Aleksandr Iosifovich Popov (; 7 June 1913 in Dorpat, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire – 23 April 1993 in Moscow, Russia) was a Soviet permafrost researcher at the Moscow State University. He served as head of the Department of Cryolithology and Glaciology.General Geocryology, p. 24 Popov was a member of the International Commission on Periglacial Morphology of the International Geographical Union. He organized and led numerous expeditions to investigate permafrost and deep seasonal freezing in the Soviet Union.Попов А.И. Заслуженный деятель науки РСФСР (1988) Popov edited the geocryological map of the Soviet Union that was published in 1986.General Geocryology, p. 489
See also Jan Dylik Konstantin Markov
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