Bohuslav Havránek (January 30, 1893 – March 2, 1978) was a Czech philologist, Bohemist, Slavist, literary historian and professor who was a prominent member of the Prague Linguistic Circle.

Together with other left-leaning intellectuals, he signed the We Will Remain, Manifesto in 1938 to mobilize Czech society against Nazi aggression.

In 1945, at the suggestion of the Communist Party, he became a member of the Revolutionary Central National Committee in Brno as a non-partisan.

He later joined the Communist Party, where he held a number of positions, including as a member of the National Front's action committees.

[2] Beginning in 1945, he was professor at the Charles University in Prague, later becoming head of the Department for the Czech Language, then Phonetics, then General Linguistics, and finally Dean of the Faculty of Arts.