William Safran
William Safran (July 8, 1930 – January 22, 2026) was an American academic and Holocaust survivor who was professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Colorado Boulder. It has been argued that Safran "has contributed substantially to the body of knowledge regarding ethnic politics, nationalism, and related subjects, such as institutional and cultural pluralism, citizenship, immigration, diaspora, national identity, and the politics of language and religion". He was a specialist on France, and much of his research concerned French ethnic politics.