Denisov

The Denisov family and the Orlov-Denisov family were families of Russian nobles.

Denisov (masculine) or Denisova (feminine) is a Russian last name, shared by the following people:

• Viktor Deni (1893–1946), born Viktor Denisov, Soviet satirist
• Aleksandr Denisov (b. 1989), Russian footballer
• Andrei Denisov (weightlifter) (b. 1963), Israeli Olympic weightlifter
• Andrey Denisov (b. 1952), Russian politician
• Denis Denisov (b. 1981), Russian ice hockey player
• Edison Denisov (1929–1996), Soviet composer
• Elena Denisova (b. 1963), Austrian violinist
• Fedor Denisov, Imperial Russian general, suppressor of the Kościuszko Uprising
• Gennadi Denisov (b. 1960), Uzbekistan footballer, father of Vitaliy
• Igor Denisov (b. 1984), Russian footballer
• Kirill Denisov (b. 1988), Russian judoka
• Lyubov Denisova (b. 1971), Russian marathoner
• Lyudmyla Denisova (b. 1960), Ukrainian politician
• Nikita Denisov (b. 1986), Russian footballer
• Nikolai Denisov (1891–1959), Russian footballer
• Roman Denisov (b. 1986), Russian footballer
• Sergei Denisov (hockey player)
• Sergei Denisov (aviator)
• Vasily Orlov-Denisov (1775–1843), Cossack Russian general
• Viktor Denisov (b. 1966), Russian canoer
• Vitaliy Denisov (b. 1987), Uzbekistan footballer, son of Gennadi
• Vitaly Denisov (b. 1976), Russian cross country skier
• Vladimir Denisov (ice hockey) (b. 1984), Belarusian ice hockey player
• Vladimir Denisov (fencer) (b. 1947), Russian Olympic fencer
• Vyacheslav Denisov (b. 1983), Uzbekistan basketball player

Other

• Denisova Cave, an archeological site in Siberia housing what may be a newly discovered human species.
  • Denisova hominin, the ancient human remains discovered in the Denisova Cave
• Denisov District of northern Kazakhstan