Afanasiev
Afanassjew or Afanasjew is the family name of the following people:
- Alexander Alexandrowitsch Afanassjew (1903–1991), Soviet policeman, 1948 Minister of the Navy
- Alexander Alexejewitsch Afanassjew (1917–1987), Soviet actor
- Alexander Michailowitsch Afanassjew (1938–2010), Russian physicist
- Alexander Nikolajewitsch Afanassjew (1826–1871), editor and researcher of Russian fairy tales
- Boris Ivanovich Afanassjew (1913–1983), Soviet ice hockey player and coach, and soccer player
- Georgi Wassiljewitsch Afanassjew (1909–1971), Belarusian chess composer
- Heorhij Afanasjew (1848–1925), Ukrainian historian and politician
- Jerzy Afanasjew (1932–1991), Polish poet, prose writer, screenwriter and director
- Yuri Nikolajewitsch Afanassjew (1934–2015), Russian historian, supporter of perestroika
- Kirill Nikolajewitsch Afanasjew (1909–2002), Russian architect, urban planner, art historian, university professor and founding member of the Union of Architects of the USSR
- Leonid Wiktorowitsch Afanassjew (1921–1995), Russian composer
- Michail Afanasjew (* 1986), Belarusian football player
- Nikita Afanasjew (* 1982), German author and journalist of Russian origin
- Nikolai Jakowlewitsch Afanassjew (1821–1898), Russian violin virtuoso and composer
- Nikolai Konstantinowitsch Afanassjew (* 1965), Russian decathlete
- Nikolai Nikolajewitsch Afanassjew (1893–1966), Russian Orthodox theologian
- Oleksandr Afanassjew-Tschuschbynskyj (1816–1875), Russian-Ukrainian historian, linguist, writer and ethnologist
- Sergei Afanassjew (athlete) (born 1964), Soviet middle-distance runner
- Sergei Alexandrowitsch Afanassjew (1918–2001), Soviet engineer
- Sergei Andrejewitsch Afanassjew (* 1988), Russian racing driver
- Valeri Evgenevich Afanassjew (* 1945), Soviet sailor
- Valery Pavlovich Afanassjew (* 1947), Russian pianist
- Viktor Grigoryevich Afanassjew (1922–1994), Soviet journalist, editor-in-chief of Pravda 1976–1989
- Viktor Michailowitsch Afanassjew (* 1948), Soviet cosmonaut
as well as in alternative transcriptions of
- Nick Afanasiev (* 1989), American actor and director
- Walter Afanasieff (* 1958), American music producer and songwriter
- Wassilij Athanasieff (1788–1823), the first priest of the Russian Orthodox community in Stuttgart
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