Semyon Altov

{{Short description|Soviet comedy writer}}

{{Infobox person

|image = Семен Альтов.jpg

| name = Semyon Altov

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1945|1|17}}

| birth_place = Sverdlovsk, Russian SFSR

| death_date =

| death_place =

| citizenship = Soviet Union
Russia

| occupation =satirist, screenwriter, comedian, director, playwright

| years_active = 1971–present

}}

Semyon Altov ({{langx|ru|Семён Альтов}}) (born January 17, 1945) is a Soviet comedy writer. Original name: Semyon Teodorovich Altshuller ({{langx|ru|Семён Теодо́рович Альтшуллер}}).[http://www.dorledor.info/node/18071 "Обрезание мне сделали в 'Литературке' "], an interview{{cite web|url=http://www.altov.ru/ |title=Семен Альтов |author=Семен Альтов|publisher=altov.ru|accessdate=2015-08-16}}

Semyon Altov was born in Sverdlovsk. The same year the family moved to Leningrad, where Semyon Altov spent his whole life.