Kuznetsov, Kuznyetsov, Kuznetsoff or Kouznetsov (; feminine: Kuznetsova, ) 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
  • , 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
  • Yan Kuznetsov (born 2002), Russian ice hockey player

In politics

  • Alexey Kuznetsov (1905–1950), Soviet politician
  • Eduard Kuznetsov (dissident) (1939–2024), 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
  • Konstantin Kuznetsov (1902–1977), Soviet naval officer
  • 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 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
  • Andrei Kuznetsov, oldest living Finn at the time of his death

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  • Boris Kuznetsov (scientist), a Russian scientist and writer
  • Mikhail Kuznetsov (general), a Soviet military leader and a Hero of the Soviet Union
  • Alexander Kuznetsov (architect), a Russian/Soviet architect
  • Pobisk Kuznetsov, a Russian economist
  • Pyotr Kuznetsov (linguist), a Soviet linguist
  • Sergei Kuznetsov, a Soviet microbiologist
  • Stepan Kuznetsov, a Russian/Soviet actor
  • Valery Kuznetsov, a Soviet geologist and academician
  • Vasily Kuznetsov (meteorologist), a Soviet meteorologist and hydrologist
  • Viktor Kuznetsov (scientist), a Soviet scientist in the field of applied mechanics and automation
  • Vladimir Kuznetsov (physicist), a Soviet physicist and academician
  • Yefrem Kuznetsov, a Soviet geologist and petrographer
  • Yegor Kuznetsov, a Russian inventor
  • Yevgeni Kuznetsov, a Soviet theater critic
  • Yuri Kuznetsov (musician), a Ukrainian jazz musician
  • Yuri Kuznetsov (geologist), a Soviet geologist and academician

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Women

Artists and entertainers

  • Agniya Kuznetsova (born 1985), Russian theatre and film actress
  • Dina Kuznetsova, American lyric dramatic operatic soprano
  • Lyubov Kuznetsova (1928–2008), 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 (runner) (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

See also

  • 2233 Kuznetsov, an asteroid named for Nikolai Ivanovich Kuznetsov (1911–1944)
  • Kuznetsov Design Bureau, a Soviet/Russian aircraft engine design bureau
  • Admiral Kuznetsov class aircraft carrier
  • Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov