Krasnov

Template:For-multi Krasnov (Template:Langx) is a Russian family name. Derived from the word krasniy, an adjective meaning "red" (Template:Langx), its feminine counterpart is Krasnova.

According to a 2019 study, it was the 167th most popular surname in Russia.

People with the surname

• Aleksandr Krasnov (born 1960), Russian cyclist
• Aleksandr Krasnov (astronomer) (1866–1911), Russian astronomer
• Andrei Krasnov (1862–1914), Russian botanist and biogeographer
• Angelina Zhuk-Krasnova (born 7 February 1991), Russian pole vaulter
• Danny Krasnov (born 1970), Soviet-Israeli pole vaulter
• Ivan Krasnov (1802–1871), general, author and father of Nikolay Krasnov
  • Nikolay Krasnov (soldier) (1833–1900), major-general and father of Pyotr Krasnov
    • Pyotr Krasnov (1869–1947), lieutenant-general and member of the White movement during the Russian Civil War and a Nazi collaborator during World War II, and father of Semyon Krasnov
      • Semyon Krasnov, member of the White movement during the Russian Civil War and father of Mikhail Semyonovich Krasnov
        • Mikhail Semyonovich Krasnov (born 1946), Chilean military official involved in human rights violations
• Mikhail Krasnov (died 1979), speedway rider from the Soviet Union
• Nikolay Krasnov (architect) (1864-1939), Russian and Yugoslav architect
• Vera Krasnova (born 1950), Russian speed skater
• Vladimir Krasnov (born 1990), Russian Olympic sprinter

Fictional characters

• Yevgenia Nikolayevna Krasnova, a fictional character in The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable

See also

• Asset Krasnov
• Rurik Dynasty