Kalashnikov (surname)
Kalashnikov is a surname literally meaning, "son of Kalach maker". Notable people with the name include:
- Mikhail Kalashnikov, Russian small arms designer, designer of the AK-47 assault rifle
- Ilya Kalashnikov, Russian footballer
- Marina Kalashnikova, Russian historian and freelance journalist
- Maxim Kalashnikov, Russian writer and political activist
- Nicholas Kalashnikoff, Russian writer whose books include Jumper, Toyon, Yakub and The Defender
- Nikolay Kalashnikov, Russian Olympic water polo player
- Oksana Kalashnikova, Georgian tennis player playing in the ITF Women's Circuit
- Oleg Kalashnikov, Ukrainian politician, murdered in 2015
- Victor Kalashnikov, Russian small arms designer, son of Mikhail Kalashnikov
- Viktor Kalashnikov (journalist), Russian journalist and ex-KGB officer
- Viktor Kalashnikov (politician), Russian politician
- Vladimir Kalashnikov, Russian footballer and coach
- Vyacheslav Kalashnikov, Russian footballer
- Alexander Kalashnikov, Ukrainian anarchist and commander in the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine
Fictional characters
- From "The Song of the Merchant Kalashnikov", a 1837 poem by Mikhail Lermontov