Kuznetsov or Kuznetsoff (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 smith).

Kuznetsov may refer to:

• Kuznetsov Design Bureau, a Soviet/Russian aircraft engine design bureau
• Admiral Kuznetsov class aircraft carrier
• Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov, the only completed ship of this class
• 2233 Kuznetsov, an asteroid

People with the surname Kuznetsov

People in culture

• Ivan Sergeyevich Kuznetsov (1867–1942), Russian architect
• Pavel Varfolomevich Kuznetsov (1878–1968), Russian painter
• Anatoly Vasilievich Kuznetsov (1929–1979), Soviet writer, author of Babi Yar
• Lyubov Kuznetsova (1928), Russian calligrapher
• Anatoly Borisovich Kuznetsov (b. 1930), Soviet/Russian actor
• Alexander Kuznetsov (1959), Russian actor

People in sports

• Viktor Kuznetsov (swimmer) (1961), Soviet backstroke swimmer
• Viktor Kuznetsov (footballer) (1949), Soviet international footballer
• Vitali Kuznetsov (judo) (1941), Soviet judoka
• Vitali Kuznetsov (footballer) (1986), Russian footballer
• Oleg Kuznetsov (1963), Ukrainian footballer
• Dmitri Kuznetsov (1965), Russian footballer
• Mikhail Kuznetsov (triathlete) (1971), Kazakhstani triathlete
• Svetlana Kuznetsova (1985), Russian professional tennis player
• Alex Kuznetsov (1987), Ukrainian-American tennis player
• Mikhail Kuznetsov (figure skater) (1988), Russian figure skater

People in politics

• Vasily Kuznetsov (1901–1990), Soviet politician
• Aleksei Kuznetsov (1905–1950), Soviet politician
• Eduard Kuznetsov (1939), Jewish Soviet dissident and human rights activist
• Vladimir Kuznetsov (~1957), former U.N. official

Miscellaneous

• Boris Abramovich Kuznetsov (1935), prominent Russian lawyer
• Pyotr Kuznetsov (1964), Russian religious leader
• Fyodor Kuznetsov, multiple people
• Nikolai Kuznetsov, multiple people

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