Vladimír Šmilauer (5 December 1895, Plzeň[1] – 13 October 1983, Prague) was a Czech linguist, Bohemist and Slovakist.

He studied Czech and German at the Faculty of Arts of the Charles University in Prague.

During the German occupation, he left his job at Charles University and worked at the Slavonic Institute in Prague.

After World War II, he returned to the university.

His main research interests were the theory of word formation, syntax, and Czech and Slovak toponymy.