Rafiga Haji gizi Akhundova (Azerbaijani: Rəfiqə Hacı qızı Axundova; 7 August 1931 – 6 February 2024) was an Azerbaijani ballet dancer, ballet master and People's Artiste of the Azerbaijan SSR (1970).

Rafiga Akhundova graduated from Baku Choreography School in 1951 and completed an advanced course at the Bolshoi Theatre (1951–1952, Moscow).

Together with her husband, Magsud Mammadov, she staged the ballets "Caspian ballad" (1968, T. Bakikhanov), "Shadows of Gobustan" (1969, F. Garayev), "Yalli" and "Azerbaijan Suite" (1969, R. Hajiyev), "The Path of Thunder" and "Seven Beauties" (1975, 1978, G. Garayev), "Babek" (1986, A. Alizadeh), "The Nutcracker" (1988, P. Tchaikovsky) at the Azerbaijan Opera and Ballet Theater, as well as "The Path of Thunder" (1976, G. Garayev) at the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theater.

"Caspian Ballad", "Shadows of Gobustan" and "Azerbaijani Suite" were presented at the 7th International Dance Festival held in Paris in 1969 and were awarded the diploma of the Paris Dance Academy.

[2] Rafiga Akhundova was the wife of ballet master Magsud Mammadov.