Alexander Shiryaev
- Birthday: 1867-09-10
- Deathday: 1941-04-25
- Place of birth: Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]
- Also know as: Aleksandr Širjaev
Russian ballet dancer, ballet master and choreographer, founder of character dance in Russian ballet who served at the Mariinsky Theatre. Shiryaev was also a pioneering animation director who is credited with invention of stop motion animation.
