Harald Haarmann (born 16 April 1946) is a German linguist and cultural scientist who lives and works in Finland.
Haarmann studied general linguistics, various philological disciplines and prehistory at the universities of Hamburg, Bonn, Coimbra and Bangor.
He obtained his PhD in Bonn (1970) and his habilitation (qualification at professorship level) in Trier (1979).
He is Vice-President of the Institute of Archaeomythology (headquartered in Sebastopol, California) and director of its European branch (based in Luumäki, Finland).
Haarmann writes books in English and in German, and articles in various languages.