Igor Golovin
| Igor Nikolaevich Golovin | |
|---|---|
| Игорь Николаевич Головин | |
| Born | 12 March 1913 | 
| Died | 15 April 1997 (aged 84) Moscow | 
| Resting place | Vvedenskoye Cemetery | 
| Nationality | Russia | 
| Alma mater | Moscow State University | 
| Known for | Tokamak | 
| Awards | Order of Lenin  Order of the October Revolution | 
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics | 
| Institutions | Moscow Aviation Institute Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology | 
| Thesis | Polarization of vacuum in Dirac's theory (1939) | 
| Doctoral advisor | Igor Tamm | 
Igor Nikolaevich Golovin (Russian: Игорь Николаевич Головин; 12 March 1913 – 15 April 1997) was a Russian physicist whose career was spent on the former Soviet program of nuclear weapons and nuclear fusion. He is known for coining the term Tokamak.