Aleksandr Nikolayev (disambiguation) explained

Alexander Nikolayev (1918 – 2009) was a Russian World War II hero

Aleksandr Nikolayev may also refer to:

• Aleksandr Nikolayev (canoeist) (born 1990), Russian canoeist
• Aleksandr Nikolayev (footballer) (born 1993), Russian/Ukrainian football player
• Aleksandr Nikolayev (painter) (1897–1957), Soviet painter of Russian origin, who lived and worked in Uzbek SSR
• Aleksandr Nikolayev (pianist) (1903–1980), Russian pianist and musicologist
• Aleksandr Nikolayev, an Ivan Rogov-class landing ship of the Soviet, later Russian, Navy