Sabir Yunusovich Yunusov (Russian: Сабир Юнусович Юнусов; 18 March 1909 in Tashkent – 29 November 1995 in Tashkent) was a Soviet-Uzbek chemist, known for his research in alkaloid chemistry. In 1971 he was awarded the D.I. Mendeleev Medal for doing so.[1] He founded the Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances under the Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR (of Uzbekistan since 1991) in 1956.[2] He was a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (of Russia since 1991) from 1958 until his death.[3] He died and was buried in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.