Farid Alakbarli (3 January 1964 in Ganja, Azerbaijan; in Azeri - Fərid Ələkbərli; in Russian Фарид Алекперли) is an Azerbaijani scholar, PhD and Professor in history, specialist in the field of history of science, culturology, and medieval medical manuscripts, the head of Department of Information and Translation of the Institute of Manuscripts of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, President of the Azerbaijan Association of Medical Historians (AAMH), National Delegate from Azerbaijan to International Society for the History of Medicine (ISHM), author of more than 200 scientific and educational works including 23 books and booklets in Azeri Turkish, Russian, English, German and Italian.Farid Alakbarli is a significant researcher of the history of medicine in Azerbaijan.