Shemuel Yeivin (Hebrew: שמואל ייבין; September 2, 1896 – February 28, 1982), also spelled Shmuel, was an Israeli archaeologist and the first director of the Israel Antiquities Authority.

His father was Nissan Yeivin, a descendant of Rabbi Yaakov Yosef ben Yehuda [he], from whom the family derived their surname.

[1] His mother, Esther Yeivin [he], went on to become a noted women's rights activist and member of the Jewish National Council and Assembly of Representatives.

[1] He earned academic degrees in Egyptology and Semitic philology[3] and studied archaeology under Sir Flinders Petrie at University College London.

[6] Later he participated in the first yedi'at ha-Aretz ("Knowledge of the Land") conference, organised by the society in Jerusalem in 1943, arguing for the expansion of regional museums to educate Jewish settlers about the antiquities of the country.