Bala Usman (ya rayu daga 1945 zuwa 2005) yakasance shahararren malami ne, masanin tarihi , kuma dane ga Sarkin Musawa Alhaji Usman Liman jikan Sarkin Katsina Muhammadu Dikko. An haife shi a garin Musawa ta Jihar Katsina a 1945 . Ya zama babban malamin tarihi a Jami'ar Ahmadu Bello, kuma ya taba zama Sakataren gwamnati na tsohuwar Jihar Kaduna. Ya rasu a shekarar 2005 yana da shekaru 60 a duniya.