Fomin (), or Fomina (feminine; Фомина), is a common

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that is derived from the male given name

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and literally means ''Foma's''. It may refer to:

Masculine form

* Aleksandr Fomin (botanist) (1869–1935), Russian/Soviet botanist and academician *Aleksandr Fomin, alias of Soviet spy

Alexander Feklisov Aleksandr Semyonovich Feklisov (Russian: Александр Семёнович Феклисов; 9 March 1914 – 26 October 2007) was a Soviet spy, the NKVD Case Officer who handled Julius Rosenberg and Klaus Fuchs, among others. Life and w ...

(1914–2007), known for receiving information from Julius Rosenberg and his contacts during the Cuban Missile Crisis *

Andriy Fomin Andriy Fomin (born 14 November 1977) is a Ukrainian speed skater. He competed in three events at the 2002 Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 (; Gosiut ...

(born 1977), Ukrainian Olympic speedskater *

Artyom Fomin Artyom Valeryevich Fomin (; born 8 July 1988) is a former Russian professional footballer. Club career He made his professional debut in the Russian First Division in 2008 for FC Dynamo Barnaul FC Dynamo Barnaul () is a Russian professional ...

(born 1988), Russian football player *

Boris Fomin Boris Ivanovich Fomin (, ; 12 April 1900 – 25 October 1948) was a Russian and Soviet musician and composer who specialized in the Russian romance. Several of Fomin's songs became popular in 1920s, most notably "Dorogoi dlinnoyu" ("", "By the l ...

(1900–1948), Russian composer of folk music *

Daniil Fomin Daniil Dmitriyevich Fomin (; born 2 March 1997) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Dynamo Moscow and the Russia national team. Club career Krasnodar Fomin made his debut in the Russian Professional ...

(born 1997), Russian football player *

Denis Fomin Denis Aleksandrovich Fomin (; born 3 May 1996) is a Russian football defender who plays for Rotor Volgograd. Club career He made his debut in the Russian Second Division for FC Tekstilshchik Ivanovo on 20 April 2013 in a game against FC Znamy ...

(born 1996), Russian football defender *

Dmitry Fomin Dmitry Fomin or Dmitri Fomine (; born 21 January 1968) is a Russian former volleyball player. He was part of the Soviet Union men's national volleyball team that won the bronze medal at the 1990 FIVB World Championship in Brazil. He was part of ...

(born 1968), Russian Olympic volleyball player *

Fedor Fomin Fedor V. Fomin (born March 16, 1968) is a professor of Computer Science at the University of Bergen. He is known for his work in algorithms and graph theory. He received his PhD in 1997 at St. Petersburg State University under Nikolai Nikolaevich ...

(born 1968), Russian/Norwegian computer scientist *

Ivan Fomin Ivan Aleksandrovich Fomin (Russian language, Russian: Иван Александрович Фомин; 3 February ld Style and New Style dates, O.S. 22 January1872 – 12 June 1936) was a Russian architect and educator. He began his career in ...

(1872–1936), a Russian/Soviet architect *

Margarita Fomina Margarita Mikhailovna Fomina (; born 19 August 1988 in Dmitrov) is a curler from Moscow, Russia. She was part of Ludmila Privivkova's team that won the 2006 European Curling Championships. She received her education at the Moscow Institute o ...

(born 1988), Russian curler *

Maxim Yurevich Fomin Maxim Yuryevich Fomin (25 April 1982 – 2 April 2023), better known as Vladlen Tatarsky, was a Ukrainian-born Russian military blogger, propagandist, convicted bank robber, and participant in the Russo-Ukrainian War. Tatarsky was active as a ...

, real name of Vladlen Tatarsky (1982–2023), Russian-Ukrainian military blogger * Mitya Fomin (born 1974), Russian singer, dancer and producer * Mykola Fomin (1909–1974), Ukrainian football player * Nikolai Fomin, chief engineer at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant during the Chernobyl disaster *

Ruslan Fomin Ruslan Fomin (; born 2 March 1986) is a Ukrainian retired footballer who played as a forward. Career He was loaned to Metalist Kharkiv in 2007. Fomin was also a member of the Ukraine national under-21 football team, as well as a former member ...

(born 1986), a Ukrainian football player *

Semyon Fomin Semyon Anatolyevich Fomin (; born 10 January 1989) is a Russian former professional footballer. He played as a midfielder. Club career He made his professional debut in the Russian First Division in 2008 for FC Zvezda Irkutsk. He played one ga ...

(born 1989), Russian football player *

Sergei Fomin Sergei Vasilyevich Fomin (; 9 December 1917 – 17 August 1975) was a Soviet mathematician who was co-author with Andrey Kolmogorov of ''Introductory real analysis'', and co-author with Israel Gelfand of ''Calculus of Variations'' (1963),. b ...

(1917–1975), Russian mathematician *

Sergey Fomin Sergey Vladimirovich Fomin (Сергей Владимирович Фомин) (born 16 February 1958 in Saint Petersburg, Russia) is a Russian American mathematician who has made important contributions in combinatorics and its relations with al ...

(born 1958), Russian/American mathematician *

Viktor Fomin Viktor Trokhymovych Fomin (, ; born 13 January 1929 in Sloviansk; died 29 December 2007) was a Ukrainian football player. Master of Sports of the USSR (1970). The first Ukrainian Player of the year (1950). Honours * Soviet Cup winner: 1954. I ...

(1929–2007), a Soviet football player *

Volodymyr Fomin Volodymyr Vasilyevich Fomin (; 1902, Kharkov – 1942, Kharkov) was a Ukrainian footballer and coach. He was the oldest brother of Kostiantyn Fomin and Mykola Fomin. Volodymyr played for FC Dynamo Kharkiv between 1928 and 1936 during which ...

(1902–1942), Ukrainian football player and coach *

Vyacheslav Fomin Vyacheslav Viktorovich Fomin (; born 7 March 1969) is a former Russian football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqual ...

(born 1969), Russian football player *

Yefim Fomin Yefim Moiseyevich Fomin (; ; 15 January 1909 – 26 June 1941) was a Soviet political commissar. He is known for his part in the 1941 Defense of Brest Fortress, during which the German Army captured and immediately executed him. Early life ...

(1909–1941), Soviet political commissar *

Yevstigney Fomin Yevstigney Ipat'yevich Fomin () (born St. Petersburg – died St. Petersburg c ) was a Russian opera composer of the 18th century Biography Fomin was born in St. Petersburg into the family of a cannoneer, an artillery soldier of the To ...

(1761–1800), Russian opera composer

Feminine form

Alona Fomina Alena Sergeyevna Fomina-Klotz (née Fomina; ; born 5 July 1989) is a Russian tennis player. From 2005 to October 2017, she represented Ukraine. Career She has won one singles title and 27 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 3 April 201 ...

(born 1989), Ukrainian tennis player *

Anastasia Fomina Anastasia Borisovna Fomina (, born 5 August 1983) is a retired Russian basketball point guard. She won the EuroCup in 2004 with Baltic Star and in 2012 with Dynamo Kursk WBC Dynamo Kursk () is a Russian professional women's basketball club fro ...

(born 1983), Russian basketball player *

Elena Fomina Elena Fomina is a former Russian women's soccer, football midfielder, who played for ShVSM Izmailovo in the Russian women's football championship She previously played for FC Spartak Moscow (women), Spartak Moscow, FC Chertanovo Moscow (women), ...

(born 1979), Russian footballer *

(born 1988), Russian curler *

Oleksandra Fomina Alexandra Fomina (also spelled Olexandra or Oleksandra, Ukrainian: Олександра Фоміна, born 4 May 1975) is a Ukrainian volleyball player. With her club Rabita Baku, she competed at the 2012 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Cham ...

(born 1966), Ukraininan Olympic volleyball player * Tatyana Fomina (born 1954), Estonian chess player

Places

Fomin (village) Fomin (), or Fomina (feminine; Фомина), is a common Russians, Russian surname that is derived from the male given name Thomas (name), Foma and literally means ''Foma's''. It may refer to: Masculine form *Aleksandr Fomin (botanist) (1869–19 ...

, a village (''khutor'') in

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, Russia * A.V. Fomin Botanical Garden, in

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(named after the botanist Alexandr Fomin) {{surname Russian-language surnames