List of Famous people named Apollon

Apollon Apollonovich Korinfsky was a Russian poet, journalist, writer, translator and memoirist.

Apollon Nikolayevich Maykov was a Russian poet, best known for his lyric verse showcasing images of Russian villages, nature, and history. His love for ancient Greece and Rome, which he studied for much of his life, is also reflected in his works. Maykov spent four years translating the epic The Tale of Igor's Campaign (1870) into modern Russian. He translated the folklore of Belarus, Greece, Serbia and Spain, as well as works by Heine, Adam Mickiewicz and Goethe, among others. Several of Maykov's poems were set to music by Russian composers, among them Rimsky-Korsakov and Tchaikovsky.

Apollon Aleksandrovich Grigoryev ; was a Russian poet, literary and theatrical critic, translator, memoirist and author of popular art songs.