Naum Ilyich Akhiezer (Russian: ???´? ????´? ????´???; 6 March 1901 – 3 June 1980) was a Soviet mathematician of Jewish origin, known for his works in approximation theory and the theory of differential and integral operators.
He is also known as the author of classical books on various subjects in analysis, and for his work on the history of mathematics.
He is the brother of the theoretical physicist Aleksander Akhiezer.