Dyakonov ( (masculine), (feminine)), Diakonoff, Diakonov, or Diakonof is a Russian surname meaning "a deacon's". Notable people with the surname include: Anatoly Dyakonov (1907–1972), Soviet general Alexey Diakonoff (1907–1989), Dutch-Russian entomologist (1949–2012), Russian physicist Elena Diakonova, known as Gala Dalí, (1894–1982), Russian model and wife of artist Dalí Igor Diakonoff (1915–1999), linguist, translator, and historian of the Ancient Near East Kathryn Dyakanoff Seller (1884–1980), Alaska Native educator Nina Dyakonova (1915–2013), Russian researcher Yevgeny Dyakonov (1935–2006), Russian mathematician Vasily Dyakonov (1946–2012), governor of Krasnodar Krai Mikhail Dyakonov (born 1940), Russian physicist, discoverer of Dyakonov surface waves Pavel Dyakonov (born 1973), football player Tatyana Dyakonova (born 1970), Russian politician