Šime Ljubić (24 May 1822 – 19 October 1896) was an archaeologist, theologian, and historian, best known as one of the founders of Croatian archaeology.

He was the director of the Split Archaeological Museum and collected materials from the Archives of Venice that were later published by the Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts.

He founded the Croatian Archaeological Society and its publication, Viestnik hrvatskoga areheologičkoga družtva.

Ljubić wrote about ancient numismatics, prehistoric and Roman finds, Marco Antonio de Dominis, Petar Hektorović, and the relations between the republics of Ragusa and Venice.

He collected objects for the National Museum and published the medieval statutes of Budva, Skradin, and Hvar.