Afanasyev

Afanasyev or Afanasyev is the surname of the following persons:

Alexander Mikhailovich Afanasyev (1938-2010), Russian physicist
Alexander Nikolayevich Afanasyev (1826-1871), editor and researcher of Russian fairy tales
Boris Ivanovich Afanasyev (1913-1983), Soviet ice hockey player and coach and football player
Georgi Vasilyevich Afanasyev (1909-1971), the Belarusian Chess Composer
Yuri Nikolayevich Afanasyev (* 1934), Russian historian, supporters of perestroika
Leonid Viktorovich Afanasyev (1921-1995), Russian composer
Nikolai Yakovlevich Afanasyev (1821-1898), Russian violin virtuoso and composer
Nikolai Konstantinovich Afanasyev (* 1965), Russian decathlete
Nikolai Nikolayevich Afanasyev (1893-1966), Russian Orthodox theologian
Sergei Afanasyev ( athlete ) ( b. 1964 ), Soviet middle distance runner
Sergei Aleksandrovich Afanasyev (1918-2001), Soviet engineer
Sergei Andreyevich Afanasyev (* 1988), Russian racer
Valeri Jewgenewitsch Afanasyev ( b. 1945 ), Soviet sailors
Valery Pavlovich Afanasyev (* 1947), Russian pianist
Viktor Grigoryevich Afanasyev (1922-1994), a Soviet journalist, editor in chief of Pravda 1976-1989
Viktor Mikhailovich Afanasyev ( b. 1948 ), Soviet cosmonaut

As well as in alternative transcriptions of

Walter Afanasieff (born 1958 ), American music producer and songwriter
Vasily Athanasieff (1788-1823), the first priest of the Russian Orthodox community of Stuttgart