Chekhov (surname)

Chekhov (masculine, Russian: Чехов) or Chekhova (feminine, Russian: Чехова) is a Russian surname. It may be an ethnonymic surname derived from the word "чех", Czech person.[1] Notable people with the surname include:

  • Alexander Chekhov (1855–1913), Russian essayist, memoirist, and novelist, brother of Anton and father of Michael
  • Anfisa Chekhova (born 1977), Russian actress, singer, and radio and television presenter
  • Anton Chekhov (1860–1904), Russian playwright
  • Maria Chekhova (1863–1957), Russian artist and teacher, sister of Anton
  • Maria Chekhova (feminist) (1866–1934), Russian educator, feminist, and suffragette
  • Michael Chekhov (1891–1955), Russian–American actor, author, director, and theatre practitioner, son of Alexander
  • Nikolai Chekhov (1858–1889), Russian painter, brother of Anton
  • Olga Chekhova (1897–1980), Russian–German actress, wife of Michael
  • Valery Chekhov (born 1955), Russian chess grandmaster

Fictional characters

See also

  • All pages with titles containing Chekhov
  • All pages with titles containing Chekhova

References

  1. ↑ Unbegaun, Boris (1989) [1972]. Русские фамилии [Russian Surnames] (in Russian). Translated by Luybov Kurkina, V. Neroznak, Ye. Skvairs [in Russian] (1st in Russian ed.). Moscow: Progress Publishers. p. 113. ISBN 5-01-001045-3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: translators list (link)
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