Marijan Varešanin von Varesch (1 February 1847 – 22 April 1917) was a Croatian nobleman and general in the Habsburg monarchy imperial army service.

He attended cadet school in Rijeka and later joined Theresian Military Academy in Wiener Neustadt.

On 7 March 1909, he was named as commander of the 15th Corps stationed in Sarajevo and as governor of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

[2] On 10 June 1910 an assassination attempt was made on him by Bogdan Žerajić, who fired five bullets from a revolver on Varešanin and killed himself with the sixth.

[3] The assassination attempt served as inspiration for Gavrilo Princip, who visited Žerajić's grave where he promised to take revenge.