Alexander Ivanovich Palm (Александр Иванович Пальм, 2 February [O.S. 21 January] 1822, Krasnoslobodsk, Penza Governorate, Russian Empire, - 22 November [O.S. 10 November] 1885, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire) was a Russian poet, novelist and playwright, who also used the pseudonym P. Alminsky. A member of the Petrashevsky Circle, Palm in 1847 was arrested, spent 8 months in the Petropavlovsk Fortress, had his death sentence changed to deportation and served 7 years in the Russian Army. Among his best known works are Alexey Slobodin. The History of One Family (1874, novel) and Our Friend Neklyuzhev (1879, drama).