Aleksander Ilyich Akhiezer (Russian: ??????´??? ????´? ????´???; October 31, 1911 – May 4, 2000) was a Soviet theoretical physicist, known for contributions to numerous branches of theoretical physics, including quantum electrodynamics, nuclear physics, solid state physics, quantum field theory, and the theory of plasma.
He was the brother of the mathematician Naum Akhiezer.