Saburi Oladeni Biobaku (1918–2001) ya kasance masanin Nijeriya, masanin tarihi kuma ɗan siyasa wanda ke cikin sahun masana masana tarihi na Yarbawa waɗanda suka bi sahun farko na Samuel Johnson wajen kafa tushen tarihin Yarbawa da ƙirƙirar bayanan kula na asalin asalin tarihin Afirka. Ya kasance tsohon Mataimakin Shugaban Jami'ar Legas kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin mataimakin shugaban jami'ar Obafemi Awolowo. An haifi Biobaku a Igbore, Abeokuta ga dangin wani fitaccen basarake Musulmi kuma attajiri mai jigilar kayayyaki wanda ke da haruffa S.O, kamar Saburi. Yayi karatun sa a Ogbe Methodist Primary School, Abeokuta, Government College, Ibadan da Yaba Higher College. Ya kuma halarci Jami'ar Cambridge don digiri na biyu da Jami'ar London, Cibiyar Nazarin Tarihi don Ph.D. Ya dawo Nijeriya daga nan kuma ya fara aikin koyarwa, ya yi aiki a matsayin malamin makaranta a tsohuwar makarantarsa a Kwalejin Gwamnati, Ibadan. Daga baya ya zama sakataren firaminista na Yankin Yammaci, Nijeriya. Kafin ya zama sakataren Firimiya, ya koyar da shi ne tun a makarantar firamare a garin Abeokuta. Biobaku ya kuma yi aiki a matsayin mai rejista na Jami'ar Ibadan.