Aleksandr Popov was born on January 19, 1863 in village Nizhnekurmoyarskaya, First Don Okrug, Don Voisko Oblast, Russian Empire [now Tsimlyansky District, Rostov Oblast, Russia]. He was a writer, known for
Schastlivogo plavaniya (1949),
Vesyolaya voina (1931) and
Devchonka, s kotoroy ya druzhil (1962). He died on January 19, 1949 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].