Krasnov

Krasnov (Russian: Краснов) is a Russian family name.^[1] Derived from the word krasniy (Russian: красный), an adjective meaning "red", in old Russian "beautiful", its feminine counterpart is Krasnova.^{[citation needed]}

According to a 2019 study, it was the 167th most popular surname in Russia.^[1]

People with the surname

Aleksandr Krasnov (born 1960), Russian cyclist
Aleksandr Krasnov (astronomer) (1866–1911), Russian astronomer
Andrei Krasnov (1862–1914), Russian botanist and biogeographer
Angelina Zhuk-Krasnova (born 7 February 1991), Russian pole vaulter
Danny Krasnov (born 1970), Soviet-Israeli pole vaulter
Ivan Krasnov (1802–1871), general, author and father of Nikolay Krasnov
- Nikolay Krasnov (soldier) (1833–1900), major-general and father of Pyotr Krasnov
  - Pyotr Krasnov (1869–1947), lieutenant-general and member of the White movement during the Russian Civil War and a Nazi collaborator during World War II, and father of Semyon Krasnov
    - Semyon Krasnov, member of the White movement during the Russian Civil War and father of Mikhail Semyonovich Krasnov
      - Mikhail Semyonovich Krasnov (born 1946), Chilean military official involved in human rights violations
Mikhail Krasnov (died 1979), speedway rider from the Soviet Union
Nikolay Krasnov (architect) (1864-1939), Russian and Yugoslav architect
Vera Krasnova (born 1950), Russian speed skater
Vladimir Krasnov (born 1990), Russian Olympic sprinter

Fyodor Krasnov, a fictional character in the 2023 Chilean black comedy horror film El Conde. Krasnov is the butler to Augusto Pinochet, who is portrayed as a French vampire from the 18th century seeking death. He is probably based on Pinochet dictatorship official Miguel Krassnoff.
Yevgenia Nikolayevna Krasnova, a fictional character in the 2007 book The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb.