Samsonov (russian: Самсо́нов) and Samsonova (russian: Самсо́нова; feminine) is a Russian surname derived from the name
Samson. Currently, there are many variations in the name including Samsonov, Samsonenko, Samsonychev, Samsonyan, Samsikov, Samsonkin, and Samsononychev. In the United States, it is often spelled Samsonoff.
Notable people with the surname include:
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Alexander Samsonov (1859–1914), Russian military commander during World War I
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Aleksandr Samsonov
Aleksandr Vasilyevich Samsonov (russian: Александр Васильевич Самсонов; born 16 July 1953) is a Russian former swimmer. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics
The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Ga ...
(born 1953), Russian Olympic swimmer
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Artyom Samsonov (footballer, born 1994), Russian footballer
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Artyom Samsonov (footballer, born 1989)
Artyom Vladimirovich Samsonov (russian: Артём Владимирович Самсонов; born 6 February 1989) is a Russian professional Association football, footballer. He plays for FC Torpedo Moscow and FC Torpedo-2, Torpedo-2.
Career Clu ...
, Russian footballer
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Daniil Samsonov (born 2005), Russian figure skater
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Ilya Samsonov
Ilya Alexeyevich Samsonov (, russian: Илья Алексеевич Самсонов; born 22 February 1997) is a Russian professional ice hockey goaltender for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Growing up in Magnitog ...
(born 1997), professional ice hockey player
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Liudmila Samsonova (born 1998), Russian female tennis player
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Oleg Samsonov
Oleg Ivanovich Samsonov (russian: Оле́г Ива́нович Самсо́нов; born 7 September 1987) is a Russian former footballer.
Career
He made his Russian Premier League debut for PFC Spartak Nalchik on 5 May 2007 in a game against ...
(born 1987), Russian soccer player
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Samson Samsonov (1921–2002), Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter
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Sergei Samsonov (born 1978), professional ice hockey player
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Tamara Samsonova
Tamara Mitrofanovna Samsonova (russian: Тама́ра Митрофа́новна Самсо́нова; born April 25, 1947), known as Granny Ripper and Baba Yaga, is a Russian alleged serial killer who was arrested in July 2015 on suspicion of c ...
(born 1947), Russian murderer and suspected serial killer
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Viktor Samsonov
Viktor Nikolaevich Samsonov (russian: Виктор Николаевич Самсонов; born November 10, 1941 in Dukhovnitsky District), General of the Army. He was the acting Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Fede ...
(born 1941), acting Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in 1996
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Vladimir Samsonov
Vladimir Samsonov or Uładzimir Samsonaŭ ( be, Уладзімір Віктаравіч Самсонаў, russian: Владимир Викторович Самсонов, born 17 April 1976) is a Belarusian former professional table tennis player ...
(born 1976), Belarusian professional table tennis player
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Yevgeny Samsonov (1926–2014), Soviet rower
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Zinaida Samsonova
Zinaida Aleksandrovna Samsonova (; 14 October 1924 – 27 January 1944) was a senior medical service sergeant who served in the 667th Infantry Regiment of the 218th Infantry Division of the Soviet 47th Army on the Voronezh Front in World War II ...
(1924–1944), medic and posthumous
Hero of the Soviet Union
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