Korsakov (surname)

Korsakov, Korsakoff (Ко́рсаков), or Korsakova (feminine; Ко́рсакова), is a Russian surname. It is a patronymic derivation from the nickname Korsak. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Alexander Dondukov-Korsakov (1820–1893), Russian knyaz, cavalry general, Imperial Commissioner in Bulgaria
 * Andrey Korsakov (1916–2007), Russian and Ukrainian linguist and language philosopher
 * Alexander Rimsky-Korsakov (1753–1840), Russian infantry general
 * Andrey Rimsky-Korsakov (1878–1940), Russian musicologist, son of the composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
 * Dmitry Korsakov (1843–1920), Russian historian
 * Nadezhda Rimskaya-Korsakova (1848–1919), Russian pianist and composer
 * Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908), Russian composer
 * Pyotr Korsakov (1790–1844), Russian writer
 * Semyon Korsakov (1788–1853), Russian homeopath and inventor
 * Sergei Korsakoff (1854–1900), Russian neuropsychiatrist
 * Korsakoff's syndrome, a brain disease caused by chronic alcoholism named after Sergei Korsakoff
 * Vera Korsakova (born 1941), Kyrgyzstani hurdler
 * Vera Korsakova (politician) (1920–2022), Soviet-Russian politician


 * The Korsakov family, who owned the building that now occupies the Lensovet Theatre in Saint Petersburg, in the early 20th century. The last heir was Sofya Alekseevna Korsakova, who married a prince of the House of Golitsyn.