Karpov
title: "Karpov" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["russian-language-surnames"] topic_path: "geography/russia" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karpov" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
Karpov (masculine, ) or Karpova (feminine, ) is a Russian surname of the Karpov family. Notable people with the surname include:
- Aleksandr Karpov (1917–1944), Soviet ace, double Hero of the Soviet Union
- Andriy Karpov (born 1987), Ukrainian motorcyclist
- Anatoly Karpov (born 1951), Russian chess grandmaster, Undisputed World Chess Champion 1975–85, and FIDE World Chess Champion 1993–99
- Dmitriy Karpov (born 1981), Kazakhstani athlete, husband of Irina
- Elena Karpova (born 1980), Russian basketball player
- Irina Karpova (born 1980), Kazakhstani athlete, wife of Dmitriy
- Lev Iakovlevich Karpov (1879–1921), Russian Chemist and Bolshevik revolutionary
- Sergey Karpov (born 1948), Russian historian
- Valeri Karpov (born 1971), Soviet ice hockey player
- Vladimir Karpov (1922–2010), Soviet soldier and writer
- Vladimir Karpov (politician) (1948–2015), Russian politician
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