Wasudev Waman Patankar (Marathi: ??????? ???? ??????; 29 December 1908 – 20 June 1997), popularly known by the name Bhausaheb Patankar (Marathi: ???????? ??????), was a prominent Marathi shayar, and one of the first to pen Marathi shayari, until then Shayari was an outcome of Urdu language.
W.W Patankar was an Advocate by profession.