Sokolov (surname) explained

Sokolov (Russian: Соколо́в, masculine) or Sokolova (Russian: Соколо́ва, feminine) is one of the top ten most common Russian family names.^[1] The name derives from the Russian word "Russian: Со́кол" (sokol, meaning "falcon"). It may appear in Germanized form as Sokoloff or Sokolow. Notable people with the surname include:

• Aleksandr Sokolov (disambiguation), several people
• Andrei Sokolov (born 1963), French, ex-Russian chess player
• Andrei Sokolov (born 1972), Latvian chess player
• Arseny Sokolov (1910–1986), Russian physicist, coauthor of Sokolov–Ternov effect
• Boris Sokolov (disambiguation), several people
• Denis Viktorovich Sokolov (born 1983), Russian rifle shooter
• Denis Yurevich Sokolov (born 1977), Russian ice hockey defenceman
• Dmitri Sokolov (disambiguation), several people
• Elena Sokolova (born 1980), Russian figure skater
• Eugene Sokolov (1920–2008), Russian neuroscientist
• Eva Sokolova (born 1961), Russian hurdler
• Evgenia Sokolova (1850–1925), Russian dancer and educator
• Evgeny Sokolov (born 1984) Russian cyclist
• Fedor Sokolov (born 1984), Israeli pair skater
• Fred Sokolow (born 1945), American multi-instrumentalist.
• Georgi Sokolov (1942–2002), Bulgarian footballer
• Grigory Sokolov (born 1950), Russian pianist
• Igor Sokolov (born 1958), Soviet sport shooter and Olympic champion
• Ivan Sokolov (born 1968), Yugoslav-born Dutch chess player
• Ivan Sokolov (born 1960), Russian composer
• Ivan Glebovich Sokolov (born 1960), Russian-born pianist and composer
• Lale Sokolov (1916–2006), the tattooist of Auschwitz
• Larisa Sokolova, Russian musicologist
• Lydia Sokolova (1896–1974), English ballerina
• Lyubov Sokolova (volleyball) (born 1977), Russian volleyball player
• Lyubov Sokolova (1921–2001), Soviet and Russian actress
• Konstantin Sokolov (born 1991), Russian ice hockey player
• Maksim Sokolov (born 1968), Russian economist and former Minister of Transport of Russia
• Marina Sokolova (born 1969), Russian-born German chess player
• Maxim Sokolov (born 1972), Russian ice hockey goaltender
• Mikhail Sokolov (1885–1947), Russian painter, graphic artist and illustrator
• Nahum Sokolow (1859–1936), Jewish Hebrew-language writer and Zionist leader
• Natalia Sokolova (model) (born 1976), Russian model and actress
• Nikolay Sokolov (disambiguation), several people
• Oleg Sokolov, Russian historian
• Pavel Sokolov (disambiguation), several people
• Pyotr Sokolov (disambiguation), several people
• Raymond Sokolov (born 1941), American culinary journalist
• Sasha Sokolov (born 1943), Russian writer
• Saška Sokolov, Serbian athlete
• Sergei Sokolov (disambiguation), several people
• Stanislav Sokolov (born 1947), Russian animator
• Tsvetan Sokolov (born 1989), Bulgarian volley player
• Valeriy Sokolov (born 1986), Ukrainian violinist
• Vasili Sokolov (1874–1959), Russian revolutionary and party journalist
• Victor Sokolov (1947–2006), Russian-American dissident journalist and a priest
• Victor Sokolov Alias name of espionage agent Anatoly Gurevich
• Viktor Sokolov (disambiguation), several people
• Vladimir Sokolov (disambiguation), several people
• Vladislav Sokolov (1908–1993), Soviet choir conductor and composer, People's Artist of the USSR
• Yefrem Sokolov (1926–2022), former leader of the Byelorussian SSR
• Yegor Sokolov (1750–1824), Russian architect
• Yevgeny Sokolov (born 1931), Lithuanian middle-distance runner
• Yevgeny Gavrilovich Sokolov (1880–1949), Russian artist
• Yordan Sokolov (1933–2016), Bulgarian jurist and former Minister of Interior of Bulgaria
• Yurii Dmitrievich Sokolov (1896–1971), Russian mathematician

Fictional characters

• Sokolov, former Russian Spetsnaz in Neal Stephenson's novel Reamde
• Dr.Sokolov, a character in Ivan Vazov's novel Under the Yoke
• Andrey Sokolov, the main character of the Russian writer Mikhail Sholokhov's short story The Fate of Man
• Game characters:
  • Nikolai Stepanovich Sokolov from Metal Gear Solid 3
  • Anton Sokolov, Head of the Academy and Royal Physician in the game Dishonored
  • Ivan Sokolov, a Russian Greco-Roman wrestler from Buriki One

Notes and References

1. Никонов В. А. "Словарь русских фамилий". Соколов. Сост. Е. Л. Крушельницкий. Москва, Школа-Пресс, 1993. 224 с.