Aleksandr Nikolaevich Promptov (obuye abhalwe ngokuthi Promptoff) (27 Juni 1898, Sevastopol - 11 November 1948, Koltushi) kwaba Russian nawaseSoviet sezakhi zofuzo futhi ornithologist ababefunda inyoni izingcingo, wenza okuqoshiwe futhi wasikisela indima ucule nokuziphatha todvwa futhi speciation . U-Promptov wazalelwa emndenini wesikhulu esiphezulu semali engenayo yaseRussia.Waya esikoleni eKostroma futhi waphumelela esikoleni sokuzivocavoca saseNechaev eMoscow. Noma esengumfana omncane, wayezithanda izinyoni kepha wakhetha ukwenza izifundo zoology yokulinga kune-ornithology.Kucatshangwa ukuthi ukukhetha kwakhe kungenzeka ukuthi kwasizwa izibopho zomndeni kuNikolai Koltsov Omama bakaPromptov noKoltsov babehlobene futhi uKoltsov wathonya iziphathimandla ukuthi zivumele uPromptov afunde izakhi zofuzo zezinyoni ngaphansi kuka- Alexander Serebrovsky, owayengumfundi waseKoltsov, kuphrojekthi exhaswa yi-People's Commissariat of Agriculture.