?tefan Bârsanescu (28 March 1895—5 November 1984) was a Romanian academician and educator who gained renown as an essayist and philosopher.
Born in the village of Vipere?ti in Buzau County, a part of the historical region of Muntenia, ?tefan Bârsanescu was a member of the Romanian Academy and the author of over thirty scholarly volumes and more than five hundred articles and essays.
He died in Ia?i four-and-a-half months before his 90th birthday.