Bakhtin (Russian: Бахтин) is a Russian masculine surname originating from the obsolete verb bakhtet (бахтеть), meaning to swagger;^[1] its feminine counterpart is Bakhtina. The surname may refer to the following notable people:

• Aleksandr Bakhtin (born 1971), Russian football player
• Igor Bakhtin (born 1973), Russian football coach and player
• Ivan Bakhtin (1756–1818), Russian government official and writer
• Mikhail Bakhtin (1895–1975), Russian philosopher, literary critic and scholar
• Svetlana Bakhtina (born 1980), Russian gymnast

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