Dyakonov

Dyakonov (Russian: Дьяконов (masculine), Russian: Дьяконова (feminine)), Diakonoff, Diakonov, or Diakonof is a Russian surname meaning "a deacon's". Notable people with the surname include:

• Anatoly Dyakonov (1907–1972), Soviet general
• Alexey Diakonoff (1907–1989), Dutch-Russian entomologist
• Dmitry Dyakonov (1949–2012), Russian physicist
• Elena Diakonova, known as Gala Dalí, (1894–1982), Russian model and wife of artist Dalí
• Igor Diakonoff (1915–1999), linguist, translator, and historian of the Ancient Near East
• Kathryn Dyakanoff Seller (1884–1980), Alaska Native educator
• Nina Dyakonova (1915–2013), Russian researcher
• Yevgeny Dyakonov (1935–2006), Russian mathematician
• Vasily Dyakonov (1946–2012), governor of Krasnodar Krai
• Mikhail Dyakonov (b. 1940), Russian physicist, discoverer of Dyakonov surface waves
• Pavel Dyakonov (b. 1973), football player
• Tatyana Dyakonova (b. 1970), Russian politician