Mikhail Petrovich Simonov (Russian: Михаи́л Петро́вич Си́монов; 19 October 1929 – 4 March 2011) was a Russian aircraft designer famed for creating the Sukhoi Su-27 fighter-bomber, the Soviet Union's answer to the American F-15 Eagle.

After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Simonov coordinated the Su-27's sale to foreign governments, providing badly needed hard currency to the Russian government.

In recognition of his achievements, he was named a Hero of the Russian Federation in 1999.

He became an aviation engineer in the 1950s and joined Sukhoi as a deputy chief designer in 1970.

He was the Soviet Union's deputy minister of aircraft industries from 1979 to 1983.