Lysenko Explained

Lysenko (uk|Лисенко; ru|Лысенко; be|Лысенка Lysienka) or Lisenko is a Ukrainian surname. It most often refers to:

• Mykola Lysenko (1842–1912), Ukrainian composer, after whom the Lysenko music school and Lysenko State Conservatory are named.
• Trofim Lysenko (1898–1976), Soviet agronomist, politician and scientist, after whom the term Lysenkoism was named.

Other notable people with this surname include:

Sports

• Alla Lysenko (born 1969), Ukrainian Paralympic rower
• Anastasiya Lysenko (born 1995), Ukrainian weightlifter
• Anna Lysenko (born 1991), Ukrainian boxer
• Dmytro Lysenko (born 1981), Ukrainian diver
• Lyudmila Lysenko (biathlete) (born 1973), Belarusian biathlete
• Ruslan Lysenko (born 1976), Ukrainian biathlete
• Tatiana Lysenko (born 1975), Soviet and Ukrainian gymnast
• Tatyana Lysenko (born 1983), Russian hammer thrower

Football

• Oleksandr Lysenko (born 1956), Soviet-Ukrainian footballer
• Sergei Lysenko (footballer, born 1972), Russian footballer
• Sergei Lysenko (footballer, born 1976), Russian footballer
• Stanislav Lysenko (born 1972), Russian footballer
• Viktor Lysenko (1947–2003), Soviet footballer
• Volodymyr Lysenko (born 1988), Ukrainian footballer

Other

• Anatoly Lysenko (1937–2021), Russian television figure, journalist, director, producer
• Māra Lisenko (born 1986), Latvian singer-songwriter
• Natalya Lisenko (1884–1969), Ukrainian-Russian actress
• Rada Lysenko (1921–2021), Ukrainian pianist
• Stefan Lysenko, Ukrainian-American film maker
• Vladimir Lysenko (born 1955), Russian traveller

See also

• Lubov Zsiltzova-Lisenko (born 1956), Ukrainian chess player