Kovtun
# Kovtun

Kovtun (Ukrainian: Ковтун), Russian: Колтун (Koltun), Polish: Kołtun, are gender-neutral surnames derived from the Slavic word for a formation of hair called Polish plait, as a nickname for a person with unkempt hair, "mophead".

## People

### Kovtun

* Anatolij Kovtun (1960–2005), Ukrainian basketball player
* Andriy Kovtun (born 1968), Ukrainian football player
* Dmitry Kovtun (1965-2022), Russian businessman and ex-KGB agent
* Illia Kovtun (born 2003), Ukrainian gymnast
* Marina Kovtun (born 1962), Russian politician
* Maxim Kovtun (born 1995), Russian figure skater
* Natalya Kovtun (born 1964), Russian sprinter
* Oleksiy Kovtun (born 1995), Ukrainian football defender
* Olena Kovtun (born 1966), Ukrainian table tennis player
* Yuri Kovtun (born 1970), Russian football defender

### Koltun, Kołtun

* Daniel S. Koltun (1933–2014), American physicist
* Jarosław Kołtun, Polish racer
* Leonid Koltun (born 1944), Ukrainian football coach
* Mykhaylo Koltun (born 1949), Ukrainian bishop
* Sarah Koltun (born 1993), Canadian curler
