Korsakov (surname)
Korsakov, Korsakoff, or Korsakova, is a Russian surname. It is a patronymic derivation from the nickname Korsak. Notable people with the surname include:
- Alexander Dondukov-Korsakov, Russian knyaz, cavalry general, Imperial Commissioner in Bulgaria
- Andrey Korsakov, Russian and Ukrainian linguist and language philosopher
- Alexander Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian infantry general
- Andrey Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian musicologist, son of the composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
- Dmitry Korsakov, Russian historian
- Nadezhda Rimskaya-Korsakova, Russian pianist and composer
- Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian composer
- Pyotr Korsakov, Russian writer
- Semyon Korsakov, Russian homeopath and inventor
- Sergei Korsakoff, Russian neuropsychiatrist
- *Korsakoff's syndrome, a brain disease caused by chronic alcoholism named after Sergei Korsakoff
- Vera Korsakova (hurdler), Kyrgyzstani hurdler
- Vera Korsakova (politician), Soviet-Russian politician
- The Korsakov family, who owned the building that now occupies the Lensovet Theatre in Saint Petersburg, in the early 20th century. The last heir was Sofya Alekseevna Korsakova, who married a prince of the House of Golitsyn.