Vladimir Vladimirovich Sakharov (28 February 1902 – 9 January 1969) was a Soviet cytogeneticist who studied mutagenesis by radiation with applications to agricultural and human genetics. He was a professor at the K. A. Timiriazev Agricultural Academy. Sakharov worked on the heredity of goitre among people in Uzbekistan, examined chemical mutagenesis and created polyploid plants including varieties of buckwheat using colchicine.