Nikolay Demyanov

Nikolay Yakovlevich Demyanov (Никола́й Я́ковлевич Демья́нов; March 27 1861, Tver – March 19, 1938, Moscow), also known as Demjanov and Demjanow, was a Russian organic chemist and a member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1929). He is internationally known for the Demjanov rearrangement organic reaction and other discoveries.

He was a recipient of the Lenin Prize in 1930.