Chernov () is a Slavic surname formed from the Russian word ''Chyorny'' () meaning ''black''. The feminine form of the surname is Chernova (or Tchernova). Notable people with the surname include:
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Alex Chernov
Alex Chernov (born 12 May 1938) is an Australian lawyer, judge and barrister who served as the 28th Governor of Victoria, from 2011 to 2015. Chernov also served as Vice-President of the Australian Bar Association, from 1986 to 1987, President ...
(born 1938), Australian judge, Chancellor of the University of Melbourne, and Governor of Victoria
* Aleksandr A. Chernov (1877–1963), Soviet geologist, paleontologist, and
Hero of Socialist Labor
The Hero of Socialist Labour () was an honorific title in the Soviet Union and other Warsaw Pact countries from 1938 to 1991. It represented the highest degree of distinction in the USSR and was awarded for exceptional achievements in Soviet ...
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Andrei Chernov
Andrei Aleksandrovich Chernov (; 27 August 1966 – 16 August 2017), also known as Andrew Chernov and Ache, was a Soviet and Russian programmer who was one of the founders of the Russian Internet and the creator of the character encoding KOI8-R ...
(1966–2017), Russian programmer, one of the founders of
Runet
The Russian Internet () or Runet (), is the part of the Internet that uses the Russian language, including the Russian-language community on the Internet and websites. Geographically, it reaches all continents, including Antarctica (due to Russ ...
and the creator of the
KOI8-R
KOI8-R (RFC 1489) is an 8-bit character encoding derived from the KOI-8 encoding by the programmer Andrei Chernov in 1993 and designed to cover Russian, which uses the Russian subset of a Cyrillic script. KOI-8, on its turn, is an 8-bit exten ...
character encoding
Character encoding is the process of assigning numbers to graphical character (computing), characters, especially the written characters of human language, allowing them to be stored, transmitted, and transformed using computers. The numerical v ...
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Artyom Chernov
Artyom Sergeyevich Chernov (; 28 April 1982 – 11 December 2020) was a Russian professional ice hockey centre who played for HC Vityaz of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He was drafted 162nd overall by the Dallas Stars in the 2000 NHL Entr ...
(1982–2020), Russian professional ice hockey centre
* Dmitry Chernov (1839–1921), Russian metallurgist
* Evgeniy Demitrievich Chernov, Soviet admiral, former commander of
Soviet submarine K-278 Komsomolets
The K-278 ''Komsomolets'' was the ''Project-685 Plavnik'' (Russian: проект-685 плавник, meaning "fin", also known by her NATO reporting name of "Mike"-class), nuclear-powered attack submarine of the Soviet Navy; the only submarine o ...
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Georgy Chernov
George A. Chernov (April 21, 1906 – April 6, 2009) was a Soviet geologist. He discovered the Vorkuta coal deposits and the petroleum district of the Bolshezemelskaya tundra, including the Usinskoye oil field, Usinskoe and Kharyaginskoye oil fie ...
(1906–2009), Russian geologist and
Order "For Merit to the Fatherland"
The Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" () is a state decoration of the Russian Federation. It was instituted on 2 March 1994 by Presidential Decree 442. Until the re-establishment of the Order of St. Andrew in 1998, it was the highest order of ...
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Lada Chernova
Lada Vladimirovna Chernova (; born 1 January 1970) is a Russian javelin thrower. Her personal best throw is 63.35 meters, achieved in August 2007 in Tula.
She finished seventh at the 2006 World Cup. She also competed at the 2006 European Athletic ...
Mstyslav Chernov
Mstyslav Andriiovych Chernov (, ; born 1985) is a Ukrainian filmmaker, war correspondent, videographer, photographer, photojournalist, and novelist. A Pulitzer Prize and Academy Awards winner known for his coverage of the Revolution of Dignity ...
(born 1985), Ukrainian journalist and photographer
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Natalia Chernova
Natalia Aleksandrovna Chernova (; born March 6, 1976, in Krasnodar, Russia)Nikolai Chernov (1956–2014), Ukrainian-American mathematician
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Tatyana Chernova
Tatyana Sergeyevna Chernova (; born 29 January 1988 in Krasnodar) is a Russian former heptathlete.
She was originally awarded the bronze medals at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics before being stripped of them for doping. A serial offender, a ...
(born 1988), Russian heptathlete
* Victoria Chernova, Russian Paralympic athlete
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Viktor Chernov
Viktor Mikhailovich Chernov (; 19 November 1873 – 15 April 1952) was a Russian revolutionary, politician, and theorist who was a principal founder and leader of the Socialist Revolutionary Party (PSR). As the party's chief ideologist, he deve ...
(1873–1952), the founder of Socialist-Revolutionary Party
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Vladimir Chernov
Vladimir Nikolaïevitch Chernov (; born 22 September 1953) is a Russian baritone, particularly associated with the Russian and Italian opera repertories.
Early life
Vladimir Chernov was born in a small village near the town of Krasnodar in south ...