Aleksandar Stipčević (October 10, 1930[2] – September 1, 2015) was an Arbanas Croatian archeologist, bibliographer, librarian and historian of Albanian origin[2] who specialized in the study of the Illyrians.

From 1970 to 1973, in the capacity of a senior lecturer, as an external collaborator, he taught 'Introduction to Archaeology' at the Faculty of Philosophy in Pristina.

[3] He was a full professor at the University of Zagreb from 1987 until his retirement in 1997.

[4] His 1974 book Iliri ("The Illyrians") has been translated into English, Italian and Albanian.

He was the editor-in-chief of the second volume of the Croatian Biographical Lexicon (1983–1989).