Samsonov (russian: Самсо́нов) and Samsonova (russian: Самсо́нова; feminine) is a Russian surname derived from the name
Samson
Samson (; , '' he, Šīmšōn, label= none'', "man of the sun") was the last of the judges of the ancient Israelites mentioned in the Book of Judges (chapters 13 to 16) and one of the last leaders who "judged" Israel before the institution ...
. Currently, there are many variations in the name including Samsonov, Samsonenko, Samsonychev, Samsonyan, Samsikov, Samsonkin, and Samsononychev. In the United States, it is often spelled Samsonoff.
Notable people with the surname include:
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Alexander Samsonov
Aleksandr Vasilyevich Samsonov (russian: Алекса́ндр Васи́льевич Самсо́нов, tr. ; ) was a career officer in the cavalry of the Imperial Russian Army and a general during the Russo-Japanese War and World War I. He ...
(1859–1914), Russian military commander during World War I
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Aleksandr Samsonov
Aleksandr Vasilyevich Samsonov (russian: Александр Васильевич Самсонов; born 16 July 1953) is a Russian former swimmer. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in the 400 m, 1500 m and 4 × 200 m freestyle. He won a bro ...
(born 1953), Russian Olympic swimmer
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Artyom Samsonov (footballer, born 1994)
Artyom Sergeyevich Samsonov (russian: Артём Сергеевич Самсонов; born 5 January 1994) is a Russian football player who plays as a right-back or defensive midfielder for FC Kaluga.
Club career
He made his debut in the Russia ...
, Russian footballer
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Artyom Samsonov (footballer, born 1989)
Artyom Vladimirovich Samsonov (russian: Артём Владимирович Самсонов; born 6 February 1989) is a Russian professional footballer. He plays for FC Torpedo Moscow and Torpedo-2.
Career Club
He made his professional debut i ...
, Russian footballer
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Daniil Samsonov
Daniil Aleksandrovich Samsonov (russian: Даниил Александрович Самсонов; born 13 July 2005) is a Russian figure skater, who formerly held three junior world records for men's skating.
He is the 2020 Youth Olympic br ...
(born 2005), Russian figure skater
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Ilya Samsonov
Ilya Alexeyevich Samsonov (, russian: Илья Алексеевич Самсонов; born 22 February 1997) is a Russian professional ice hockey goaltender for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Growing up in Magnitog ...
(born 1997), professional ice hockey player
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Liudmila Samsonova
Liudmila Dmitriyevna Samsonova ( rus, Людмила Дмитриевна Самсонова, , lʲʊdˈmʲiɫə sɐmˈsonəvə; born 11 November 1998) is a Russian tennis player. She also competed for Italy, from 2014 to 2018.
Samsonova has a c ...
(born 1998), Russian female tennis player
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Oleg Samsonov
Oleg Ivanovich Samsonov (russian: Оле́г Ива́нович Самсо́нов; born 7 September 1987) is a Russian former footballer.
Career
He made his Russian Premier League debut for PFC Spartak Nalchik on 5 May 2007 in a game against ...
(born 1987), Russian soccer player
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Samson Samsonov
Samson Iosifovich Samsonov (russian: Самсо́н Ио́сифович Самсо́нов; 23 February 1921 – 31 August 2002) was a Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter, he was granted the honorary title of People's Artist of the ...
(1921–2002), Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter
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Sergei Samsonov
Sergei Viktorovich Samsonov (russian: Серге́й Ви́кторович Самсо́нов, ''Sergej Viktorovič Samsonov''; born October 27, 1978) is a Russian former professional ice hockey forward who is now a scout for the Carolina Hurri ...
(born 1978), professional ice hockey player
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Tamara Samsonova
Tamara Mitrofanovna Samsonova (russian: Тама́ра Митрофа́новна Самсо́нова; born April 25, 1947), known as Granny Ripper and Baba Yaga, is a Russian alleged serial killer who was arrested in July 2015 on suspicion of c ...
(born 1947), Russian murderer and suspected serial killer
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Viktor Samsonov
Viktor Nikolaevich Samsonov (russian: Виктор Николаевич Самсонов; born November 10, 1941 in Dukhovnitsky District), General of the Army. He was the acting Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Feder ...
(born 1941), acting Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in 1996
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Vladimir Samsonov
Vladimir Samsonov or Uładzimir Samsonaŭ ( be, Уладзімір Віктаравіч Самсонаў, russian: Владимир Викторович Самсонов, born 17 April 1976) is a Belarusian former professional table tennis player ...
(born 1976), Belarusian professional table tennis player
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Yevgeny Samsonov
Yevgeny Borisovich Samsonov (russian: Евгений Борисович Самсонов, 15 September 1926 – 30 September 2014Zinaida Samsonova
Zinaida Aleksandrovna Samsonova (; 14 October 1924 – 27 January 1944) was a senior medical service sergeant who served in the 667th Infantry Regiment of the 218th Infantry Division of the Soviet 47th Army on the Voronezh Front in World War II ...
(1924–1944), medic and posthumous
Hero of the Soviet Union
The title Hero of the Soviet Union (russian: Герой Советского Союза, translit=Geroy Sovietskogo Soyuza) was the highest distinction in the Soviet Union, awarded together with the Order of Lenin personally or collectively for ...
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