Sakharov

Sakharov (feminine: Sakharova) (Russian: Сахаров, Сахарова) is a Russian surname, derived from the word "сахар" (sugar). Other spellings of the surname are Saharov / Saharova, Sakharoff , Saharoff.

The surname may refer to:

• Aleksander Saharov (born 1982), Estonian professional footballer

• Berry Sakharof (born 1957), Israeli rock guitarist, songwriter and singer

• Alexander Sakharoff (1886–1963), Russian dancer, teacher, and choreographer

• Alik Sakharov (born 1959), American television director.
• Andrei Sakharov (1921–1989), Russian physicist and anti-Soviet dissident
• Andrey Sakharov (historian) (1930–2019), Russian historian
• Anton Sakharov (born 1982), Russian footballer
• Gleb Sakharov (born 1988), Uzbek–French tennis player
• Nikita Sakharov (1915–1945), Soviet Evenk writer
• Sophrony (Sakharov) (1896–1993), Christian monk, mystic and teacher
• Vladimir Sakharov (born 1948), former Soviet footballer
• Vladimir Viktorovich Sakharov (1853–1920), general of the Russian Imperial Army
• Vladimir Vladimirovich Sakharov (1902–1969), Soviet geneticist
• Yuri Sakharov (1922–1981), Ukrainian chess master

• Julia Sakharova, Russian violinist
• Tatiana Sakharova (born 1973), Russian politician

• 1979 Sakharov, a main-belt asteroid named for Andrei Sakharov
• Sakharov (film), a 1984 TV film starring Jason Robards as Andrei Sakharov

• Sakharov Prize
• Zakharov (Russian: Захаров)

Surname list

This page lists people with the surname Sakharov.
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