Valentin Alexandrovich Dogiel (Russian: Валентин Александрович Догель; 11 March [O.S.

26 February] 1882 – Leningrad, 1 June 1955) was a Russian and Soviet zoologist, specialized in parasitology and protozoology.

In 1923 he founded the Laboratory of Parasitology at the Fisheries Research Institute VNIORKh in Leningrad.

[1] Dogiel contributed significantly in the field of taxonomy of parasites and protozoa in general.

[2] Dogiel's most famous work was the book Obshchaya protozoologiya (1951), also translated into English under the name General Protozoology in 1965.