Makarov (surname) explained

Makarov/Makarova (masculine/feminine) (Russian: Макаров/Макарова) is a Russian patronymic surname that is derived from the male given name Makar (in turn derived from the Greek name Macarius) and literally means Makar's.

Notable Makarovs

• Alexander Alexeyevich Makarov, Russian inventor in the field of mass spectrometry
• Alexander Alexandrovich Makarov, Imperial Russian politician
• Alexander Sergeyevich Makarov, Russian politician, mayor of the city of Tomsk, Russia
• Aleksandr Viktorovich Makarov, Russian soccer goalkeeper
• Aleksandr Vladimirovich Makarov, Russian soccer midfielder
• Aleksandr Makarov (athlete), Soviet Russian javelin thrower
• Alexei Makarov, Russian statesman
• Andrei Makarov (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Andrei Makarov (ice hockey, born 1964), Russian ice hockey forward who played with Ak Bars Kazan
  • Andrei Makarov (ice hockey, born 1966), Russian ice hockey forward who played with Metallurg Novokuznetsk
  • Andrey Makarov (ice hockey) (born 1993), Russian ice hockey goaltender
  • Andrey Makarov (racewalker) (born 1971), Belarusian race walker
• Anna Makarova, Ukrainian and Russian volleyball player
• Antonina Makarova, Soviet executioner and Nazi collaborator
• Ekaterina Makarova, Russian tennis player
• Elena Makarova, Russian tennis player
• Igor Makarov (footballer, born 1961), Russian footballer with FC Lokomotiv Moscow, FC Shinnik Yaroslavl, FC Asmaral Moscow and FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi
• Igor Makarov (businessman) (born 1962), Russian businessman
• Igor Makarov (footballer, born 1970), Russian footballer with PFC CSKA Moscow, FC Fakel Voronezh, FC Baltika Kaliningrad and FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg
• Igor Makarov (ice hockey) (born 1987), Russian ice hockey player who was drafted by the Chicago Blackhawks
• Ihar Makarau, Belarusian judoka
• Ivan Makarov, Russian painter
• Kira Makarova, Estonian-American biologist
• Konstantin Makarov, Soviet Navy admiral
• Konstantin Makarov (ice hockey)
• Ksenia Makarova, Russian-American figure skater
• Natalia Makarova, Russian-American ballerina
• Nikolai Georgievich Makarov (born 1955), Russian mathematician
• Nikolay Makarov (disambiguation)
  • Nikolay Fyodorovich Makarov (1914–1988), Soviet firearms designer
  • Nikolay Makarov, Russian general, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
• Oleg Aleksandrovich Makarov, Soviet international footballer
• Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov, Russian cosmonaut
• Oleg Vitalyevich Makarov, Soviet figure skater
• Sergei Mikhaylovich Makarov, Soviet, NHL, and Olympic ice hockey forward
• Sergei Makarov (ice hockey, born 1964), Soviet ice hockey defenceman
• Sergey Makarov, Russian javelin thrower
• Stepan Makarov, Russian admiral
• Tamara Makarova, Soviet actress
• Tatyana Makarova, Soviet World War II pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union
• Vladimir Makarov (1947–1979) a Soviet footballer.
• Major General Vladimir Makarov, former Russian police general found dead in an apparent suicide in 2023
• Vladimir Makarov, the primary antagonist in the video game
• Vyacheslav Makarov, Russian politician
• Michail Makarow, German bobsledder