Aliu Babatunde Fafunwa (23 Satumba 1923 - 11 October 2010). Shi ne Farfesan Ilimi na farko a Najeriya. Ya kasance masanin Ilimin Najeriya, Malami kuma Tsohon Ministan Ilimi. A matsayinsa na Minista, ya kasance yana kula da babbar makarantar da ke Afirka. An san shi da rubuce-rubucensa na farko kan bukatar sake tantance tsarin ilimin tarihin mulkin mallaka da aka gada a Najeriya da kuma gabatar da manufofin al'adu masu dacewa, batutuwa da yarukan gida cikin tsarin, domin dacewa da tsarin ci gaba da al'adun kasar. Hakanan shahararren masani ne akan Tarihin Tsare Tsaren Ilimi a Najeriya. An haife shi ne a ranar 23 ga Satumba, 1923, a garin Isale Eko, Legas, Fafunwa ya yi karatun sakandare a makarantar CMS Grammar School, Lagos tsakanin 1937 da 1943. Ya sami B.Sc (Magna Cum Laude) a fannin Kimiyyar Zamani da Turanci a Kwalejin Bethune Cookman (yanzu Bethune-Cookman University, Florida, Amurka a 1950 kuma ya sami MA (Cum Laude) a fannin Gudanar da Ilimi a shekara ta 1955.