Krasilnikov (, feminine form: Krasilnikova ), from Krasil'nik, dyer – one who paints the yarn and fabric, is a Russian surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Dmitry Anatolyevich Krasilnikov (born 1979), Russian football player Dmitry Krasilnikov (manager), manager for FC Puuma Tallinn Evgeni Vitalyevich Krasilnikov (1965–2014), Russian former volleyball player Igor Krasilnikov (born 1952), composer for viola Ivan Nikolayevich Krasilnikov, ataman of a troop of Cossacks who arrested the Socialist-Revolutionary Directory leader and members in 1918 during the left-wing uprisings against the Bolsheviks Ksenia Krasilnikova (born 1991), Russian pair skater Nikolai Krasilnikov (architect), architect active with the OSA Group Nikolay Nikolayevich Krasilnikov (1927–2020), Russian scientist and educator in the fields of image transmission, image compression and human visual system Nikolai Aleksandrovich Krasilnikov (1896–1973), Russian microbiologist and soil scientist Olga Krasilnikova, wartime crossdresser Viacheslav Borisovich Krasilnikov (born 1991), Russian beach volleyball player