Aleksandar Stipčević (October 10, 1930 – September 1, 2015) was a Croatian archeologist, bibliographer, librarian and historian who specialized in the study of the Illyrians. He was born in the village of near Zadar, Croatia (then Zara, Kingdom of Italy), a member of the local Arbanasi community. He was a full professor at the University of Zagreb from 1987 until his retirement in 1997. He was a member of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Kosovo. His magnum opus is the 1974 book Iliri ("The Illyrians"), which has been translated into English, Italian and Albanian.