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Fomin (Russian: Фомин), or Fomina (feminine; Фомина), is a common Russian surname that is derived from the male given name Foma and literally means Foma's. It may refer to:

Masculine form

• Aleksandr Fomin (botanist) (1869–1935), Russian/Soviet botanist and academician
• Aleksandr Fomin, alias of Soviet spy Alexander Feklisov (1914–2007), known for receiving information from Julius Rosenberg and his contacts during the Cuban Missile Crisis
• Andriy Fomin (born 1977), Ukrainian Olympic speedskater
• Artyom Fomin (born 1988), Russian football player
• Boris Fomin (1900–1948), Russian composer of folk music
• Daniil Fomin (born 1997), Russian football player
• Denis Fomin (born 1996), Russian football defender
• Dmitry Fomin (born 1968), Russian Olympic volleyball player
• Fedor Fomin (born 1968), Russian/Norwegian computer scientist
• Ivan Fomin (1872–1936), a Russian/Soviet architect
• Margarita Fomina (born 1988), Russian curler
• Maxim Yurevich Fomin, real name of Vladlen Tatarsky (1982–2023), Russian-Ukrainian military blogger
• Mitya Fomin (born 1974), Russian singer, dancer and producer
• Mykola Fomin (1909–1974), Ukrainian football player
• Nikolai Fomin, chief engineer at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant during the Chernobyl disaster
• Ruslan Fomin (born 1986), a Ukrainian football player
• Semyon Fomin (born 1989), Russian football player
• Sergei Fomin (1917–1975), Russian mathematician
• Sergey Fomin (born 1958), Russian/American mathematician
• Viktor Fomin (1929–2007), a Soviet football player
• Volodymyr Fomin (1902–1942), Ukrainian football player and coach
• Vyacheslav Fomin (born 1969), Russian football player
• Yefim Fomin (1909–1941), Soviet political commissar
• Yevstigney Fomin (1761–1800), Russian opera composer

Feminine form

• Alona Fomina (born 1989), Ukrainian tennis player
• Anastasia Fomina (born 1983), Russian basketball player
• Elena Fomina (born 1979), Russian footballer
• Margarita Fomina (born 1988), Russian curler
• Oleksandra Fomina (born 1966), Ukraininan Olympic volleyball player
• Tatyana Fomina (born 1954), Estonian chess player

Places

• Fomin (village), a village (khutor) in Rostov Oblast, Russia
• A.V. Fomin Botanical Garden, in Kyiv, Ukraine (named after the botanist Alexandr Fomin)