| Official Name: | Wachiraphayaban |
| Native Name: | วชิรพยาบาล |
| Settlement Type: | Khwaeng |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | Bangkok |
| Subdivision Type3: | Khet |
| Subdivision Name3: | Dusit |
| Area Total Km2: | 1.074 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population As Of: | 2017 |
| Population Total: | 11,267 |
| Timezone: | ICT |
| Utc Offset: | +7 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Blank Name: | TIS 1099 |
Wachiraphayaban (Thai: วชิรพยาบาล) is a khwaeng (subdistrict) of Dusit District, in Bangkok, Thailand.
Most areas of Wachiraphayaban are in Samsen quarter, Samsen is an area with a long history before the establishment of Rattanakosin in 1782, since the Ayutthaya period in the reign of King Narai this was where the Immaculate Conception Church was located, and the Portuguese community.
Until the early Rattanakosin period, the Christian Khmers escape their country to settle here with the royal permission of the King Rama I. Later in the reign of King Rama III, there were also a group of Christian Annamese settlers here as well, and they built another church, St. Francis Xavier Church. Thus making Samsen a settlement of both people races, hence the named "Ban Khmer" (บ้านเขมร) and "Ban Yuan" (บ้านญวน—Yuan is old Thai language colloquialism used for Annamese).
Before 1939, then named Ban Yuan Samsen. (Thai: บ้านญวนสามเสน)[2] thumb|left|Krung Thon Bridge, commonly known by unofficially name Sang Hi Bridge, one of the bridges that cross Chao Phraya River in Bangkok. It connects Wachiraphayaban with two subdistricts of Bang Phlat in Thonburi side, Bang Yi Khan and Bang PhlatThe eponymous Vajira Hospital, the old government hospital since the reign of King Rama VI on Samsen Road.
Wachiraphayaban can be considered as the western area of the district. It has a total area of 1.074 km2 (0.415 mi2).
The area is bordered by neighbouring subdistricts (from the north clockwise): Thanon Nakhon Chai Si in its district (Khlong Samsen is a borderline), Dusit in its district (Samsen Road is a borderline), Wat Sam Phraya of Phra Nakhon District (Khlong Phadung Krung Kasem is a borderline), (across the river) Bang Yi Khan and Bang Phlat of Bang Phlat District (midstream of Chao Phraya River is a borderline).
In 2017 it had a total population of 11,267 people.[3]