Zinoviev

Zinoviev, Zinovyev, Zinovieff (Зино́вьев), or Zinovieva (feminine; Зино́вьева), as a Russian surname, derives from the personal name Zinovi, from Greek Zenobios. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Alexander Dmitrievich Zinoviev (1854–1931), Russian politician (Governor of St Petersburg) under Nicholas II
 * Alexander Zinoviev (1922–2006), Russian logician, sociologist, writer, and satirist
 * Grigory Zinoviev (1883–1936), Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet politician
 * Ivan Zinoviev (1905–1942), NKVD captain and Hero of the Soviet Union
 * Peter Zinovieff (1933–2021), British inventor
 * Lydia Zinovieva-Annibal (1866–1907), a Russian writer
 * Sauli Zinovjev (b. 1988), Finnish composer
 * Sergei Zinovjev (born 1980), Russian ice hockey player
 * Sofka Zinovieff (b. 1961), a British journalist and author
 * Nikolai Zinoviev, fictional character from the video game Resident Evil 3: Nemesis