What is "shevchenko"

Shevchenko (alternative spellings Schevchenko, Ševčenko, Shevcenko, Szewczenko, Chevchenko; ), a family name of Ukrainian origin. It is derived from the Ukrainian word shvets , " cobbler/shoemaker", and the suffix -enko, denoting descent.

The surname may refer to:

• Artem Shevchenko (born 1977), Ukrainian TV journalist and manager, CEO of TVi channel
• Artyom Shevchenko (born 1988), Russian association football player
• Alexander Shevchenko (curler) (born 1971), Russian wheelchair curler
• Alexander Shevchenko (born 1992), Russian ice hockey player
• Aleksandr Shevchenko (1883–1948), Russian painter
• Alexandra Shevchenko (born 1988), founding member of the Ukrainian feminist protest group FEMEN
• Andriy Shevchenko (born 1976), Ukrainian former association football player and current politician
• Andriy Shevchenko (politician) (born 1976), Ukrainian journalist turned politician
• Arkady Shevchenko (1930–1998), Ukrainian Soviet diplomat who defected to the West
• Dmitriy Shevchenko (disambiguation), a name of several Russian people
• Igor Shevchenko (born 1985), Russian association football player
• Ihor Shevchenko (born 1971), Ukrainian politician
• Ihor Ševčenko (1922–2009), American philologist and historian of Ukrainian origin
• Inna Shevchenko (born 1990), the most high profile member of the Ukrainian feminist protest group FEMEN
• Irina Shevchenko (born 1975), Russian hurdler
• Leonid Shevchenko (born 1932), Russian coach and former Soviet association football player
• Lyudmyla Shevchenko (born 1970), Ukrainian team handball player
• Maksim Shevchenko (disambiguation) (Russian spelling), a name of several people from post-Soviet countries
• Mykyta Shevchenko (born 1993), Ukrainian football goalkeeper
• Oleksandr Shevchenko (1937–2016), Ukrainian scientist, jurist and politician
• Oleksiy Shevchenko (born 1992), Ukrainian association football player
• Olga Shevchenko (born 1979), Russian ski-orienteering competitor
• Serhiy Shevchenko (disambiguation), name of several people from Ukraine and post-Soviet countries
• Tanja Szewczenko (born 1977), German figure skater of Ukrainian background
• Taras Shevchenko (1814–1861), Ukrainian poet and artist, iconic figure of Ukrainian culture
• Valentyna Shevchenko (cross-country skier) (born 1975), Ukrainian cross-country skier
• Valentina Shevchenko (fighter) (born 1988), Kyrgyzstani-Peruvian kickboxer of Russian-Ukrainian descent
• Valentyna Shevchenko (politician) (born 1935), Soviet politician
• Vasyl Shevchenko (1888–1964), Ukrainian bandurist
• Vitaliy Shevchenko (born 1951), Russian coach and former Soviet association football player
• Vladislav Shevchenko (disambiguation), name of several people
• Vyacheslav Shevchenko (born 1985), Ukrainian association football player
• Yegor Shevchenko (born 1978), Russian association football player
• Yelena Shevchenko (born 1971), Soviet artistic gymnast
• Yevhen Shevchenko (born 1987), Ukrainian association football player

Shevchenko is primarily referred to the Ukrainian surname Shevchenko.

Also often in honor of the Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko it may refer to the following.

• Shevchenko, name of Aktau, a city in Kazakhstan, in 1964–1992
• Fort-Shevchenko, a town in Kazakhstan
• Shevchenko Raion (disambiguation), name of several different districts in Ukraine
• Shevchenko, Russia, name of several rural localities in Russia
• Szewczenko, until 1910 the name of Vita, a village in Manitoba, Canada
• Şevcenco, a village in Mocra Commune, Transnistria, Moldova

• Kyiv Shevchenko University, the largest university in Ukraine
• Luhansk Shevchenko National Pedagogical University
• Shevchenko Scientific Society, a non-governmental Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, based in Lviv