Petru Bogdan (29 January 1873 – 28 March 1944) was a Romanian chemist, educator, and politician. In 1926, he was elected a titular member of the Romanian Academy. He was born in Cozmești, Iași County, the son of Vasile Bogdan (the mayor of the village) and Ana, née Timuș; his father died four years laters, during the Romanian War of Independence of 1877. Bogdan was a member of the National Peasants' Party. He served as Mayor of Iași from January 1930 to March 1934. He had 7 children, Margareta, Gheorghe, Maria, Elena, Ana, , and Ioan; one of his grandsons was Ioan Petru Culianu.