Greater Poland Uprising (also Wielkopolska Uprising or Great Poland Uprising) may refer to a number of armed rebellions in the region of Greater Poland:
- Greater Poland Uprising (1794)
- Greater Poland Uprising (1806)
- Greater Poland Uprising (1846)
- Greater Poland Uprising (1848)
- Greater Poland Uprising (1918–1919)
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