Goncharov (russian: Гончаро́в) is a
Russian
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surname, an equivalent of the English "
Potter" (derived from the Russian word ''gonchar'' which means potter), shared by the following people:
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Alexander Goncharov
Alexander B. Goncharov (born April 7, 1960) is a Soviet American mathematician and the Philip Schuyler Beebe Professor of Mathematics at Yale University. He won the EMS Prize in 1992.
Goncharov won a gold medal at the International Mathematical ...
, mathematician
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Goncharov conjecture In mathematics, the Goncharov conjecture is a conjecture introduced by suggesting that the cohomology of certain motivic complex
In music, a motif IPA: ( /moʊˈtiːf/) (also motive) is a short musical phrase, a salient recurring fi ...
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Aleksandr Goncharov (1959–1990), Soviet Russian hockey player
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George Goncharov
George may refer to:
People
* George (given name)
* George (surname)
* George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George
* George Washington, First President of the United States
* George W. Bush, 43rd Preside ...
, dance instructor of
Margot Fonteyn
Dame Margaret Evelyn de Arias DBE (''née'' Hookham; 18 May 191921 February 1991), known by the stage name Margot Fonteyn, was an English ballerina. She spent her entire career as a dancer with the Royal Ballet (formerly the Sadler's Wells ...
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Ivan Goncharov
Ivan Alexandrovich Goncharov (, also ; rus, Ива́н Алекса́ндрович Гончаро́в, r=Iván Aleksándrovich Goncharóv, p=ɪˈvan ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪdʑ ɡənʲtɕɪˈrof; – ) was a Russian novelist best known for his ...
(1812-1891), Russian author
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Natalya Goncharova (disambiguation) Natal(i)ya or Natalia Goncharova may refer to:
* Natalia Goncharova (1881–1962), Russian Cubo-Futurism painter
* Natalia Goncharova (diver) (born 1985), Russian diver
* Natalya Goncharova (fencer) (born 1974), Kazakhstani fencer
* Nataliya Gonc ...
, several people
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Nikolay Goncharov
Nikolay Goncharov (russian: Гончаров, Николай Александрович; born 13 January 1984, Verkhnemakeevka, Kasharsky District) is a Russian political figure and a deputy of the 8th State Duma.
From 2006 to 2010, he w ...
(born 1984), Russian politician
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Pyotr Grigorievich Goncharov
Pyotr Grigorievich Goncharov (russian: Пётр Григо́рьевич Гончаро́в; 18 October 1888 – 20 March 1970, Kyiv) was a Russian/soviet composer, conductor and choirmaster.
Biography
Born to a poor family in Kyiv in 1888, in w ...
(1888-1970), Russian composer
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Ruslan Goncharov
Ruslan Nikolaevich Goncharov (russian: Руслан Николаевич Гончаров or uk, Руслан Миколайович Гончаров Ruslan Mykolayovych Honcharov; born 20 January 1973) is a Ukrainian ice dancer. With partn ...
(b. 1973), Ukrainian figure skater
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Valeri Goncharov
Valeriy Honcharov (also spelled Goncharov, uk, 'Валерій Гончаров, translit=Valeriy Honcharov, born 19 September 1977) is a gymnast from Ukraine. He won gold in the men's parallel bars apparatus at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Ath ...
(b. 1977), Ukrainian gymnast
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Vasily Goncharov
Vasily Mikhailovich Goncharov (russian: Василий Михайлович Гончаров) (1861 – 23 August 1915) was a Russian film director and screenwriter, one of the pioneers of the film industry in the Russian Empire
The Rus ...
(1861-1915), Russian film director and screenwriter
See also
*Goncharova, a
crater on Venus
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Occupational surnames
Russian-language surnames