Gorbachev (surname)

Gorbachev (Горбачёв) is a Russian surname. It derived from a word meaning "Hunchback". The Ukrainian equivalent is Horbanenko and the Belarusian equivalent is Harbachow.

People with the surname Gorbachev

 * Mikhail Gorbachev (Михаил Горбачёв) (1931–2022), general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and last leader of the Soviet Union
 * Nikolai Gorbachev (1948–2019), Soviet-born Belarusian sprint canoer
 * Yuri Gorbachev (born 1948), Russian-American painter and sculptor

Other variants

 * Raisa Gorbacheva (Раиса Горбачёва, 1932–1999), wife of Mikhail Gorbachev
 * Aleksandr Gorbachyov (disambiguation), various people
 * Boris Gorbachyov (1892–1937), Soviet komkor
 * Igor Gorbachyov (1927–2003), Russian stage and film actor
 * Ivan Sergeyevich Gorbachyov (1902–1941), Red Army major general
 * Timofey Gorbachyov (1900–1973), Soviet scientist, mining specialist
 * Mihail Harbachow (Belarusian Міхаіл Гарбачоў, Russian Михаил Горбачёв), Belarusian footballer