Kravchenko, also Krawchenko, Krawczenko or Kravtchenko (Сyrillic: Кравченко) is a common Ukrainian surname, widely found in the former Soviet Union and respective diasporas abroad. It is an occupational surname of patronymic derivation, based on the occupation of kravets (кравець), or 'tailor' and literally meaning "child of tailor". Other Ukrainian surnames of similar derivation are Kravchuk and Kravets.
It may refer to the following people:
Aleksei Kravchenko (born 1969), Russian actorAlex Kravchenko (born 1971), Russian professional poker playerAlexander Diomidovich Kravchenko (1881–1923), Russian Red partisan during the Russian Civil WarAndrei Kravchenko (disambiguation), several personsAnzhela Kravchenko (born 1971), Ukrainian sprinterDmytro Kravchenko (born 1995), Ukrainian football playerFyodor Iosifovich Kravchenko (1912–1988), Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet UnionGrigori Kravchenko (1912–1943), Soviet aircraft pilot and twice Hero of the Soviet UnionIvan Khotovich Kravchenko (1921–1945), Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet UnionIvan Yakovlevich Kravchenko (1905–1942), Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet UnionKonstantyn Kravchenko (born 1986), Ukrainian football playerMarina Kravchenko (born 1975), Israeli table tennis player.Mykhailo Kravchenko (1858–1917), Kobzar from PoltavaMykyta Kravchenko (born 1997), Ukrainian football playerNikolai Grigoryevich Kravchenko (born 1923), Soviet soldier and Full Cavalier of the Order of GloryNikolai Vasilyevich Kravchenko (born 1952), Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet UnionSerhiy Kravchenko (born 1983), Ukrainian football playerSerhiy Kravchenko (born 1990), Ukrainian football playerValeri Kravchenko (1939–1995), Soviet volleyball playerVasili Kravchenko (1923–1944), Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet UnionVictor Kravchenko (defector) (1905–1966), Soviet defectorViktor Kravchenko (athlete) (born 1941), Soviet triple jumperVolodymyr Kravchenko (born 1969), Ukrainian triple jumper,Yuriy Kravchenko (1951–2005), Ukrainian police officer and statesman