| Birth Date: | 24 May 1822 |
| Birth Place: | Stari Grad, Croatia, Austrian Empire |
| Death Place: | Stari Grad, Croatia, Austria-Hungary |
| Nationality: | Croatian, Austria-Hungary |
| Occupation: | archaeologist, theologian, historian |
Šime Ljubić (24 May 1822 – 19 October 1896) was an archaeologist, theologian, and historian, best known as one of the founders of Croatian archaeology.[1]
Ljubić studied theology in Zagreb and history and Slavic studies in Vienna. He was the director of the Split Archaeological Museum and collected materials from the Archives of Venice that were later published by the Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts. Later he was director of the Archaeological Museum in Zagreb. He founded the Croatian Archaeological Society and its publication, Viestnik hrvatskoga areheologičkoga družtva.
Ljubić wrote about ancient numismatics, prehistoric and Roman finds, Marco Antonio de Dominis, Petar Hektorović, and the relations between the republics of Ragusa and Venice. He collected objects for the National Museum and published the medieval statutes of Budva, Skradin, and Hvar. He participated in the Illyrian movement in Dalmatia and wrote fiction.