Alexander Afanassjew
Alexander Afanassjew is the name of:
- Alexander Alexandrowitsch Afanassjew (1903–1991), Soviet policeman, 1948 Minister of the Navy
- Alexander Alexejewitsch Afanassjew (1917–1987), Soviet actor
- Alexander Michailowitsch Afanassjew (1938–2010), Russian physicist
- Alexander Nikolajewitsch Afanassjew (1826–1871), editor and researcher of Russian fairy tales