title: Potapenko
text: # Potapenko
  
  Potapenko (Ukrainian: Потапенко) is a Ukrainian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
  
  * Gennady Potapenko (1894–1979), American radio astronomer
  * Ignaty Potapenko (1856–1929), Russian writer and playwright
  * Oleksiy Potapenko, or Potap (born 1981), Ukrainian singer, composer and producer
  * Sergei Potapenko (born 1963), Belarusian Military leader, Deputy Minister of Defense
  * Vasyl' Potapenko (1886–1934), Ukrainian guide-boy for kobzar Tereshko Parkhomenko and bandurist
  * Vitaly Potapenko (born 1975), Ukrainian basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association
  