Korsakov, Korsakoff (), or Korsakova (feminine; Ко́рсакова), is a Russian surname. It is a patronymic derivation from the nickname Korsak. Notable people with the surname include:
Alexander Dondukov-Korsakov (1820–1893), Russian knyaz, cavalry general, Imperial Commissioner in Bulgaria Andrey Korsakov (1916–2007), Russian and Ukrainian linguist and language philosopher Alexander Rimsky-Korsakov (1753–1840), Russian infantry general Andrey Rimsky-Korsakov (1878–1940), Russian musicologist, son of the composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Dmitry Korsakov (1843–1920), Russian historian Nadezhda Rimskaya-Korsakova (1848–1919), Russian pianist and composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908), Russian composer Pyotr Korsakov (1790–1844), Russian writer Semyon Korsakov (1788–1853), Russian homeopath and inventor Sergei Korsakoff (1854–1900), Russian neuropsychiatrist Korsakoff's syndrome, a brain disease caused by chronic alcoholism named after Sergei Korsakoff Vera Korsakova (hurdler) (born 1941), Kyrgyzstani hurdler Vera Korsakova (politician) (1920–2022), 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.
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