Cherenkov is a common Russian surname, which may refer to:Andrei Cherenkov, Russian professional football manager and former player Andrew Cherenkov, a fictional character in the video game Xenosaga Episode I Fyodor Cherenkov (1959-2014), Soviet and Russian footballer Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov (1904–1990), Soviet physicist and a recipient of the Nobel Prize in physics in 1958