Pentti Akseli Virrankoski (20 June 1929 – 20 August 2023) was a Finnish historian.
Virrankoski was professor in Finland's history at Turku University from 1978 to 1992.
Virrankoski focused in his research on economic and social history.
Amongst his works are a great biography of Anders Chydenius.
He has also written the first academic student book about Finland's economic history (1975), two books about North American Indians, and a work on Ostrobothnia (1997) and a biography of the musician Heikki Klemetti (2004).