Sverdlov (Свердлов, feminine: Sverdlova) is a primarily Jewish toponymic surname from the places named , in Vitebsk region, Belarus.Alexander Beider, A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Russian Empire, Bergenfield, New Jersey, Avotaynu Inc., 2008, p. 872. Notable people with the surname include:

(1912–1991), Soviet naval officer (born 1989), Ukrainian soccer player Andrei Sverdlov (1911–1969), Soviet police officer (1906–1979), Soviet naval officer (1914–1972), Ukrainian Soviet artist Denis Sverdlov (born 1978), British-based Russian businessman (1921–2002), Soviet military historian (1898–1965), Soviet jurist (1926–1986), Russian physicist (1929–1997), Russian artist (1939–2022), Russian historian (born 1966), Russian literary critic (1885–1965), Russian-Israeli politician (1908–2003), Russian actress (1902–1938), Soviet statesman Vladimir Sverdlov-Ashkenazy (born 1976), Russian pianist and composer Yakov Sverdlov (1885–1919), Russian revolutionary and Soviet politician Yaroslav Sverdlov (born 1968), Belarusian soccer player (1886–1939), Soviet statesman Yevgeny Sverdlov (born 1938), Russian biochemist (1925–2007), Russian Soviet scientist (born 1972), Russian politician Zinovy Peshkov (1884–1966), Russian-born French general and diplomat

See also

Sverdlin, a surname of similar etymology

References

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