Nikolay Pavlov may refer to:

Nikolay Pavlov (volleyball), Russian volleyball player Nikolay Pavlov (footballer), Bulgarian footballer Nikolai Pavlov (writer), Russian writer Nikolay Pavlov, co-chairman of the Russian National Salvation Front Nikolay Pavlov (politician), member of Central Committee elected by the 27th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

See also Nikolay Pavlov-Pianov, Russian chess master Mykola Pavlov (born 1954), former Ukrainian football defender