title: Aleksandr Popov
text: # Aleksandr Popov
  
  Aleksandr or Alexander Popov may refer to:
  
  ## Science
  
  * Aleksandr Popov (geologist) (1913–1993), Soviet permafrost researcher
  * Aleksandr Popov (chemist) (1840–1881), Russian organic chemist
  * Aleksandr Popov (physicist) (1859–1906), Russian physicist
  
  ## Sports
  
  * Aleksandr Popov (weightlifter) (born 1959), Soviet weightlifter
  * Aleksandr Popov (biathlete) (born 1965), Russian biathlete
  * Aleksandr Popov (footballer) (born 1971), Russian footballer
  * Aleksandr Popov (swimmer) (born 1971), Russian swimmer
  * Aleksandr Popov (volleyball coach) (born 1972), Bulgarian volleyball player and coach
  * Aleksandr Popov (canoeist) (born 1975), Uzbekistani sprint canoeist
  * Aleksandr Popov (ice hockey) (born 1980), Russian professional ice hockey forward
  * Aleksandr Popov (figure skater) (born 1984), Russian pair skater
  
  ## Other
  
  * Alexander Popov (film), a 1949 film about the Russian physicist Alexander Stepanovich Popov
  * Alexander Popov (historian) (1841–1881), Russian historian, discoverer of the Nominalia of the Bulgarian khans
  * Alex Popov (architect) (born 1942), Australian architect
  * Alex Popov, the plaintiff in the property law case of Popov v. Hayashi
  