Karpov
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Karpov (Russian: Ка́рпов) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Aleksandr Karpov (1917-1944), Soviet ace, double Hero of the Soviet Union
- Andriy Karpov (born 1987), Ukrainian motorcyclist
- Anatoly Karpov (born 1951), Russian chess grandmaster, Undisputed World Chess Champion 1975–85, and FIDE World Chess Champion 1993–99
- Dmitriy Karpov (born 1981), athlete from Kazakhstan
- Elena Karpova (born 1980), basketball player
- Lev Iakovlevich Karpov (1879–1921), Russian Chemist and Bolshevik revolutionary
- Sergey Karpov (born 1948), Russian historian
- Valeri Karpov (born 1971), retired ice hockey player
- Vladimir Karpov (1922–2010), soldier and writer
- Vladimir Karpov (politician) (1948–2015), Russian politician
See also
[edit]- 90414 Karpov, a main-belt asteroid
- Maryamah Karpov, the fourth series of Andrea Hirata's tetralogy Laskar Pelangi