Vishnyakov (Russian: Вишняков) and Vishnyakova (Russian: Вишнякова; feminine) is a common Russian surname meaning cherry.[1]
People with this surname include:
- Albert Vishnyakov (b. 1983), a Russian ice hockey player
- Aleksey Semyonovich Vishnyakov (1859–1919), a Russian industrialist, founder of the Plekhanov University
- Alyaksandr Vishnyakow (b. 1986), a Belarusian footballer
- Georgy Vishnyakov (1871–unknown), Russian sports shooter, competitor in the 1912 Summer Olympics
- Ivan Vishnyakov (1699–1761), a Russian painter
- Konstantin Vishnyakov (b. 1982), a Russian sprint canoer
- Sergey Vishnyakov (1918-1958), Soviet Air Force officer
References
edit- ^ Unbegaun, B. O. (1972). Russian Surnames. Oxford University Press.