Alexander Vovin

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Alexander Vladimirovich Vovin
Александр Владимирович Вовин
Born	(1961-01-27)27 January 1961 Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (present-day St. Petersburg, Russia)
Died	8 April 2022(2022-04-08) (aged 61) Paris, France
Spouse	Sambi Ishisaki-Vovin ​ ​ (m. 2000)​
Children	3
Academic background
Alma mater	Saint Petersburg State University
Thesis	(1987)
Academic work
Institutions	School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Miami University, University of Michigan
Doctoral students	Marc Miyake

Alexander (Sasha) Vladimirovich Vovin (Russian: Александр Владимирович Вовин; 27 January 1961 – 8 April 2022) was a Soviet-born Russian-American linguist and philologist, and director of studies at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS) in Paris, France. He was a world-renowned linguist, well known for his research on East Asian languages.