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word ''kuznets'' that means ''blacksmith'').

Men

* Aleksandr Kuznetsov (disambiguation), several people * Aleksey Kuznetsov (disambiguation), several people

Artists and entertainers

* Aleksey Alekseevich Kuznetsov (born 1941), Soviet/Russian jazz guitarist and composer * Anatoly Borisovich Kuznetsov (1930–2014), Soviet/Russian actor * Anatoly Vasilievich Kuznetsov (1929–1979), Soviet writer, author of ''Babi Yar'' *

I. Kuznetsov This is an alphabetical list of the bass (voice type), basso profondo, bass (voice type), bass, bass (voice type), bass-baritone and tenor soloists who have performed with the Alexandrov Ensemble (under its various titles) since its establishment ...

, Russian soloist with the Alexandrov Ensemble * Ivan Sergeyevich Kuznetsov (1867–1942), Russian architect *

Mikhail Kuznetsov (actor) Mikhail Artemyevich Kuznetsov (; 25 February 1918 – 23 August 1986) was a Soviet film and theater actor. He was an Honored Artist of the Ukrainian SSR (1955), People's Artist of the RSFSR (1964), and the winner of the Stalin Prize of the fi ...

(1918–1986), Soviet actor *

Nikolai Dmitriyevich Kuznetsov Nikolai Dmitriyevich Kuznetsov was a Chief Designer of the Soviet Design Bureau OKB-276 which deals with the development, manufacture and distribution of equipment, especially aircraft engines, turbines and gearboxes. Biography Kuznetsov start ...

(1850–1929), Ukrainian portrait painter * Pavel Varfolomevich Kuznetsov (1878–1968), Russian painter * Sergey Kuznetsov, (born 1966), Russian writer * Yury Kuznetsov, (born 1946), Russian actor *

Andy Kusnetzoff Andres "Andy" Kusnetzoff (born November 17, 1970) is an Argentine journalist, TV host and producer. He worked in TV shows as "Turno Tarde" and "El Rayo", but became famous with his role as an informal journalist in '' Caiga Quien Caiga''. He worke ...

(born 1970), Argentine TV and radio personality

In sports

Alex Kuznetsov Alex Kuznetsov (born February 5, 1987) is a retired professional tennis player. He is a former hitting partner of Maria Sharapova. Personal life Kuznetsov was born in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Kyiv, Ukraine). His family moved to t ...

(born 1987), Ukrainian-American male tennis player * Andrey Kuznetsov (born 1991), Russian tennis player *

Artur Kuznetsov (Russian footballer) Artur Fyodorovich Kuznetsov (; born 4 October 1972) is a Russian former professional footballer. Club career He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League B The Soviet Second League B or Soviet Lower Second League was an auxiliary ...

(born 1972) * Artur Kuznetsov (Ukrainian footballer) (born 1995) *

Dmitri Kuznetsov (footballer born 1965) Dmitri Viktorovich Kuznetsov (; born 28 August 1965) is an association football coach and a former player. During his club career he played for CSKA Moscow, RCD Espanyol, UE Lleida, Deportivo Alavés and CA Osasuna. He earned 28 caps and ...

, association football coach and former player * Dmitri Anatolyevich Kuznetsov (born 1972), retired Russian footballer *

Evgeny Kuznetsov Yevgeny Evgenyevich Kuznetsov (; born 19 May 1992) is a Russian professional ice hockey forward who is currently an unrestricted free agent. He most recently played for SKA Saint Petersburg of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He previously ...

(born 1992), Russian ice hockey player *

Evgeny Kuznetsov (diver) Evgeny Vladimirovich Kuznetsov (; born 12 April 1990) is a Russian diver. At the diving portion of the 2011 World Aquatics Championships he won a bronze in the 3 m springboard, and was the part of the pair who won the silver medal in the 3 m s ...

(born 1990), Russian diver *

Maxim Kuznetsov Maxim Romanovich Kuznetsov (; born March 24, 1977) is a Kazakhstan-born Russian former professional ice hockey player. Kuznetsov was drafted in the 1st round (26th overall) by the Detroit Red Wings in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft. Playing career Af ...

(born 1977), Russian ice hockey player *

Mikhail Kuznetsov (figure skater) Mikhail Vladimirovich Kuznetsov (; born 6 July 1988) is a Russian pair skater. With Ekaterina Sheremetieva, he is the 2007 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final silver medalist. With later partner Tatiana Novik, he placed fourth at the 2010 World Junior ...

(born 1988), Russian figure skater *

Mikhail Kuznetsov (triathlete) Mikhail Aleskandrovich Kuznetsov (; born 24 August 1979 in Shymkent, Ongutsik Qazaqstan) is a male triathlete from Kazakhstan. Kuznetsov competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, official ...

(born 1971), Kazakhstani triathlete *

Oleh Kuznetsov Oleh Volodymyrovych Kuznetsov (born as Oleg Wladimirowitsch Kuznetsow in Germany) () (born 22 March 1963) is a Ukrainian football coach and former professional player. He won domestic honours in the Soviet Union with Dynamo Kyiv (as well as the ...

(born 1963), Ukrainian footballer and manager *

Ruslan Kuznetsov Ruslan Kuznetsov (born 20 October 1980) is a Russian Para-cyclist who represented Russian Paralympic Committee athletes at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Career Kuznetsov represented Russian Paralympic Committee athletes at the 2020 Summer Paral ...

(born 1980), Russian para-cyclist *

Pavel Kuznetsov (weightlifter) Pavel Kuznetsov (; born 10 July 1961) is a former Soviet weightlifter, Olympic champion and world champion. He won the gold medal in the heavyweight I class at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul Seoul, officially Seoul Special M ...

, (born 1961), Russian weightlifter *

Syarhey Kuznyatsow Syarhey Kuznyatsow (; ; born 3 November 1979) is a Belarusian professional football coach and former player. Honours *Belarusian Premier League champion: 1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events ...

, (born 1979), Belarusian footballer *

Serhiy Kuznetsov (footballer born 1982) Serhiy Kuznetsov (; ; born on 31 August 1982) is a Hungarian (of Russian descent) football coach and a former player who played as a forward and is a manager. He is a son of another footballer Serhiy Kuznetsov. He was registered with the Russi ...

, Ukrainian footballer *, Russian volleyball player *

Vasili Kuznetsov (athlete) Vasili Dmitriyevich Kuznetsov (, 7 February 1932 – 6 August 2001) was a Soviet and Russian decathlete who won the European title in 1954, 1958 and 1962. He competed for the Soviet Union at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics and won bronze medals ...

(1932–2001), Soviet decathlete * Vasili Kuznetsov (footballer) (born 1978), Russian footballer *

Viktor Kuznyetsov Viktor Andriyovych Kuznyetsov (; born 17 July 1986 in Zaporizhia) is a Ukraine, Ukrainian long jumper and triple jumper. Career As a teenager he won the bronze medal in the triple jump at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics, 2004 Wo ...

(athlete) (born 1986), Ukrainian athlete *

Viktor Kuznetsov (footballer, born 1949) Viktor Vasilyevich Kuznetsov (; born 25 February 1949) is a retired Soviet Union, Soviet football player and a Ukraine, Ukrainian coach. He has three brothers Serhiy Kuznetsov (footballer born 1950), Serhiy Kuznetsov, Grigorijs Kuzņecovs, Hryh ...

(born 1949), Soviet international footballer *

Viktor Kuznetsov (swimmer) Viktor Aleksandrovich Kuznetsov (, born 21 May 1961) is a former backstroke swimmer from the Soviet Union. He won two silver medals at the boycotted 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), comm ...

(born 1961), Soviet backstroke swimmer * Vitali Kuznetsov (footballer) (born 1986), Russian footballer *

Vitali Kuznetsov (judoka) Vitali Yakovlevich Kuznetsov (, 16 February 1941 – 13 October 2011) was a Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian judoka who competed for the Soviet Union at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the Soviet Union at the 1980 Summer O ...

(1941–2011), Soviet judoka

In politics

Alexey Kuznetsov Alexey Alexandrovich Kuznetsov ( Ru:Алексей Александрович Кузнецов) ( – 1 October 1950) was a Soviet statesman, CPSU functionary, Lieutenant General and member of CPSU Central Committee (1939–1949). Born in Bor ...

(1905–1950), Soviet politician *

Eduard Kuznetsov (dissident) Eduard Samoilovich Kuznetsov (, ; 29 January 1939 – 22 December 2024) was a Soviet-Israeli Soviet dissidents, dissident, refusenik, journalist, and writer. One of the leaders of the 1970 Dymshits–Kuznetsov hijacking affair, Kuznetsov's cas ...

(1939–2024), Jewish Soviet dissident and human rights activist * Eduard Kuznetsov (politician) (born 1967), Russian politician *

Vasili Kuznetsov (politician) Vasily Vasilyevich Kuznetsov (; 5 June 1990) was a Russian Soviet politician who acted as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union from 1982 to 1983 (after the death of Brezhnev), for a second time in 1984 (after the ...

(1901–1990), Soviet politician *

Vyacheslav Nikolayevich Kuznetsov Vyacheslav Nikolayevich Kuznetsov (; born 21 February 1947) is a Belarusian politician and diplomat. From 1992 to 1995, he was First Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of Belarus. In particular, during 26–28 January 1994 he was Acting Chairman ...

(born 1947), Belarusian politician

In the military

* Fyodor Kuznetsov (1898–1961), Soviet military leader *

Konstantin Kuznetsov Konstantin Matveyevich Kuznetsov (; – 21 July 1977) was an officer of the Soviet Navy. He reached the rank of rear-admiral and saw service in the Russian Civil War, the Winter War, and the Second World War. Born in 1902, Kuznetsov joined the ...

(1902–1977), Soviet naval officer *

Nikolai Gerasimovich Kuznetsov Nikolay Gerasimovich Kuznetsov (; 24 July 1904 – 6 December 1974) was a Soviet naval officer who achieved the rank of Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union and served as People's Commissar of the Navy during the Winter War and the Second ...

(1904–1974), Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union * Nikolai Ivanovich Kuznetsov (1911–1944), Soviet intelligence agent and partisan *

Pavel Grigoryevich Kuznetsov Pavel Grigoryevich Kuznetsov (; 24 December 1901 – 19 May 1982) was a Soviet Army lieutenant general who held divisional and corps command during World War II. Conscripted into the Red Army during the Russian Civil War, Kuznetsov rose through ...

(1901–1982), Soviet general * Vasily Kuznetsov (general) (1894–1964), Soviet military leader and Hero of the Soviet Union * Yuri Viktorovich Kuznetsov (1946–2020), Soviet military leader and Hero of the Soviet Union

In science and engineering

Alexander Kuznetsov (mathematician) Alexander Gennadyevich Kuznetsov (, born November 1, 1973) is a Russian mathematician working at the Steklov Mathematical Institute and the Interdisciplinary Scientific Center J.-V. Poncelet, Moscow, and head of the Laboratory of Algebraic Geo ...

(born 1973), Russian mathematician *

Arseniy Kuznetsov Arseniy Kuznetsov is a Russian-born optical physicist. Kuznetsov is a native of Nizhny Novgorod, born in 1979. His father was a scientist, and his mother an engineer. Both worked for the same research institute in Russia. After graduating from N. ...

(born 1979), Russian physicist *

Pobisk Kuznetsov Pobisk Georgievich Kuznetsov (; May 18, 1924, Krasnoyarsk - December 4, 2000) was a Soviet Russian philosopher and scientist (chemist). Doctor of Sciences, Professor. He was professor at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and Dubna Sta ...

(1924–2000), Soviet Russian philosopher and scientist *

(1911–1995), Soviet aerospace engineer and the chief of the Kuznetsov Design Bureau *

Nikolai Yakovlevich Kuznetsov Nikolai Yakovlevich Kuznetsov (; May 23, 1873 in Saint Petersburg – April 8, 1948 in Leningrad) was a Russian and Soviet entomologist, paleoentomologist and physiologist, since 1910 was member of the Russian Entomological Society. Professor Kuz ...

(1873–1948), Russian entomologist, paleoentomologist and physiologist * Nikolay V. Kuznetsov (born 1979), Russian scientist, specialist in nonlinear dynamics and control theory * Yuri A. Kuznetsov, Russian-American mathematician

In other areas

Boris Kuznetsov (lawyer) Boris Avramovich Kuznetsov (Кузнецов, Борис Аврамович, born 1944) is a prominent Russian lawyer who has acted in many notable criminal and human rights cases, and who has been persecuted by the Russian authorities. He left R ...

(born 1944), Russian lawyer * Pyotr Kuznetsov (born 1964), Russian religious leader * Andrei Kuznetsov, oldest living Finn at the time of his death

Women

Artists and entertainers

Agniya Kuznetsova Agniya Evgenevna Kuznetsova (; born 15 July 1985) is a Russian theater and film actress. She appeared in more than twenty films since 2005. Biography Agniya Kuznetsova was born in Novosibirsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. Her father was an artist ...

(born 1985), Russian theatre and film actress * Dina Kuznetsova, American lyric dramatic operatic soprano * Lyubov Kuznetsova (born 1928), Russian calligrapher and font designer *

Maria Kouznetsova (violinist) Maria Kouznetsova (, born 1 November 1991) is a French‒Russian violinist. In September 2014 Kouznetsova won the Guang Ya Chengdu International Violin Competition in China. Early life Kouznetsova was born in Ryazan, Russia in 1991 to her mot ...

(born 1991), Russian violinist *

Maria Kuznetsova (novelist) Maria Kuznetsova is a novelist with two book publications, both from Random House. Early life and education Kuznetsova was born in Kyiv, Ukraine, and moved to the U.S. at five years old with her family. After the dissolution of the Soviet Uni ...

, Ukrainian American novelist * Mariya Kuznetsova (born 1950), Russian actress in 2001 film ''Taurus'' * Mariya Kuznetsova (singer) (1880–1966), Russian opera singer and dancer * Marina Kuznetsova (1925–1996), Soviet stage and film actress * Vera Kuznetsova (1907–1994) was a Russian film actress

In sports

* Alesya Kuznetsova (born 1992), Russian judoka * Elena Kuznetsova (born 1982), Uzbekistani sport shooter * Evgeniya Kuznetsova (born 1980), former Olympic gymnast who competed for Russia and later Bulgaria * Galyna Kuznetsova (born 1960), Ukrainian Paralympic volleyball player *

Maria Kuznetsova (wrestler) Mariya Sergeyevna Kuznetsova (born 17 December 1997) is a Russian freestyle wrestler of Chuvash origin. She is a two-time bronze medalist at the European Wrestling Championships. Career Kuznetsova competed in the 65 kg event at the 2018 Eur ...

(born 1997), Russian wrestler * Nataliya Kuznetsova (born 1991), Russian powerlifter and bodybuilder *

Olga Kuznetsova (runner) Olga Kuznetsova (born 23 October 1967) is a retired Russian middle-distance runner who specialized in the 800 and 1500 metres. She won the silver medal at the 2000 European Indoor Athletics Championships. She currently holds the current world ...

(born 1967), Russian middle distance runner * Olga Kuznetsova (sport shooter) (born 1968), Russian sport shooter * Polina Kuznetsova (born 1987), Russian handball player *

Svetlana Kuznetsova Svetlana Aleksandrovna Kuznetsova (born 27 June 1985) is a Russian former professional tennis player. She was ranked as high as world No. 2 in singles and world No. 3 in doubles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA. Kuznetsova won 18 singl ...

(born 1985), Russian tennis player * Svetlana Kuznetsova (basketball) (born 1965), Russian basketball player * Svetlana Kuznetsova (cyclist) (born 1995), Russian cyclist *

Yelena Kuznetsova Yelena Nikolayevna Kuznetsova (; born August 4, 1977, in Almaty) is a female race walker from Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a European Kazakhstan, small p ...

(born 1977), Kazakhstani race walker * Yevgeniya Kuznetsova (athlete) (born 1936), Soviet athlete, competed in discus throwing in 1960 and 1964 Olympics

In politics

* Anna Kuznetsova (born 1982), Russian human rights activist *

Irina Davydovna Kuznetsova Irina Davydovna Kuznetsova (born 1923) was a Soviet-Latvian communist politician.Депутаты Верховного Совета Латвийской ССР: Девятый созыв : �раткие биогр. сведения — Рига ...

(1923–?), Soviet-Latvian politician

In business

Inna Kuznetsova Inna Anatolyevna Kuznetsova (; born 1968) a Russian-American business executive who has served as the chief executive officer (CEO) of ToolsGroup from May 2022 to March 2025. She was named among the top 25 Tech CEOs of Boston (https://www.thekey ...

(born 1968), CEO of ToolsGroup

In science and engineering

* Irina Levshakova (née Kuznetsova) (1959–2016), Soviet/Russian paleontologist and artist * Valentina Kuznetsova (1937–2010), Soviet and Russian polar researcher and skier

In the military

Mariya Kuznetsova (pilot) Mariya Mikhailovna Kuznetsova (; 14 April 1918 – 12 October 1990) was a Soviet fighter pilot who originally flew with the women's 586th Fighter Aviation Regiment but was later transferred to the 437th Fighter Aviation Regiment with Yekaterina Bud ...

(1918–1990), Soviet fighter pilot

In other areas

* Nataliya Kuznetsova-Lobanova (1947–1998), a Russian diver *

Tatyana Kuznetsova Tatyana Dmitryevna Kuznetsova (; 14 July 1941 – 28 August 2018) was a Soviet Union, Soviet cosmonaut. She was the youngest person ever selected by a government List of human spaceflight programs, human spaceflight program. Life Kuznetsova wa ...

(1941–2018), Soviet cosmonaut

Men

Artists and entertainers

In sports

In politics

In the military

In science and engineering

In other areas

Women

Artists and entertainers

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In other areas

See also