Kalashnikov (surname)

Kalashnikov (Russian: Калашников) is a surname literally meaning, "son of Kalach maker". Notable people with the name include:

• Mikhail Kalashnikov (1919−2013), Russian small arms designer, designer of the AK-47 assault rifle
• Ilya Kalashnikov (born 1982), Russian footballer
• Marina Kalashnikova, Russian historian and freelance journalist
• Maxim Kalashnikov (born 1966), Russian writer and political activist
• Nicholas Kalashnikoff, Russian writer whose books include Jumper, Toyon, Yakub and The Defender
• Nikolay Kalashnikov (born 1940), Russian Olympic water polo player
• Oksana Kalashnikova, Georgian tennis player playing in the ITF Women's Circuit
• Oleg Kalashnikov (1962−2015), Ukrainian politician, murdered in 2015
• Victor Kalashnikov (1942–2018), Russian small arms designer, son of Mikhail Kalashnikov
• Viktor Kalashnikov, Russian journalist and ex-KGB officer
• Viktor Kalashnikov (politician) (1940–2023), Russian politician
• Vladimir Kalashnikov (born 1953), Russian footballer and coach
• Vyacheslav Kalashnikov (born 1985), Russian footballer
• Alexander Kalashnikov (born in the 1890s), Ukrainian anarchist and commander in the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine

Fictional characters

• From "The Song of the Merchant Kalashnikov", a 1837 poem by Mikhail Lermontov

Surname list

This page lists people with the surname Kalashnikov.
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