Zsolt Beöthy (4 September 1848 – 18 April 1922) was a Hungarian literary historian, critic, professor, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and the secretary then chairman of Kisfaludy Society.

His father was Zsigmond Beöthy (1819–1896), a poet, writer and legal scholar, and his mother was Jozefa Sántha.

He married Szidi Rákosi, of which he had two children with: László Beöthy (13 April 1873), and Zsigmond (1875).

In 1875, he received his teacher and doctorate in philosophy in 1877, and divorced Rákosi in the same year.

After his death, his collection of Greek art has been of national significance to Sweden.