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

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