Vasili Arkhipov
- Birth Date
- 1/30/1926 - 8/19/1998
- Known For
- Acting

Vasili Arkhipov was a Soviet Navy officer credited with preventing a nuclear strike and potentially all-out nuclear war during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962.

Vasili Arkhipov was a Soviet Navy officer credited with preventing a nuclear strike and potentially all-out nuclear war during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962.