Asimov is a Jewish surname of Russian origin; see "Isaac Asimov#Surname" for its genesis. Notable people with the surname include:
Isaac Asimov (1920–1992), American essayist, scientist, novelist, written commentator, science fiction writer Janet Asimov (1926–2019), American science fiction writer, psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, wife of Isaac Stanley Asimov (1929–1995), American journalist and newspaper executive, former vice-president for editorial administration at Newsday, brother of Isaac Eric Asimov (born 1957), American wine critic, son of Stanley Daniel A. Asimov, mathematician, son of Stanley Nanette Asimov (born c. 1959), American journalist for the San Francisco Chronicle, daughter of Stanley Morris Asimow (1906–1982), American educator, professor of Systems engineering at UCLA, pioneer of the Engineering design process
See also Azimov, a related last name Ashimov, a Kazakh and Slavic surname