Wacław Krzeptowski (24 June 1897 – 20 January 1945) was one of the leaders of the Goralenvolk action in Podhale during World War II.

In the early years of the war – as self-proclaimed Goralenführer – Krzeptowski lobbied Hans Frank in favor of his plan to establish an independent state for his ethnic group in southern Poland.

[1] During the German-Soviet war, Krzeptowski tried to recruit volunteers for his "Goralen legion" (also referred to as Goralische Division SS) to fight alongside the Axis Powers.

The attempt ended in a complete fiasco as out of the initial 300 able bodied recruits (from the entire Podhale region) all but twelve deserted within a short time or were sent to concentration camps by the Germans for insubordination.

At the end of the war, he refused to flee to Germany and instead hid out in the Tatry mountains of his native region.