Smirnov (surname)

Smirnov (masculine) or Smirnova (feminine) is the most common surname in Russia.^[1] Variants of transliteration: Smirnoff, Smirnow or Smyrnov. Derived from an adjectival nickname smirnyy (смирный, in archaic form smirnoy смирной), that means "quiet, still, meek, gentle". This surname is shared by the following people:

Smirnov

• Aleksandr Smirnov, see there for a list
• Alexandra Smirnoff (1838–1913), Finnish pomologist
• Alexei Smirnov, Russian particle physicist
• Alexey Smirnov (disambiguation), see there for a list
• Anatoly Smirnov (disambiguation), see there for a list
• Andrei Smirnov (disambiguation), see there for a list
• Artem Smirnov, Ukrainian tennis player
• Boris Smirnov (disambiguation), see there for a list
• Dmitry Smirnov (disambiguation), see there for a list
• Igor Smirnov (b. 1941), the President of the internationally unrecognized Transdniestrian Moldovan Republic
• Igor Smirnov, scientist, father of the field psychoecology.
• Ivan Smirnov (disambiguation), see there for a list
• Karin Smirnov, author and daughter of August Strindberg
• Leonid Smirnov (footballer) (1889–1980), Russian football player
• Leonid Smirnov (politician) (1916–2001), Soviet politician and engineer
• Lev Smirnov (1911–1986), Soviet statesman and jurist
• Maksim Smirnov (b. 1979), Estonian football midfielder
• Mikhail Smirnov (disambiguation), see there for a list
• Nestor Smirnov (1878–1942), Russian zoologist
• Oleg Smirnov (disambiguation), see there for a list
• Nikolai Smirnov (disambiguation), see there for a list
• Pavel Smirnov (1882–1947), Russian historian
• Pyotr Arsenievich Smirnov (1831–1898), Russian businessman, founder of the Smirnoff vodka brand
• Pyotr Smirnov (1897–1939), Soviet Commissar, Deputy Minister of Defence and Commander of the Soviet Navy
• Sergey Smirnov (disambiguation), see there for a list
• Stanislav Smirnov, mathematician
• Valentin Smirnov (b. 1986), Russian middle distance runner
• Valentin Panteleimonovich Smirnov, nuclear fusion physicist
• Vasily Smirnov (disambiguation), see there for a list
• Vladimir Smirnov (disambiguation), see there for a list
• Yakov Smirnoff (b. 1951), Soviet-born American comedian
• Yefim Smirnov (1904–1989), Russian military physician

Smirnova

• Tamara Mikhaylovna Smirnova, astronomer
• Lyudmila Smirnova (b. 1949), Russian figure skater
• Yekaterina Smirnova (b. 1956), Soviet heptathlete
• Svetlana Smirnova née Veresova (b. 1962), Russian sport shooter
• Svetlana Smirnova (b. 1958), Russian Prima Ballerina

Other variations

• Māris Smirnovs (b. 1976), Latvian soccer defender
• Nikolay Smirnov-Sokolsky (1898–1962), Soviet actor

Notes

1. ↑ Балановская Е. В., Балановский О. П. (2007). Русский генофонд на Русской равнине (in Russian). Moscow. pp. 165–216. ISBN 978-5-87140-267-2.  See also the web version of the list.

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