Ludmila Vaňková (27 May 1927 – 3 February 2022) was a Czech writer. She was born in Prague. She was known for writing "Lev a růže" tetralogy (English: "The Lion and the Rose"). This was made up of four novels ("Král železný, král zlatý", "Zlá léta", "Dědicové zlatého krále", "Žebrák se stříbrnou holí").