Ljubo Boban was a Croatian historian and academic.

He was born in Solin. At the University of Zagreb

University of Zagreb

The University of Zagreb is the biggest Croatian university and the oldest continuously operating university in the area covering Central Europe south of Vienna and all of Southeastern Europe...

 Faculty of Philosophy, he graduated and later obtained a PhD degree in 1964 with a thesis on the 1939 Cvetković–Maček Agreement.
He became professor at the same faculty in 1975.

In 1986 he became full member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts

Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts

The Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts is the national academy of Croatia. It was founded in 1866 as the Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts , and was known by that name for most of its existence.- History :...

 and in 1991 he was made member of its presidency.

He died of a heart attack in Zagreb on 9 October 1993.