| Benjamin Shapira | |||||||
| Native Name: | בנימין שפירא | ||||||
| Native Name Lang: | he | ||||||
| Birth Date: | 10 June 1913 | ||||||
| Birth Place: | Germany | ||||||
| Nationality: |  Israel | ||||||
| Occupation: | Biochemist | ||||||
| Awards: | Israel Prize (1955) | ||||||
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Benjamin Shapira (Hebrew: בנימין שפירא; 10 June 1913 – 1993) was an Israeli biochemist.
Benjamin Shapira was born in Germany in 1913. His family immigrated to British Mandate of Palestine in 1926 and settled in Afula. He studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem from 1933 and obtained a BSc in natural sciences in 1937. In 1940, he was awarded a PhD.