Timofeyev Explained

Timofeyev (ru|Тимофе́ев; masculine) or Timofeyeva (Russian: Тимофе́ева; feminine) is a common Russian surname derived from the male given name Timofey. The surname literally means "belonging to Timofey". It is shared by the following people:

• Alexey Timofeev (born 1991), Russian curler from Saint Petersburg
• Anatoly Timofeyev (1887–1985), Russian fencer
• Andrei Timofeyev (born 1996), Russian football player
• Anna Timofeeva (born 1987), Russian water polo player
• Anna Timofeyeva (ice hockey) (born 1996), Russian ice hockey player
• Artyom Timofeev (chess player) (born 1985), Russian chess player
• Artyom Timofeyev (footballer) (born 1994), Russian association football player
• Avdotia Timofeyeva (1739–?), Russian ballet dancer
• Ermak Timofeev (1532–1585), Cossack ataman, hero in Russian folklore and myths
• Evgeniy Timofeev (born 1994), alpine skier from Kyrgyzstan
• Irina Timofeyeva (born 1970), Russian long-distance runner
• Kristina Timofeeva (born 1993), Russian archer
• Lev Timofeev (born 1936), Russian economist, political commentator and novelist
• Lidija Timofejeva (1906–1991), Serbian chess player of Russian origin
• Maria Timofeeva (born 2003), Russian tennis player
• Marina Timofeieva (born 1984), Estonian ice dancer
• Nikolay Timofeev-Ressovsky (1900–1981), Soviet biologist
• Nina Timofeeva (1935–2014), Russian ballet dancer
• Oleg Timofeyev (born 1963), American musicologist and musician
• Olga Timofeeva (born 1977), deputy for the United Russia party, former journalist
• Sergei Timofeyev (footballer, born 1981), Russian former football player
• Sergei Vasilyevich Timofeyev (1970–1997), Russian professional association footballer
• Sergey Timofeev (born 1965), Kazakh association football player
• Sergey Timofeyev (1950–2021), Soviet wrestler
• Valentina Timofeyeva, Russian rower
• Valeri Timofeev (1941–2014), Latvian artist
• Vitali Timofeyev (born 1982), Russian association football player
• Yulia Timofeeva (born 1972), Russian bobsledder
• Yekaterina Mulyuk-Timofeyeva (born 1976), Belarusian archer
• Yevgeniya Timofeeva (1911–1992), pilot in the Soviet Air Force, the first woman to fly the Pe-2
• Yulia Timofeeva (born 1972), Russian former track and field sprinter and bobsledder