Władysław Marcjan Mikołaj Żeleński (6 July 1837 – 23 January 1921) was a Polish composer, pianist and organist.

When he was eight, his father was killed and his mother critically injured in the rabacja, the Galician peasants' uprising of 1846.

While in secondary school, he wrote two quartets and a trio that, however, have not survived to our times.

9 and Wariacje na temat własny (Variations on an Original Theme) for string quartet, Op.

His students included Polish composer and pianist Jadwiga Sarnecka.