Bluma Appel, OC OOnt (September 4, 1919 – July 15, 2007) was a Canadian philanthropist and patron of the arts.

Born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, she was the founder of CANFAR, the Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research.

It was Bram's subsequent success in business which afforded her the opportunity to engage in serious philanthropic activity.

[citation needed] In 1979, she ran unsuccessfully as a Liberal candidate for the House of Commons of Canada in the riding of Nepean—Carleton.

Four days after celebrating her 67th wedding anniversary, Appel lost her brief battle with lung cancer and died in a hospital in Toronto, aged 86.