Anselm may refer to any of several historical figures, or their works:
- Saint Anselm, Duke of Friuli, 8th-century Abbot of Nonantula
- Anselm of Farfa (died 883), abbot
- Anselm II (Archbishop of Milan) (died 896)
- Anselm of Liège (1008-1056), chronicler
- Anselm III (Archbishop of Milan) (died 1093)
- Saint Anselm of Lucca (c.1036 - 1086)
- Anselm IV (Archbishop of Milan) (died 1101)
- Saint Anselm of Canterbury (c.1033 - 1109), Archbishop of Canterbury, philosopher and theologian,
- or his ontological argument for the existence of God
- Anselm of Laon (died 1117), Medieval theologian
- Anselm V (Archbishop of Milan) (died 1136)
- Anselm of St Saba (died 1148), Bishop of London
- Anselm of Havelberg (c.1100-1158), German papal legate
- Anselm Feuerbach (1829-1880), German painter
- Anselm Kiefer (born 1945), German painter and sculptor
- Saint Anselm College, a nationally ranked liberal arts college in the United States