Alexander Ivanovitch Ryzhov (Russian: Александр Иванович Рыжов; 23 November 1895 – 16 December 1950) was a Soviet Army General during World War II and Hero of the Soviet Union.

He was born on 23 November 1895 in the village of Kuryanikha in Ivanovo Oblast.

He joined the Red Army in 1918 and took part in the Russian Civil War.

During the Second World War, in September 1941, he commanded the 296th Rifle Division.

At the head of the 28th Guards Rifle Corps, which he led until April 1949, his troops took the cities of Lublin and Poznań in July 1944.