Mikhail Mikhailovich Diakonoff was a Soviet orientalist and expert on Iranian studies. He was the older brother of Igor Mikhailovich Diakonoff, who was a Russian historian, linguist, translator, and expert on the Ancient Near East and its languages. His last name is occasionally spelled as Diakonov.
- Occupation
- historian, archaeologist, orientalist, iranologist
- Citizenship
- Soviet Union, Russian Empire
- Born
- June 12, 1907, 1907
- Died
- June 8, 1954, 1954
