Shevchenko

Shevchenko (alternative spellings Schevchenko, Ševčenko, Shevcenko, Szewczenko, Chevchenko) is a family name of Ukrainian origin. It is derived from the Ukrainian word shvets (швець and Czech: švec), literally meaning "cobbler or shoemaker", and the suffix -enko, denoting Ukrainian descent. It is somewhat equivalent to occupational surnames: French: Cordonnier, Italian: Crispino, Spanish: Zapatero, German: Schumacher, Schumann, Schubert, and English: Shoemaker, Shoesmith, also Laster.

Shevchenko

 * Alexander Shevchenko (disambiguation), multiple individuals
 * Aleksandr Shevchenko (1883–1948), Ukrainian modernist painter and sculptor
 * Alexandra Shevchenko (born 1988), Ukrainian feminist
 * Andrey Anatolyevich Shevchenko, Russian politician
 * Andriy Shevchenko (born 1976), Ukrainian football player and manager
 * Andriy Shevchenko (politician) (born 1976), Ukrainian journalist and politician
 * Anna Shevchenko (born 1993), Kazakhstani cross-country skier
 * Antonina Shevchenko (born 1984), Kyrgyzstani/Peruvian martial artist
 * Arkady Shevchenko (1930–1998), Ukrainian Soviet diplomat and defector
 * Artem Shevchenko (born 1977), Ukrainian TV journalist and manager
 * Christine Shevchenko (born 1988), Ukrainian-American ballet dancer
 * Daryna Shevchenko (journalist)
 * Denys Shevchenko (born 2003), Ukrainian footballer
 * Dmitriy Shevchenko (disambiguation), multiple individuals
 * Eduard Shevchenko (born 1977), Ukrainian soldier
 * Igor Shevchenko (disambiguation), multiple individuals
 * Ihor Shevchenko (born 1971), Ukrainian politician
 * Inna Shevchenko (born 1990), Ukrainian feminist
 * Irina Shevchenko (born 1975), Russian hurdler
 * Kirill Shevchenko (born 2002), Ukrainian chess grandmaster
 * Leonid Shevchenko (1932–2017), Soviet and Russian footballer and football coach
 * Lyudmyla Shevchenko (born 1970), Ukrainian team handball player
 * Maksim Shevchenko (disambiguation), multiple individuals
 * Mykyta Shevchenko (born 1993), Ukrainian football goalkeeper
 * Oleksandr Shevchenko (disambiguation), multiple individuals
 * Oleksandr Shevchenko (1937–2016), Ukrainian scientist, jurist, politician
 * Oleksiy Shevchenko (born 1992), Ukrainian footballer
 * Olga Shevchenko (born 1979), Russian ski-orienteering competitor
 * Serhiy Shevchenko (disambiguation), multiple individuals
 * Serhiy Shevchenko (1908–200?), Ukrainian politician and diplomat
 * Sofia Shevchenko (born 2001), Russian ice dancer
 * Taras Shevchenko (1814–1861), Ukrainian poet and artist
 * Valentina Shevchenko (born 1988), Kyrgyzstani-Peruvian mixed martial artist
 * Valentyna Shevchenko (disambiguation), multiple individuals
 * Vasyl Shevchenko (1888–1964), Ukrainian bandurist
 * Vasilij Shevchenko (born 1960), Ukrainian astronomer
 * Vitaliy Shevchenko (born 1951), Russian footballer
 * Vitaly Shevchenko, BBC journalist
 * Vladislav Shevchenko (born 1940), Russian astronomer
 * Vyacheslav Shevchenko (born 1985), Ukrainian footballer
 * Yegor Shevchenko (born 1978), Russian footballer
 * Yelena Shevchenko (gymnast) (born 1971), Soviet artistic gymnast
 * Yevhen Shevchenko (born 1987), Ukrainian footballer

Other forms

 * Ihor Ševčenko (1922–2009), American philologist and historian
 * Tanja Szewczenko (born 1977), German figure skater