Waman Lakshman Kulkarni (वामन लक्ष्मण कुलकर्णी; 6 April 1911 – 25 December 1991) was an Indian Marathi literary critic from Maharashtra. Kulkarni served from 1959 to 1979 as the head of the department of Marathi in Marathwada University, which was later renamed as Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University.