Šefik Bešlagić (6 April 1908 – 19 November 1990) was a cultural historian from Bosnia and Herzegovina, former Yugoslav republic.

Šefik Bešlagić was born in the town of Gornja Tuzla in 1908.

[1] He was born in Bosniak family, and his mother Devleta (née Mulalić) was a housewife, while his father Agan was a teacher.

Šefik Bešlagić was educated in Tuzla, Doboj and Sarajevo, before teaching in Derventa and Gračanica.

[2] From 1953 to 1967 Šefik Bešlagić was the director of the republic's Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina.