Luigi Schiaparelli (2 August 1871 – 26 January 1934) was an Italian historian, palaeographer and diplomat.

He was a member of the Schiaparelli academic and scientific family, which included his uncle Celestino [it], his paternal cousin Elsa and his son Ernesto.

He lated moved to Munich to work on Byzantine literature under Paul Fridolin Kehr.

To help prepare the Italia Pontificia, he returned to Italy to collect documents from the Middle Ages.

In 1902, Pasquale Villari offered him Cesare Paoli's job as a palaeography and diplomatics the University of Florence.