Chernov

Chernov (Russian: Чернов) is a Slavic surname formed from the Russian word Chyorny (Russian: Чёрный) meaning black. The feminine form of the surname is Chernova (or Tchernova). Notable people with the surname include:

• Alex Chernov (born 1938), Australian judge, Chancellor of the University of Melbourne, and Governor of Victoria
• Aleksandr A. Chernov (1877–1963), Soviet geologist, paleontologist, and Hero of Socialist Labor
• Andrei Chernov (1966–2017), Russian programmer, one of the founders of Runet and the creator of the KOI8-R character encoding
• Artyom Chernov (1982–2020), Russian professional ice hockey centre
• Dmitry Chernov (1839–1921), Russian metallurgist
• Evgeniy Demitrievich Chernov, Soviet admiral, former commander of Soviet submarine K-278 Komsomolets
• Georgy Chernov (1906–2009), Russian geologist and Order "For Merit to the Fatherland"
• Lada Chernova (born 1970), Russian javelin thrower
• Mikhail Chernov (born 1978), Russian ice hockey player
• Mikhail Chernov (politician) (1891–1938), Russian politician
• Mstyslav Chernov (born 1985), Ukrainian journalist and photographer
• Natalia Chernova (born 1976), Russian gymnast
• Nikolai Chernov (1956–2014), Ukrainian-American mathematician
• Tatyana Chernova (born 1988), Russian heptathlete
• Victoria Chernova, Russian Paralympic athlete
• Viktor Chernov (1873–1952), the founder of Socialist-Revolutionary Party
• Vladimir Chernov (born 1953), Russian baritone singer
• Vladimir Chernov (footballer) (born 1991), Russian footballer

See also

• All pages with titles containing Chernov
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• 4207 Chernova, main-belt asteroid