Zhdanov (surname)

Zhdanov (Жданов) or Zhdanova (feminine; Жданова) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
 * Andrei Zhdanov (1896–1948), Stalinist politician, developer of the Zhdanov Doctrine that governed Soviet cultural activities for a number of years
 * Aleksei Zhdanov, Russian footballer
 * Andrei Zhdanov, Russian footballer
 * Alexander Zhdanov (1858–?), Russian astronomer
 * Alexandr Zhdanov, Russian avant-garde painter
 * Dimitri Zhdanov, Russian racing cyclist
 * Dmitri Zhdanov, Russian footballer
 * Igor Zhdanov (1920-1996), Latvian chess master
 * Ihor Zhdanov (born 1967), Ukrainian politician and businessman. 3rd Minister of Youth and Sports of Ukraine
 * Ilya Zhdanov, Russian Badminton player
 * Ivan Zhdanov (born 1988), Russian politician and lawyer, director of the Anti-Corruption Foundation
 * Leonid Zhdanov (1890–?), Russian selectionist
 * Leonid Zhdanov (1927–2009), Russian ballet dancer, teacher and photographer, younger brother of Yury Zhdanov
 * Lev Zhdanov (1864–?), Russian novelist and playwright
 * Oleksandr Zhdanov, Ukrainian footballer
 * Roman Zhdanov, Russian paralympic swimmer
 * Vasily Zhdanov (born 1963), Soviet cyclist
 * Victor M. Zhdanov (1914–1987), Russian virologist, instrumental in the push for global smallpox eradication
 * Vladimir Zhdanov (1902–1964), Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
 * Yevgeny Zhdanov (1839–1892), Russian land surveyor and cartographer
 * Yuri Zhdanov (1919–2006), Russian chemist, rector of Rostov State University from 1957 to 1988; son of Andrei Zhdanov and former husband of Svetlana Alliluyeva
 * Yury Zhdanov (dancer) (1925–1986), Russian ballet dancer, teacher, artist and choreographer, brother of Leonid Zhdanov