Henrik Birnbaum (December 13, 1925 – April 30, 2002) was an American linguist, Slavist and historian.
[1] Birnbaum was born in Breslau, today's Wrocław, Poland.
He was a guest professor at many American and European universities.
From 1992 he led the Department of Medieval Studies at Central European University in Budapest.
[1] He authored more than 300 scientific publications in the fields of phonology, dialectology, comparative grammar of Slavic languages, history and culture of the Slavs, 18 of which are books and monographs.