Carl Wilhelm Thalbitzer (17 March 1801 - 11 September 1867) was a Danish landowner and politician.

Thalbitzer was born in Helsingør, the son of Consul Henry Talbitzer (1767–1818) and Sophie Dorothea Zinn (1774–1851).

His maternal grand father was the wealthy Copenhagen-based merchant Johann Ludvig Zinn.

In 1842, he was a co-founder of the local association of farmers /landboforening) and in 1843 of Den Frisindede Landkommunalforening and served as its chairman in 1844–46).

He joined the Society of the Friends of Peasants and voted for a unicamerali model and general suffrage.