title: Nikonov
text: # Nikonov
  
  Nikonov (Russian: Никонов) and Nikonova (Russian: Никонова) are masculine and feminine forms of a common Russian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
  
  * Alexander Nikonov (1893–1937), a Soviet military leader.
  * Gennadiy Nikonov (1950–2003), a Russian gun engineer.
  * Vadim Nikonov (b. 1948), a Soviet football player and coach.
  * Vyacheslav Nikonov (b. 1956), a Russian political scientist.
  * Yevgeny Nikonov (1920–1941), a Russian war hero.
  * Angelina Nikonova (b. 1976), a Russian filmmaker, script writer and film producer.
  * Elena Nikonova, a Russian pair skater.
  * Matrona Nikonova (1881–1952), a canonized saint of the Russian Orthodox Church.
  * Ry Nikonova (1942–2014), Russian artist, poet, and writer.
  * Valentina Nikonova (b. 1952), a Soviet fencer.
  * Yevgeniya Nikonova (b. 1970), a Russian basketball player.
  