Alexey Petrovich Stakhov (Russian: Алексей Петрович Стахов Ukrainian: Олексій Петрович Стахов; May 7, 1939 – January 25, 2021) is a Ukrainian mathematician, inventor and engineer, who has made contributions to the theory of Fibonacci numbers and the "Golden Section" and their applications in computer science and measurement theory and technology.

In 1959, transferred to the Radio Engineering Faculty of Kharkiv Aviation Institute (now the National Aerospace University of Ukraine).

After graduation, worked for two years as an engineer in the Kharkiv Electrical Instrument Design Bureau (now the space technology company “Khartron”).

Through working there Stakhov obtained thorough practical engineering experience and published his first scientific papers.

He was a visiting professor at many universities abroad (Austria, Germany, Libya, Mozambique).