Gagarin (surname)
Gagarin, or Gagarina, is a Russian surname derived from the word gagara, meaning loon. Notable people with the surname include:
- Gagarin family, a Rurikid princely family
- Anna Gagarina, maiden name of Anna Lopukhina, mistress of Emperor Paul of Russia
- Ivan Gagarin, Russian Jesuit theologian
- Nikolai Gagarin, Russian soldier and politician
- Grigory Gagarin, Russian painter, major general and administrator
- Polina Gagarina, Russian singer, songwriter, actress, and model
- Andrey Gagarin, Russian prince and scientist
- Yekaterina Gagarina, wife of Russian diplomat Prince Grigory Gagarin and the daughter of the Secretary of State Pyotr Soymonov
- Yuri Gagarin, Russian cosmonaut, the first man to travel in space
