title: Beketov
text: # Beketov
  
  Beketov is a Russian male surname. Its feminine counterpart is Beketova. Notable people with the surname include:
  
  * Aleksandr Beketov (born 1970), Russian épée fencer and Olympic gold medalist
  * Andrey Beketov (1825–1902), Russian botanist
  * Artyom Beketov (born 1984), Russian football player
  * Mikhail Beketov (1958–2013), editor-in-chief of "Khimkinskaya Pravda", defender of the Khimki Forest
  * Nikolay Beketov (1827–1911), Russian chemist
     * Beketov (crater), a lunar crater named after Nikolay Beketov
  * Pyotr Beketov, 17th-century Russian explorer and voevoda of Siberian Cossacks
  * Sofia Beketova (born 1948), Russian rower
  * Vladimir Beketov
  