Kuznetsov

Kuznetsov, Kuznyetsov, Kuznetsoff, or Kouznetsov (masculine, Кузнецов) or Kuznetsova (feminine, Кузнецова) is the third most common Russian surname, an equivalent of the English "Smith" (derived from a Russian word kuznets that means blacksmith).

Men

 * Aleksandr Kuznetsov (disambiguation), several people
 * Aleksey Kuznetsov (disambiguation), several people

Artists and entertainers

 * Aleksey Alekseevich Kuznetsov (born 1941), Soviet/Russian jazz guitarist and composer
 * Anatoly Borisovich Kuznetsov (1930–2014), Soviet/Russian actor
 * Anatoly Vasilievich Kuznetsov (1929–1979), Soviet writer, author of Babi Yar
 * I. Kuznetsov, Russian soloist with the Alexandrov Ensemble
 * Ivan Sergeyevich Kuznetsov (1867–1942), Russian architect
 * Mikhail Kuznetsov (actor) (1918–1986), Soviet actor
 * Nikolai Dmitriyevich Kuznetsov (1850–1929), Ukrainian portrait painter
 * Pavel Varfolomevich Kuznetsov (1878–1968), Russian painter
 * Sergey Kuznetsov, (born 1966), Russian writer
 * Yury Kuznetsov, (born 1946), Russian actor
 * Andy Kusnetzoff (born 1970), Argentine TV and radio personality

In sports

 * Alex Kuznetsov (born 1987), Ukrainian-American male tennis player
 * Andrey Kuznetsov (born 1991), Russian tennis player
 * Artur Kuznetsov (Russian footballer) (born 1972)
 * Artur Kuznetsov (Ukrainian footballer) (born 1995)
 * Dmitri Kuznetsov (footballer born 1965), association football coach and former player
 * Dmitri Anatolyevich Kuznetsov (born 1972), retired Russian footballer
 * Evgeny Kuznetsov (born 1992), Russian ice hockey player
 * Evgeny Kuznetsov (diver) (born 1990), Russian diver
 * Maxim Kuznetsov (born 1977), Russian ice hockey player
 * Mikhail Kuznetsov (figure skater) (born 1988), Russian figure skater
 * Mikhail Kuznetsov (triathlete) (born 1971), Kazakhstani triathlete
 * Oleh Kuznetsov (born 1963), Ukrainian footballer and manager
 * Ruslan Kuznetsov (born 1980), Russian para-cyclist
 * Pavel Kuznetsov (weightlifter), (born 1961), Russian weightlifter
 * Syarhey Kuznyatsow, (born 1979), Belarusian footballer
 * Serhiy Kuznetsov (footballer born 1982), Ukrainian footballer
 * Sofya Kuznetsova, Russian volleyball player
 * Vasili Kuznetsov (athlete) (1932–2001), Soviet decathlete
 * Vasili Kuznetsov (footballer) (born 1978), Russian footballer
 * Viktor Kuznyetsov (athlete) (born 1986), Ukrainian athlete
 * Viktor Kuznetsov (footballer, born 1949) (born 1949), Soviet international footballer
 * Viktor Kuznetsov (swimmer) (born 1961), Soviet backstroke swimmer
 * Vitali Kuznetsov (footballer) (born 1986), Russian footballer
 * Vitali Kuznetsov (judoka) (1941–2011), Soviet judoka

In politics

 * Alexey Kuznetsov (1905–1950), Soviet politician
 * Eduard Kuznetsov (dissident) (born 1939), Jewish Soviet dissident and human rights activist
 * Eduard Kuznetsov (politician) (born 1967), Russian politician
 * Vasili Kuznetsov (politician) (1901–1990), Soviet politician
 * Vyacheslav Nikolayevich Kuznetsov (born 1947), Belarusian politician

In the military

 * Fyodor Kuznetsov (1898–1961), Soviet military leader
 * Nikolai Gerasimovich Kuznetsov (1904–1974), Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union
 * Nikolai Ivanovich Kuznetsov (1911–1944), Soviet intelligence agent and partisan
 * Pavel Grigoryevich Kuznetsov (1901–1982), Soviet general
 * Vasily Kuznetsov (general) (1894–1964), Soviet military leader and Hero of the Soviet Union
 * Yuri Viktorovich Kuznetsov (1946–2020), Soviet military leader and Hero of the Soviet Union

In science and engineering

 * Alexander Kuznetsov (mathematician) (born 1973), Russian mathematician
 * Arseniy Kuznetsov (born 1979), Russian physicist
 * Pobisk Georgievich Kuznetsov (1924–2000), Soviet Russian philosopher and scientist
 * Nikolai Dmitriyevich Kuznetsov (1911–1995), Soviet aerospace engineer and the chief of the Kuznetsov Design Bureau
 * Nikolai Yakovlevich Kuznetsov (1873–1948), Russian entomologist, paleoentomologist and physiologist
 * Nikolay V. Kuznetsov (born 1979), Russian scientist, specialist in nonlinear dynamics and control theory
 * Yuri A. Kuznetsov, Russian-American mathematician

In other areas

 * Boris Kuznetsov (lawyer) (born 1944), Russian lawyer
 * Pyotr Kuznetsov (born 1964), Russian religious leader

Artists and entertainers

 * Agniya Kuznetsova (born 1985), Russian theatre and film actress
 * Dina Kuznetsova, American lyric dramatic operatic soprano
 * Lyubov Kuznetsova (born 1928), Russian calligrapher and font designer
 * Maria Kouznetsova (violinist) (born 1991), Russian violinist
 * Maria Kuznetsova (novelist), Ukrainian American novelist
 * Mariya Kuznetsova (born 1950), Russian actress in 2001 film Taurus
 * Mariya Kuznetsova (singer) (1880–1966), Russian opera singer and dancer
 * Marina Kuznetsova (1925–1996), Soviet stage and film actress
 * Vera Kuznetsova (1907–1994) was a Russian film actress

In sports

 * Alesya Kuznetsova (born 1992), Russian judoka
 * Elena Kuznetsova (born 1982), Uzbekistani sport shooter
 * Evgeniya Kuznetsova (born 1980), former Olympic gymnast who competed for Russia and later Bulgaria
 * Galyna Kuznetsova (born 1960), Ukrainian Paralympic volleyball player
 * Maria Kuznetsova (wrestler) (born 1997), Russian wrestler
 * Nataliya Kuznetsova (born 1991), Russian powerlifter and bodybuilder
 * Olga Kuznetsova (born 1967), Russian middle distance runner
 * Olga Kuznetsova (sport shooter) (born 1968), Russian sport shooter
 * Polina Kuznetsova (born 1987), Russian handball player
 * Svetlana Kuznetsova (born 1985), Russian tennis player
 * Svetlana Kuznetsova (basketball) (born 1965), Russian basketball player
 * Svetlana Kuznetsova (cyclist) (born 1995), Russian cyclist
 * Yelena Kuznetsova (born 1977), Kazakhstani race walker
 * Yevgeniya Kuznetsova (athlete) (born 1936), Soviet athlete, competed in discus throwing in 1960 and 1964 Olympics

In politics

 * Anna Kuznetsova (born 1982), Russian human rights activist
 * Irina Davydovna Kuznetsova (1923–?), Soviet-Latvian politician

In business

 * Inna Kuznetsova (born 1968), CEO of ToolsGroup

In science and engineering

 * Irina Levshakova (née Kuznetsova) (1959–2016), Soviet/Russian paleontologist and artist
 * Valentina Kuznetsova (1937–2010), Soviet and Russian polar researcher and skier

In the military

 * Mariya Kuznetsova (pilot) (1918–1990), Soviet fighter pilot

In other areas

 * Nataliya Kuznetsova-Lobanova (1947–1998), a Russian diver
 * Tatyana Kuznetsova (1941–2018), Soviet cosmonaut