Dan Paltini?anu (23 March 1951 – 4 March 1995) was a football player, born in Bucharest, Romania, who played ten years for Politehnica Timisoara.
The Dan Paltinisanu Stadium from Timi?oara is named after him.
He won the Universiade gold medal with Romania's students football team in the 1974 edition that was held in France, playing alongside László Bölöni, Gheorghe Mul?escu, Romulus Chihaia and Paul Cazan.
His son who was also named Dan Paltini?anu was a basketball player who played for Romania's national basketball team and won the Romanian Basketball Cup while playing for BCM Elba Timi?oara in 2010.