Samson Yakovlevich Makintsev (Russian: Самсо́н Я́ковлевич Маки́нцев), otherwise and better known as Samson Khan (Persian: سامسون‌خان‎‎); (b. 1776, Russian Empire - d. 1849, Persian Empire), was a General in Qajar Persia of Russian origin. Having deserted from the Imperial Russian Army, a sergeant of the Nizhny Novgorod Dragoon Regiment, he was one of the many defectors that changed sides in the era of the Russo-Persian Wars.