Semyonov (masculine), also transliterated as Semenov, Semenoff, and Semionov (), or Semyonova (Semenova, Semionova; feminine) is a common Russian last name. It is derived from the Russian male name

Semyon Simeon () is a given name, from the Hebrew (Biblical ''Šimʿon'', Tiberian ''Šimʿôn''), usually transliterated in English as Shimon. In Greek, it is written Συμεών, hence the Latinized spelling Symeon. It is a cognate of the name Simo ...

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Simeon Simeon () is a given name, from the Hebrew (Biblical Hebrew, Biblical ''Šimʿon'', Tiberian vocalization, Tiberian ''Šimʿôn''), usually transliterated in English as Shimon. In Greek, it is written Συμεών, hence the Latinized spelling Sy ...

Simon Simon may refer to: People * Simon (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name Simon * Simon (surname), including a list of people with the surname Simon * Eugène Simon, French naturalist and the genus ...

) and literally means ''Semyon's''. It is transliterated in Estonian and Latvian as Semjonov.

Places

* Semyonov, Russia, several places in Russia

People

Semyonov/a

* Alexander Semyonov (disambiguation), several people *

Alexey Semyonov (disambiguation) Alexey Semyonov may refer to: *Alexey Alexandrovich Semyonov (born 1949), Russian association football player and coach *Alexey Semyonov (mathematician) (born 1950), Russian scientist-mathematician, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences *A ...

, several people * Andrey Semyonov (disambiguation), several people * Arkadiy Semyonov (born 1959), Russian poet * Grigory Ivanovich Semyonov, former Socialist Revolutionary who became a Bolshevik chekist *

Grigory Mikhaylovich Semyonov Grigory Mikhaylovich Semyonov, or Semenov (; September 25, 1890 – August 30, 1946), was a Japanese-supported leader of the White movement in Transbaikal and beyond from December 1917 to November 1920, a lieutenant general, and the ''ataman'' ...

, Commander of the White Army, an ataman * Ivan Semyonov (disambiguation), several people * Konstantin Semyonov (born 1969), former Soviet Israeli pole vaulter *

Ksenia Semyonova Ksenia Andreyevna Semyonova (; born 20 October 1992) is a retired Russian artistic gymnast. She is the 2007 world champion on the uneven bars, the 2008 European champion on the uneven bars and the balance beam, and the 2009 European all-aro ...

, Russian artistic gymnast * Marina Semyonova, Russian prima ballerina * Mikhail Semyonov (disambiguation), several people *

Nikolay Semyonov Nikolay Nikolayevich Semyonov , sometimes Semenov, Semionov or Semenoff (; – 25 September 1986) was a Soviet physicist and chemist. Semyonov was awarded the 1956 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on the mechanism of chemical transformat ...

, Russian/Soviet physicist and chemist *

Semyon Semyonov Semyon Markovich Semyonov (; 1 March 1911–1986) was a Soviet intelligence agent, best known for handling convicted Soviet spy Julius Rosenberg. Background Semyonov was born Samuil Markovich Taubman in Odesa and graduated from the Moscow Texti ...

, Russian KGB case officer * Svetlana Semyonova, Russian rower * Valery Semyonov * Vladimir Semyonov (general) (born 1940), first president of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Russia *

Vladimir Semyonov (diplomat) Vladimir Semyonovich Semyonov (; 16 February 1911, Krasnoslobodskoye – 18 December 1992, Cologne) was a Soviet diplomat most notable for his military administration in Eastern Germany during the Soviet occupation after World War II. He was i ...

, Soviet diplomat and party figure *

Yulian Semyonov Yulian Semyonovich Semyonov (, ), pen-name of Yulian Semyonovich Lyandres () (October 8, 1931 – September 15, 1993), was a USSR, Soviet and Russian writer of spy fiction and detective fiction, also scriptwriter and poet. He is well known for cr ...

, Russian writer of spy fiction *

Yuno Semyonov Yuno Shaulovich Semyonov (; 1899–1961) was a Soviet Union prose writer, playwright and artistic director. He wrote in the Judeo-Tat language. His work was characterized by plays on the topics of the day, full of sarcasm and humor. He was one of ...

(1899–1961), Soviet prose writer, playwright and artistic director * Andrey Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky, Russian/Soviet entomologist and explorer *

Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky Pyotr Petrovich Semyonov or Semenov (; 2 January ''(New style: 14 January)'', 1827 – 26 February ''(New style: 11 March)'', 1914) was a Russian geographer and statistician who managed the Russian Geographical Society for more than 40 years. H ...

, Russian geographer and explorer

Semenov/a

* Aleksandra Semenova (born 1998), Russian rhythmic gymnast * Ekaterina Semenova (1786-1849), Russian actress * Lidia Semenova (1951-2025), Ukrainian chess grandmaster * Oleksiy Semenov (born 1982), Ukrainian discus thrower *

Tatiana Semenova Tatiana Semenova (July 17, 1920–September 24, 1996) was a Russian-born ballet dancer and dance teacher. She was the founding director of the Houston Ballet Academy. Semenova was born in Petrograd (now St. Petersburg), Russia, but moved with ...

, Russian-American ballet dancer *

Zinaida Semenova Zinaida Semenova (; born 19 March 1962) is a retired female long-distance runner from Russia. She set her personal best in the women's marathon on October 7, 2001, in Saint Paul, Minnesota Saint Paul (often abbreviated St. Paul) is the List o ...

(born 1962), Russian long-distance runner * Andrey Aldan-Semenov, Russian writer and political prisoner

Semjonov/a

Uljana Semjonova Iulijana Larionovna Semjonova (; born 9 March 1952) is a retired Latvian basketball player of Russian descent who competed for the Soviet Union. Semjonova was the leading women's basketball player in the world in the 1970s and 1980s. Wearing a m ...

, Soviet Latvian basketball player

Semionov/a

Alexander Semionov Alexander Mikhailovich Semionov (; 18 February 1922 – 23 June 1984) was a Soviet Russian painter, a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists and representative of the Leningrad School of Painting, most famous for his cityscape paintings. B ...

, Russian painter *

Polina Semionova Polina Alexandrovna Semionova (; born 13 September 1984) is a Russian ballet dancer and model for Uniqlo who was a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre in New York and with the Berlin State Ballet. She is a professor at the Berlin ...

, Russian ballet dancer {{Disambiguation, surname Russian-language patronymic surnames Surnames from given names