Kovtun

Kovtun (Ковтун), Колтун (Koltun), Kołtun, are gender-neutral surnames derived from the Slavic word for a formation of hair called Polish plait, as a nickname for a person with unkempt hair, "mophead".

Kovtun

 * Anatolij Kovtun (1960–2005), Ukrainian basketball player
 * Andriy Kovtun (born 1968), Ukrainian football player
 * Dmitry Kovtun (1965-2022), Russian businessman and ex-KGB agent
 * Illia Kovtun (born 2003), Ukrainian gymnast
 * Marina Kovtun (born 1962), Russian politician
 * Maxim Kovtun (born 1995), Russian figure skater
 * Natalya Kovtun (born 1964), Russian sprinter
 * Oleksiy Kovtun (born 1995), Ukrainian football defender
 * Olena Kovtun (born 1966), Ukrainian table tennis player
 * Yuri Kovtun (born 1970), Russian football defender

Koltun, Kołtun

 * Daniel S. Koltun (1933–2014), American physicist
 * Jarosław Kołtun, Polish racer
 * Leonid Koltun (born 1944), Ukrainian football coach
 * Mykhaylo Koltun (born 1949), Ukrainian bishop
 * Sarah Koltun (born 1993), Canadian curler