Микола Вікторович Поляков; 1 May 1946 – 21 September 2020) was a Ukrainian scientist and rector of Dnipropetrovsk National University.
In 1971 Polyakov graduated from Dnipropetrovsk National University specializing in mathematics.
During his student years, Polyakov was a Komsomol activist and a member of the Communist Party.
Polyakov was the author of more than 300 scientific articles, books and inventions.
Mykola Polyakov was the chief-editor of the scientific magazine "The Bulletin of the Dnipropetrovsk National University".