Pankow (surname)

Pankow or Pankov (Russian: Панков) is a surname of Slavic origin, used mostly in Russia. In Slavic countries it is reserved for males, while the feminine counterpart is Pankowa or Pankova. It is also a habitational name from a Slavic place name derived from the Slavic element pank, penk "swamp" and -ow "place" (German: -au). Notable people with the surname include:

• Alexander Pankov (born 1991), Russian ice hockey player
• Bill Pankow (born 1952), American film editor
• Ekaterina Pankova (born 1990), Russian volleyball player
• Gisela Pankow (1914–1998), French psychoanalyst
• James Pankow (born 1947), American trombone player and songwriter, founding member of the band Chicago
• John Pankow (born 1954), American actor, brother of James Pankow
• Konstantin Pankov (1910–1942), Soviet painter
• Larisa Pankova (born 1991), Russian road bicycle racer
• Marina Pankova (born 1963), Russian volleyball player
• Natalia Pankova (born 1965), Russian artist
• Nikolay Pankov (born 1965), Russian politician
• Pavel Pankov (born 1995), Russian volleyball player
• Radovan Pankov (born 1995), Serbian football player
• Radovan Pankov (politician) (1946–2024), Serbian politician
• Rudy Pankow (born 1998), American actor
• Sergei Pankov (disambiguation), several people
• Steven Pankow (1908–1993), Mayor of Buffalo, New York
• Vadim Pankov (born 1964), Russian volleyball trainer
• Vasili Pankov (born 1968), Belarusian ice hockey player
• Vladimir Pankov (born 1950), Soviet sprint canoer
• Yevgeni Pankov (born 1983), Russian football player

See also

• Pankau