Dezső Szilágyi (1 April 1840 – 30 July 1901) was a Hungarian politician and jurist, who served as Minister of Justice between 1889 and 1895.

Szilágyi was born at Nagyvárad (today: Oradea, Romania) in the Kingdom of Hungary.

Brought up wholly in Liberal ideas, Szilágyi took a conspicuous part in the codification work of the Ministry of Justice.

Deputy in 1871, professor of public law and politics at Budapest University in 1874, he was in 1877 one of the leaders of the opposition, which, however, he left in 1886.

From this time to 1894, he directed his efforts principally towards a radical reform of the whole administration of the courts.