Mikhail Gorbanevsky

Mikhail Viktorovich Gorbanevsky (; 21 May 1953 – 20 September 2025) was a Soviet and Russian linguist. His studies include general and Russian onomastics, toponymy and lexicology, forensic linguistic expertise, Slavic studies and speech culture, Russian language in computer technologies. He earned his Doctor of Philology in 1994. He became a Professor of the Department of General and Russian Linguistics of Peoples' Friendship University of Russia in 1996.

Gorbanevsky served as vice president of the Society of Lovers of Russian Literature (1996). Chairman of the Board of the Guild of Linguistic Experts on Documentation and Information Disputes (2001). Member of the Union of Journalists of Russia (1985). He was a member of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ).

He was a full member of the Russian Geographical Society (1977) and an Academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences (2007).

Gorbanevsky died on 20 September 2025, at the age of 72.