Vladimir Evgenievich Zotikov () ( – November 12, 1970) was a prominent Russian and Soviet scientist and textile engineer best known for having developed the theory of cotton-spinning. He devoted his life to the study and improvement of mechanical technology of fibrous materials.
Born in Yalta, Crimea, his parents were Evgeny Zotikov, a mechanical engineer, and Elizaveta Zotikova née Savitskaya. He was educated first at home, then studied at Moscow private Realschule (àõðûÃÂýþõ ÃÂÃÂøûøÃÂõ) and Imperial Moscow Technical School (1911). He then began working at the cotton-spinning factory of Ramenskoye, and by 1913 had become a master of spinning and was permitted to travel abroad to study textile machinery.
He died on 12 November 1970.
Honored Worker of Science and Technology of RSFSR (1963).