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

Sakharoff

* Alexander Sakharoff (1886–1963), Russian dancer, teacher, and choreographer

Sakharov

* Alik Sakharov (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) (1930–2019), Russian historian * Anton Sakharov (born 1982), Russian footballer * Gleb Sakharov (born 1988), Uzbek–French tennis player * Nikita Sakharov (1915–1945), Soviet Evenk writer * Sophrony (Sakharov) (1896–1993), Christian monk, mystic and teacher * Vladimir Sakharov (born 1948), former Soviet footballer * Vladimir Viktorovich Sakharov (1853–1920), general of the Russian Imperial Army * Vladimir Vladimirovich Sakharov (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, Russian violinist * Tatiana Sakharova (1973–2025), Russian politician

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