Ștefan Bârsănescu (28 March 1895 – 5 November 1984) was a Romanian academician and educator who gained renown as an essayist and philosopher.
Born in the village of Viperești in Buzău County, a part of the historical region of Muntenia, Ștefan Bârsănescu was a member of the Romanian Academy and the author of over thirty scholarly volumes and more than five hundred articles and essays. He died in Iași four-and-a-half months before his 90th birthday.