellings Schevchenko, Ševčenko, Shevcenko, Szewczenko, Chevchenko) is a family name of Ukrainian origin. It is derived from the Ukrainian word shvets (Ukrainian: швець and Czech: švec), literally meaning "cobbler or shoemaker", and the suffix -enko, denoting Ukrainian descent. It is somewhat equivalent to occupational surnames: French: Cordonnier, Italian: Crispino, Spanish: Zapatero, German: Schumacher, Schumann, Schubert, and English: Shoemaker, Shoesmith, also Laster.

## People
### Shevchenko

* Alexander Shevchenko (disambiguation), multiple individuals
* Aleksandr Shevchenko (1883–1948), Ukrainian modernist painter and sculptor
* Alexandra Shevchenko (born 1988), Ukrainian feminist
* Andrey Anatolyevich Shevchenko, Russian politician
* Andriy Shevchenko (born 1976), Ukrainian football player and manager
* Andriy Shevchenko (politician) (born 1976), Ukrainian journalist and politician
* Anna Shevchenko (born 1993), Kazakhstani cross-country skier
* Antonina Shevchenko (born 1984), Kyrgyzstani/Peruvian martial artist
* Arkady Shevchenko (1930–1998), Ukrainian Soviet diplomat and defector
* Artem Shevchenko (born 1977), Ukrainian TV journalist and manager
* Christine Shevchenko (born 1988), Ukrainian-American ballet dancer
* Daryna Shevchenko (journalist)
* Denys Shevchenko (born 2003), Ukrainian footballer
* Dmitriy Shevchenko (disambiguation), multiple individuals
* Eduard Shevchenko (born 1977), Ukrainian soldier
* Igor Shevchenko (disambiguation), multiple individuals
* Ihor Shevchenko (born 1971), Ukrainian politician
* Inna Shevchenko (born 1990), Ukrainian feminist
* Irina Shevchenko (born 1975), Russian hurdler
* Kirill Shevchenko (born 2002), Ukrainian chess grandmaster
* Leonid Shevchenko (1932–2017), Soviet and Russian footballer and football coach
* Lyudmyla Shevchenko (born 1970), Ukrainian team handball player
* Maksim Shevchenko (disambiguation), multiple individuals
* Mykyta Shevchenko (born 1993), Ukrainian football goalkeeper
* Oleksandr Shevchenko (disambiguation), multiple individuals
* Oleksandr Shevchenko (1937–2016), Ukrainian scientist, jurist, politician
* Oleksiy Shevchenko (born 1992), Ukrainian footballer
* Olga Shevchenko (born 1979), Russian ski-orienteering competitor
* Serhiy Shevchenko (disambiguation), multiple individuals
* Serhiy Shevchenko (1908–200?), Ukrainian politician and diplomat
* Sofia Shevchenko (born 2001), Russian ice dancer
* Taras Shevchenko (1814–1861), Ukrainian poet and artist
* Valentina Shevchenko (born 1988), Kyrgyzstani-Peruvian mixed martial artist
* Valentyna Shevchenko (disambiguation), multiple individuals
* Vasyl Shevchenko (1888–1964), Ukrainian bandurist
* Vasilij Shevchenko (born 1960), Ukrainian astronomer
* Vitaliy Shevchenko (born 1951), Russian footballer
* Vitaly Shevchenko, BBC journalist
* Vladislav Shevchenko (born 1940), Russian astronomer
* Vyacheslav Shevchenko (born 1985), Ukrainian footballer
* Yegor Shevchenko (born 1978), Russian footballer
* Yelena Shevchenko (gymnast) (born 1971), Soviet artistic gymnast
* Yevhen Shevchenko (born 1987), Ukrainian footballer

### Other forms

* Ihor Ševčenko (1922–2009), American philologist and historian
* Tanja Szewczenko (born 1977), German figure skater