Rafig Mahmud oglu Mehdiyev (Shahbuz, June 10, 1933 – Baku, November 28, 2009) was an Azerbaijani painter and professor, named People's Artist of Azerbaijan in 1992. His career unfolded within Soviet and post-Soviet Azerbaijan, where he combined painting with art teaching.
He was born in Shahbuz, in what is now the Nakhchivan region. He studied from 1948 to 1953 at the art college named after Azim Azimzade in Baku, then graduated in 1958 from the graphic faculty of the Surikov Moscow State Art Institute.
After returning home he taught at the Azimzade art college and later at the Azerbaijan State Art Institute, now the Azerbaijan State Academy of Fine Arts. He was a member of the Union of Artists of Azerbaijan and chaired its graphics section. He received the title Honored Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR in 1980. He died in Baku in 2009.