Aleksandr Petrov

Aleksandr or Aleksander or Alexander Petrov may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

 * Aleksandr Petrov (animator) (born 1957), Russian animator famous for using paint-on-glass animation
 * Alexander Petrov (actor) (born 1989), Russian actor
 * Aleksander Petrov, character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours

Politicians

 * Alexander Petrov (politician) (born 1958), Russian politician
 * Alexander Mishkin (born 1979), Russian spy and military doctor who used the alias Alexander Petrov
 * Alexander Petrov (hacker), Russian hacker

Scientists

 * Alexander G. Petrov (born 1948), Bulgarian professor in physics

Association football

 * Aleksandr Petrov (footballer, born 1893) (1893–1942), Russian football striker
 * Aleksandr Petrov (footballer, born 1925) (1925–1972), Soviet Russian football midfielder
 * Aleksandr Petrov (footballer, born 1984), Russian football forward
 * Alexander Petrov (footballer, born 1990), Russian football midfielder

Other sports

 * Alexander Petrov (chess player) (1794–1867), Russian chess master
 * Aleksandr Petrov (wrestler) (1876–1941), Russian wrestler at the 1908 Olympic Greco-Roman super heavyweight competition
 * Aleksandr Petrov (basketball) (1939–2001), member of the silver-medal-winning Soviet Olympic basketball team in 1960 and 1964


 * Aleksandr Petrov (long jumper) (born 1986), Russian athlete
 * Alexander Petrov (figure skater) (born 1999), Russian figure skater
 * Aleksander Petrov (sprinter), Bulgarian athlete