Bruno Kessler (17 February 1924, in Peio – 19 March 1991, in Trento) was an Italian politician.

In 1962 he founded the Istituto Trentino di Cultura (now Fondazione Bruno Kessler), which gave rise to the University of Trento.

In 1943 he obtained his classical maturity at Rovereto and in 1950 graduated in Law from the University of Padua.

In 1962 he founded the "Trentino Institute of Culture", the first core of the University of Trento.

In 2007 the Trentino Institute of Culture became the Bruno Kessler Foundation (FBK).