Zakharov (), or Zakharova (feminine; Захарова) is a Russian surname. Notable people with the surname include:

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Alexander V. Zakharov Alexander Valentinovich Zakharov (, born June 1, 1941) is a Soviet and Russian chief scientist and astronomer serving at the Russian Space Research Institute (IKI). He was a lead scientist of the failed Mars missions, Mars 96 and Fobos-Grunt. B ...

(born 1941), Soviet and Russian scientist *

Anastasia Zakharova Anastasia Vladimirovna Zakharova (; born 18 January 2002) is a Russian tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 93 in singles and No. 93 in doubles. Zakharova has won sixteen singles and eight doubles titles on the ITF Women ...

(born 2002), Russian tennis player *

Andreyan Zakharov Andreyan Zakharov (; 19 August 1761 – 8 September 1811) was a Russian architect and representative of the Empire style. His designs also alternated neoclassicism with eclecticism.George Heard Hamilton. ''The Art and Architecture of Russia''. Yale ...

(1761–1811), Russian architect * Andrey Zakharov, Russian journalist * Artem Zakharov (footballer) (born 1996), Ukrainian footballer *

Fyodor Zakharov Fyodor Zakharovich Zakharov (; ; September 5, 1919 – September 29, 1994) was a Soviet and Ukrainian painter. He was awarded the title People's Painter of Ukrainian SSR in 1978, and the Shevchenko National Prize in 1987, the highest Ukrainian a ...

(1919–1994), Russian and Ukrainian painter * Gennadi Zakharov, Soviet physicist and spy *

Georgiy Zakharov Georgiy Fedorovich Zakharov (; 23 April 1897 – 26 January 1957) was a Soviet general who served in World War I, the Russian Civil War, and World War II. Early life Zakharov was born on April 23, 1897, in the village of Shilov, Russ ...

(1897–1957), Soviet military leader and army general * Halyna Zakharova (born 1947), Soviet handball player * Ivan Zakharov (1816–1885), Russian Sinologist * Konstantin Zakharov (born 1985), Belarusian ice hockey player *

Konstantin Zakharov (politician) Konstantin Yurievich Zakharov (; born 31 March 1973) is a Russian political figure and a deputy of the 8th State Dumas. From 1992 to 1995, Zakharov worked as a repairman to maintain ventilation and air conditioning systems at Uralvagonzavod ...

(born 1973), Russian politician *

Maria Zakharova Maria Vladimirovna Zakharova (, ; born 24 December 1975) is a Russian politician who serves as the director of the information and press department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia), Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federa ...

, (born 1975), Russian diplomat and journalist *

Mark Zakharov Mark Anatolyevich Zakharov (; 13 October 1933 – 28 September 2019) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film director, screenwriter and pedagogue best known for his fantasy parable movies. He was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1991. Zakharo ...

(1933–2019), Russian film and theatre director and playwright *

Matvei Zakharov Matvei Vasilevich Zakharov (; August 17, 1898 – January 31, 1972) was Marshal of the Soviet Union, Chief of the General Staff, and Deputy Defense Minister. Biography Zakharov was born in Voylovo, a village in Kalininsky District, Tver Obla ...

(1898–1972), Soviet military leader * Mikhail Zakharov (Soviet Navy officer) (1912–1978), Soviet naval officer * Nadezhda Zakharova (born 1945), Soviet basketball player * Natalya Zakharova (born 1945), Russian rowing coxswain * Olive Zakharov (1929–1995), Australian politician * Pyotr Zakharov-Chechenets (1816–1846), Russian painter of Chechen origin *

Rostislav Zakharov Rostislav Vladimirovich Zakharov (; September 7, 1907 – January 15, 1984) was a Soviet and Russian choreographer, ballet dancer and opera director. He was a professor at the Russian Institute of Theatre Arts (GITIS) in Moscow (1946–1983). Zakha ...

(1907–1984), Soviet choreographer and People's Artist of the USSR * Sergei Zakharov (disambiguation), multiple people * Stella Zakharova (born 1963), Soviet gymnast *

Svetlana Zakharova (athlete) Svetlana Vladimirovna Zakharova (), (born 15 September 1970 in Chuvashia) is a Russian long-distance runner, who specializes in marathon races. She won several international marathons, such as: the Honolulu Marathon (1997, 2002 and 2009), the Chic ...

(born 1970), Russian runner *

Svetlana Zakharova (dancer) Svetlana Yuryevna Zakharova (, ; born 10 June 1979) is a Ukrainian-born prima ballerina who dances with the Bolshoi Ballet and is acting rector of the Moscow State Academy of Choreography. Early life Svetlana Zakharova was born in Lutsk, U ...

(born 1979), Russian dancer * Tatjana Michaylovna Zacharova (born 1931), Russian production worker, author and politician *

Tetiana Zakharova-Nadyrova Tetiana Zakharova-Nadyrova (born 29 January 1951) is a Ukrainian former basketball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXII Ol ...

(born 1951), Soviet basketball player * Vadim Petrovich Zakharov (born 1975), Russian scientist-chemist *

Vasily Zakharov Vasily Georgievich Zakharov (; 5 January 1934 – 17 October 2023) was a Soviet and Russian economist who served as the minister of culture between 1986 and 1989 in the Soviet Union. He was a member of central committee of the Communist Party. ...

(1934–2023), Soviet minister of culture *

Vladimir E. Zakharov Vladimir Evgen'evich Zakharov (; 1 August 1939 – 20 August 2023) was a Soviet and Russian mathematician and physicist. He was Regents' Professor of mathematics at The University of Arizona, director of the Mathematical Physics Sector at the L ...

(1939–2023), Russian theoretical physicist * Vladimir Ivanovich Zakharov (born 1961), Belarusian guitarist, composer and music teacher * Vladimir Grigoryevich Zakharov (1901–1956), Soviet composer *

Vladimir Mikhailovich Zakharov Vladimir Mikhailovich Zakharov (; 5 July 1946 – 14 July 2013) was a Russian choreographer, founder, Chief Choreographer and Artistic Director of Gzhel (theater), Moscow National Academic Theater of Dance Gzhel and Moscow Ballet Academy Gzhel, Ph. ...

(1946–2013) Russian choreographer, dancer and academician *

Yevgen Zakharov Yevgen Yukhymovych Zakharov (born 12 November 1952) is a Ukrainian human rights activist and member of the Ukrainian PEN. He is a chairman of the board of the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union, Director of the Kharkiv Human Rights Group. H ...

(born 1952), Ukrainian human rights activist *

Yury Zakharov Yury Aleksandrovich Zakharov (; 30 March 1938 – 23 July 2024) was a Soviet and Russian chemist and academic, Rector of Kemerovo State University from 1978 to 2005. Life and career Zakharov was born in Anzhero-Sudzhensk. Zakharov graduated from ...

(born 1938), Russian chemist and former rector of Rector of Kemerovo State University

Fictional characters

* Prokhor Zakharov, fictional character profile from the video game Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri

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Fictional characters

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