Sakharov (feminine: Sakharova) () is a Russian surname, derived from the word ''"сахар"'' (sugar). Other spellings of the surname are Saharov / Saharova, Sakharoff , Saharoff. The surname may refer to:

Saharov

Aleksander Saharov Aleksander Saharov (born 22 April 1982, in Türi) is a former Estonian professional football (soccer), footballer and current beach soccer player. Beach soccer In 2009, after ending his professional Association football, football career, he sta ...

(born 1982), Estonian professional footballer

Sakharof

Berry Sakharof Berry Sakharof (, ; born 7 July 1957) is an Israeli rock guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer who is popular and critically acclaimed. He is often referred to as "the prince" or "the prince of Israeli rock". Biography Sakharof was born i ...

(born 1957), Israeli rock guitarist, songwriter and singer

Sakharoff

Alexander Sakharoff Alexander Sakharoff (, also spelled Sakharov and Sacharoff, 13 May 1886 – 25 September 1963) was a Russian dancer, teacher, and choreographer who immigrated to France. Life Sakharoff was born Alexander Zuckermann to a Jewish family in Mar ...

(1886–1963), Russian dancer, teacher, and choreographer

Sakharov

Alik Sakharov Alik Sakharov (born May 17, 1959) is a film and television director. A former director of photography, he is an active member of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC). Career Sakharov entered the US film scene when he began sharing the ...

(born 1959), American television director. *

Andrei Sakharov Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov (; 21 May 192114 December 1989) was a Soviet Physics, physicist and a List of Nobel Peace Prize laureates, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, which he was awarded in 1975 for emphasizing human rights around the world. Alt ...

(1921–1989), Russian physicist and anti-Soviet dissident *

Andrey Sakharov (historian) Andrey Nikolayevich Sakharov (; 2 June 1930, – 26 June 2019) was an anti-Normanist Russian historian. Career Sakharov was born in Kulebaki. In 1993, he was appointed Director of the Russian History Institute, affiliated with the Academy ...

(1930–2019), Russian historian * Anton Sakharov (born 1982), Russian footballer *

Gleb Sakharov Gleb Sakharov (born 10 June 1988) is a Soviet-born French tennis player. Sakharov has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 153 achieved on 8 January 2018. He also has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 385 achieved on 11 June ...

(born 1988), Uzbek–French tennis player * Nikita Sakharov (1915–1945), Soviet Evenk writer *

Sophrony (Sakharov) Sophrony the Athonite (born Sergiy Symeonovich Sakharov; 23 September 1896 – 11 July 1993), known also as Saint Sophrony, Elder Sophrony or Father Sophrony, was a Russian-born Eastern Orthodox Church, Orthodox Christian archimandrite and one o ...

(1896–1993), Christian monk, mystic and teacher *

Vladimir Sakharov Vladimir Nikolayevich Sakharov (; born 5 February 1948) is a retired Soviet football player. Honours * Soviet Top League winner: 1976 (autumn). International career Sakharov made his debut for USSR on October 12, 1975, in a UEFA Euro 1976 qua ...

(born 1948), former Soviet footballer *

Vladimir Viktorovich Sakharov Vladimir Viktorovich Sakharov (; 20 May 1853 – August 1920) was a Russian general of the cavalry who served in the Russian Imperial Army. In his army career from 1869 to 1917, he served in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878, the Russo-Japanes ...

(1853–1920), general of the Russian Imperial Army *

Vladimir Vladimirovich Sakharov Vladimir Vladimirovich Sakharov (28 February 1902 – 9 January 1969) was a Soviet cytogeneticist who studied mutagenesis by radiation with applications to agricultural and human genetics. He was a professor at the K. A. Timiriazev Agricultural Ac ...

(1902–1969), Soviet geneticist *

Yuri Sakharov Yuri Nikolaevich Sakharov (; 18 September 1922 – 26 September 1981) was a Ukrainian Chess Master (1958), International Correspondence Chess Master (1971), and Merited Coach of the Ukrainian SSR (1963). Biography Yuri Sakharov was born on ...

(1922–1981), Ukrainian chess master

Sakharova

Julia Sakharova Julia Sakharova () is a professional violinist. A native of Zheleznovodsk, Russia, she debuted at the age of eight with the Moldavian Symphony Orchestra. Her mother is also a musician. By the age of 11, she was already internationally known as a ...

, Russian violinist *

Tatiana Sakharova Tatiana Anatolyevna Sakharova (; 16 June 1973 – 4 June 2025) was a Russian politician serving as a senator from Murmansk Oblast from 7 October 2021 until her death on 4 June 2025. Biography Tatiana Sakharova was born on 16 June 1973 in Donets ...

(1973–2025), Russian politician

Other

1979 Sakharov 1979 Sakharov, provisionally designated , is a stony Vestian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 4.5 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered during the Palomar–Leiden survey in 1960, and named after Russian p ...