Kalashnikov (surname)

Kalashnikov (Калашников) is a surname literally meaning, "son of Kalach maker". Notable people with the name include:


 * Mikhail Kalashnikov (1919−2013), Russian small arms designer, designer of the AK-47 assault rifle
 * Ilya Kalashnikov (born 1982), Russian footballer
 * Marina Kalashnikova, Russian historian and freelance journalist
 * Maxim Kalashnikov (born 1966), Russian writer and political activist
 * Nicholas Kalashnikoff, Russian writer whose books include Jumper, Toyon, Yakub and The Defender
 * Nikolay Kalashnikov (born 1940), Russian Olympic water polo player
 * Oksana Kalashnikova, Georgian tennis player playing in the ITF Women's Circuit
 * Oleg Kalashnikov (1962−2015), Ukrainian politician, murdered in 2015
 * Victor Kalashnikov (1942–2018), Russian small arms designer, son of Mikhail Kalashnikov
 * Viktor Kalashnikov, Russian journalist and ex-KGB officer
 * Viktor Kalashnikov (politician) (1940–2023), Russian politician
 * Vladimir Kalashnikov (born 1953), Russian footballer and coach
 * Vyacheslav Kalashnikov (born 1985), Russian footballer
 * Alexander Kalashnikov (born in the 1890s), Ukrainian anarchist and commander in the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine

Fictional characters

 * From "The Song of the Merchant Kalashnikov", a 1837 poem by Mikhail Lermontov