Humberto Francisco Burzio (Buenos Aires, July 2, 1902 — August 18, 1980) was an Argentine naval historian, numismatist, military officer and one time ambassador to Peru.

Two years later, Burzio promoted the restructuring of that division into what was called the Department of Naval Historical Studies (DEHN); heading his leadership until March 1, 1970.

On the occasion of the Sesquicentennial of the May Revolution, his work Armada Nacional – Reseña histórica de su origen y desarrollo orgánico (1960) was published, which includes the organic aspect of the Argentine Navy, that is, that which refers to its origin and development, from its creation in 1811 and until the end of the 19th century.

In his introduction, he not only explains how this work was achieved but also synthesises the scientific work of all the previous ones: "for years he worried about collecting, by acquisition, exchange or donation, medals referring to the city of Buenos Aires, with the ambitious goal to form its metallic documentary archive, which, once achieved, constitutes a chronicle of the episodes, transcendent or not, that marked its prodigious evolution, especially from the second half of the last century to the present.

In recognition of his activity, on two occasions he received from the Spanish government the decoration of the Cross of the Order of Naval Merit with white insignia, second and third class.