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Sokolov (Russian: Соколов, masculine) or Sokolova (Соколова, feminine) is one of the top ten most common Russian last names. It is derived from the Russian word "сокол" (sokol, meaning falcon). It may be Germanized as Sokoloff or Sokolow.

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The surname may refer to:

People

  • Aleksandr Sokolov (politician) (born 1949), Russian politician
  • Alexander Sokolov (born 1955), Spanish sculptor
  • 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 Vadimovich Sokolov (born 1957), philologist and historian
  • Boris Sergeyevich Sokolov (1914–2013), Soviet geologist, paleontologist, and academician
  • Dmitri Sokolov (footballer) (born 1988), Russian footballer with FC Torpedo Moscow and FC Amkar Perm
  • Dmitri Sokolov (basketball) (born 1985), Russian basketball player currently with PBC CSKA Moscow
  • Dmitri Sokolov (biathlete) (1924–2009), Soviet biathlete
  • Elena Sokolova (born 1980), Russian figure skater
  • Eva Sokolova (born 1961), Russian hurdler
  • Fedor Sokolov (born 1984), Israeli pair skater
  • 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
  • Lydia Sokolova (1896–1974), English ballerina
  • Larisa Sokolova, Russian musicologist
  • Lyubov Sokolova (volleyball) (born 1977), Russian volleyball player
  • Lyubov Sokolova (1921–2001), Soviet and Russian actress
  • Maxim Sokolov (born 1972), Russian ice hockey goaltender
  • Nahum Sokolow (1859–1936), Jewish Hebrew-language writer and Zionist leader
  • Natalia Sokolova (model) (born 1976), Russian model and actress
  • Nikolai Sokoloff (1886–1965), Russian-American conductor and violinist
  • Nikolai Alekseyevich Sokolov (born 1983), Russian football striker
  • Nikolay Alexandrovich Sokolov (1859–1922), Russian composer
  • Nikolay Nikolayevich Sokolov (athlete) (born 1930), Soviet Olympic athlete
  • Nikolai Sokolov (footballer) (1897–1988), Soviet international football goalkeeper
  • Nikolai Stepanovich Sokolov, fictional character from the Metal Gear series
  • Oleg Sokolov, member of the Odessa Group
  • Pavel Petrovich Sokolov (1764–1835), Russian sculptor
  • Pavel Viktorovich Sokolov (born 1987), Russian footballer with FC Istra
  • Pavel Yevgenyevich Sokolov (born 1976), Russian footballer with FC Gazovik Orenburg
  • Pyotr Sokolov (portraitist) (1791–1848), Russian portraitist, father of the painter of the same name
  • Pyotr Sokolov (painter) (1821–1899), Russian painter and graphic artist, son of the portraitist of the same name
  • Pyotr Sokolov (footballer) (1890–1971), Russian football player and spy
  • Raymond Sokolov (born 1941), American culinary journalist
  • Sasha Sokolov (born 1943), Russian writer
  • Sergey Sokolov (commander) (1911–2012), Soviet military commander
  • 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
  • Vladislav Sokolov (1908–1993), Soviet choir conductor and composer, People's Artist of the USSR
  • Yefrem Sokolov (born 1926), former leader of the Byelorussian SSR
  • Yegor Sokolov (1750–1824), Russian architect
  • Yurii Dmitrievich Sokolov (1896–1971), Russian mathematician

    • Fictional characters

  • Nikolai Stephanovich Sokolov from Metal Gear Solid 3
  • Sokolov, former Russian Spetsnaz in Neal Stephenson's novel Reamde
  • Anton Sokolov, Head of the Academy and Royal Physician in the game Dishonored

    • References

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