Władysław Matwin (17 July 1916 – 21 October 2012) was a Polish politician, journalist and mathematician who was one of the pioneers of computer science in Poland.

In 1944 he belonged to the corps of political and educational officers of the 1st Tadeusz Kościuszko Infantry Division.

He also stayed for a year in Davos, Switzerland, where he had his eyes treated (he was in danger of losing his sight as a result of disease).

The following year, he became the director of the Central Center for Management Staff Improvement, but in 1968 he lost this position for not agreeing to the demand to remove employees of Jewish origin from the institute.

He took the job of a senior technologist in Włochy, and in 1970 - at the Institute of Mathematical Machines; in 1973 he became the director of the Department of Electronic Computing Technology.

Władysław Matwin died in October 2012, being one of the last remaining politicians of the pre-war Polish Communist Party.