Ali Davani or Ali Davāni (Persian: علی دوانی; September 27, 1929 – January 8, 2007) was an Iranian scholar and researcher, working in the fields of anthropology, bibliography, and history.
Davāni was born on 27 September 1929 in Davan, a village located at the north of Kazerun.
He was subsequently granted the super ordinate rank of Allāmeh Tabātabā'i, Ayatollah Borujerdi and Imam Khomeini in Qom too.
As well as scholarship, Davāni was involved in establishing the scientific and religious magazine of Maktab-e Islam, and writing Ayatollah Vahid Behbahāni's biography, on the encouragement of Ayatollah Borujerdi.
He also translated the 13th Volume of Behār-ul Anvār into Persian about Imam Mahdi.