Polyakov
Polyakov (Поляко́в) or Polyakova (feminine; Поляко́ва) is a Russian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Aleksei Poliakov (born 1974), Russian/Uzbek goalkeeper
- Alexander Dmitriyevich Polyakov (born 1959), Russian diplomat
- Alexander Markovich Polyakov (born 1945), Russian/American physicist
- Anatoly Polyakov (born 1980), Russian swimmer
- Dmitri Polyakov (1921–1988), Soviet General and a spy for the CIA
- Dzyanis Palyakow (born 1991), Belarusian footballer
- Elena Polyakova (born 1981), Russian ultramarathon runner
- Ella Polyakova (born 1941), Russian human rights activist
- Eugène Polyakov, ballet dancer, Paris Opera Ballet artistic director
- Igor Polyakov (1912–2008), Soviet rower
- Ivan Alexeyevich Polyakov (1886–1969), Russian Cossack military leader
- Lazar Polyakov (1843–1914), Russian entrepreneur
- Léon Poliakov (1910–1997), French historian
- Maria Palyakova (born 1974), Ukrainian volleyball playe
- Maria Polyakova (born 1997), Russian diver
- Mykola Polyakov (born 1946), Ukrainian scientist
- Oleg Polyakov (born 1990), Russian footballer
- Samuel Polyakov (1837–1888), Russian businessman
- Sergei Polyakov (born 1968), Russian sport shooter, silver olympic medalist
- Sergey Polyakov (born 1951), Russian-American scientist
- Valeri Polyakov (born 1942), Russian cosmonaut, Hero of the Soviet Union and Hero of Russia
- Veronika Polyakova (born 1999), Russian rhythmic gymnast
- Viktor Polyakov (born 1981), Ukrainian boxer
- Vladimir Polyakov (born 1960), retired Soviet/Russian pole vaulter
- Vladislav Polyakov (born 1983), Kazakhstani swimmer
- Yevgeni Viktorovich Polyakov (born 1980), Russian footballer
- Yevgeni Yuryevich Polyakov (born 1988), Russian footballer
- Yevgeniya Polyakova (born 1983), Russian sprinter
- Yisrael Poliyakov (1941–2007), Israeli comedian and actor
- Yuriy Polyakov (born 1980), Russian-American scientist
See also
- Polyakov action, two-dimensional action of a conformal field theory describing the worldsheet of a string in string theory
- 't Hooft–Polyakov monopole, a topological soliton similar to the Dirac monopole but without any singularities
- Polyakov (rural locality), name of several rural localities in Russia
- Poliakoff
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