Yehoshua Ben-Arieh (Hebrew: יהושע בן אריה; 9 May 1928[1] – 25 December 2023) was an Israeli geographer.

He was a relative of the founder of Petah Tikva, Yehoshua Stampfer, and named after him.

[4] Ben-Arieh has been described as the founding father of historical geography, an important branch of geographical research in Israel.

[5] Ben-Arieh lectured at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem from 1965, becoming a tenured professor in 1979.

He was a research fellow at the University College of London, where he later served as a visiting professor.