Aleksandr Belyaev was born on March 16, 1884 in Smolensk, Russian Empire [now Russia]. He was a writer, known for Der Amphibienmensch (1961), The Amphibian and Prodavetz vozdukha (1967). He was married to Margarita Konstantinovna Belyaeva, Vera Belyaeva and Anna Iwanowna Stankevich. He died on January 6, 1942 in Pushkin, Leningrad, USSR.