Alexander Yakovlev is the name of:
- Alexander Yevgenievich Yakovlev (1887–1938), modernist painter
- Alexander Nikolaevich Yakovlev (1923–2005), so-called "godfather of glasnost" and ally of Mikhail Gorbachev in the 1980s
- Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev (1906–1989), Russian aeronautical engineer and airplane designer
- Alexander Yakovlevich Bereznyak (1912–1974), aircraft and missile designer
- Alexander Yakovlev (diplomat), ex United Nations officer
- Alexander Yakovlev (athlete)