Nikolay Nosov
 Nikolai(y) Nikolaevich Nosov (Russian: Николай Николаевич Носов; 23 November [O.S. 10 November] 1908 Kiev - 26 July 1976 Moscow) was a Soviet children's literature writer the author of a number of humorous short stories a school novel and the popular trilogy of fairy tale novels about the adventures of Neznaika and his friends.