Makarenko (also Macarenko) is a

Ukrainian surname By the 18th century almost all Ukrainians had family names. Most Ukrainian surnames (and surnames in Slavic languages in general) are formed by adding possessive and other suffixes to given names, place names, professions and other words. Surnam ...

derived from the given name Makar (

Macarius Macarius is a Latinized form of the old Greek given name Makários (Μακάριος), meaning "happy, fortunate, blessed"; confer the Latin '' beatus'' and ''felix''. Ancient Greeks applied the epithet ''Makarios'' to the gods. In other languag ...

). It may refer to: *

Anton Makarenko Anton Semenovich Makarenko ( ua , Анто́н Семенович Мака́ренко, 13 January 1888 – 1 April 1939), a Ukrainian and Soviet educator, social worker and writer, became the most influential educational theorist in the ...

(1888–1939) Soviet-Ukrainian educator * Anton Makarenko (footballer) (born 1988), Ukrainian footballer *

Daria Makarenko Daria Makarenko (born 7 March 1992) is a former Russian footballer. She played as a defender for Zvezda 2005 Perm and the Russia national team. Club career She played for Zvezda 2005 Perm since 2012. Twice during her career, she scored a goal ...

(born 1992), Russian footballer *

Evgeny Makarenko Yevgeny Mikhaylovich Makarenko (born 10 October 1975) is a boxer from Russia best known to win two world titles 2001 and 2003 at light heavyweight, and him being a part of the 2005 Russian team at the Boxing World Cup. Career Makarenko won a br ...

(born 1975), Russian boxer *

Gloria Macarenko Gloria Macarenko, is a Canadian television and radio journalist. From 1989 until 2014, she was the longtime host or co-host of CBC Vancouver's supper-hour television newscast at 5:00 or 6:00. She later hosted the CBC Radio One local program '' B ...

, Canadian journalist * Herman Makarenko (born 1961), Ukrainian conductor * Kristina Makarenko (born 1997), Russian athlete * Mikhail Makarenko (1931–2007), Soviet dissident *

Sergei Makarenko Sergei Lavrentyevich Makarenko (born 11 September 1937) is a retired Soviet sprint canoeist who competed from late 1950s to early 1960s. Together with Leonid Geishtor Leonid Grigorievich Geishtor; also Geyshtor (russian: Леонид ...

(born 1937), Soviet-Ukrainian sprint canoeist * Yevhenii Makarenko (born 1991), Ukrainian footballer

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