Hugh Talmage Lefler

Hugh Talmage Lefler (1901–1981) was an American historian and educator. He is known for his work on the history of North Carolina, some of which is considered pseudohistorical. and grew up on a farm in Davie County. After attending Weaver College, he was graduated from Trinity College, Durham in 1921 with a B.A. degree and in 1922 with a M.A. degree. Author Sam Ragan, writing in the North Carolina Historical Review, wrote that Lefler "made history come alive in the classroom and in his books."

He died on April 21, 1981, and is buried at the Old Chapel Hill Cemetery. The University of North Carolina's Wilson Library has a collection of his papers.