Krasnov
# Krasnov

Krasnov (Russian: Краснов) is a Russian family name, derived from the word krasota, a diminutive for krasa, "beauty". Its feminine counterpart is Krasnova. It may refer to:

* Aleksandr Krasnov (born 1960), Russian cyclist
* Aleksandr Krasnov (astronomer) (1866–1911), Russian astronomer
   * Krasnov (crater) on the Moon, named after Aleksandr Krasnov
* Andrei Krasnov (1862–1914), Russian botanist and biogeographer
* Angelina Zhuk-Krasnova (born 7 February 1991), Russian pole vaulter
* Danny Krasnov (born 1970), Soviet-Israeli pole vaulter
* Ivan Krasnov (1802–1871), general, author and father of Nikolay
* Nikolay Krasnov (soldier) (1833–1900), major-general and father of Pyotr
* Nikolay Krasnov (architect), 1864-1939, Russian and Yugoslav architect
* Pyotr Krasnov (1869–1947), lieutenant-general and member of the White movement during the Russian Civil War and a Nazi collaborator during World War II
* Vera Krasnova (born 1950), Russian speed skater
* Vladimir Krasnov (born 1990), Russian Olympic sprinter
* Semyon Krasnov (born 1946), member of the White movement during the Russian Civil War and father of Mikhail Krasnov

## Fiction

* Yevgenia Nikolayevna Krasnova, a fictional character in The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
