Els, Baroness Witte (born 30 September 1941, Borgerhout) is a Belgian historian.

She was professor at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and honorary rector of the university.

Els Witte was the first female rector of a Belgian university.

She was a member of the Coudenberg group, a Belgian federalist think tank.

In 1974 she joined the in 1969 newly founded Vrije Universiteit Brussel as a full-time historian.