Lavrentyev Explained

Lavrentyev or Lavrentiev (ru|Лаврентьев) and Lavrentyeva (ru|Лаврентьева; feminine) is a common Russian surname.^[1]

People with this surname include:

• Arseniy Lavrentyev (born 1983), Russian-born Portuguese swimmer
• Boris Innokentievich Lavrentiev (1892–1944), Soviet histologist
• Mikhail Lavrentyev (1900–1980), a Soviet mathematician
• Oleg Lavrentiev (1926–2011), a Soviet-Ukrainian physicist, the author of idea of a thermonuclear bomb
• Sergei Lavrentyev (born 1972), a Russian footballer and coach
• Yekaterina Lavrentyeva (born 1981), a Russian luger

Notes and References

1. Book: Unbegaun, B. O.. Russian Surnames. 1972. Oxford University Press.