Gorbachev (, ) is a Russian surname. It derives from a word meaning "Hunchback". The Ukrainian equivalent is Horbanenko and the Belarusian equivalent is Harbachow.
People with the surname Gorbachev Mikhail Gorbachev (Михаил Горбачёв) (1931–2022), general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and last leader of the Soviet Union Nikolai Gorbachev (1948–2019), Soviet-born Belarusian sprint canoer Yuri Gorbachev (born 1948), Russian-American painter and sculptor
Other variants Raisa Gorbacheva (Раиса Горбачёва, 1932–1999), wife of Mikhail Gorbachev Aleksandr Gorbachyov (disambiguation), various people Boris Gorbachyov (1892–1937), Soviet komkor Igor Gorbachyov (1927–2003), Russian stage and film actor Ivan Sergeyevich Gorbachyov (1902–1941), Red Army major general Timofey Gorbachyov (1900–1973), Soviet scientist, mining specialist Mihail Harbachow (Belarusian Міхаіл Гарбачоў, Russian Михаил Горбачёв), Belarusian footballer