Roman Vetulani (August 8, 1849 – August 12, 1906) was a Polish high school professor, secretary of "Sokół" gymnastics organization chapter in Sanok, honorary member of Macierz Ziemi Cieszyńskiej since 1898.

He was born in Bochnia in 1849 as the son of Michał Vetulani and Franciszka Śliwińska. Roman Vetulani graduated in classical philology from Lvov University. He had six children: Kazimierz (professor of Lvov University), Zygmunt (diplomat), Tadeusz (professor of Adam Mickiewicz University in animal husbandry), Adam (historian of medieval law and canonist, professor of Jagiellonian University), Maria, and Elżbieta (died in childhood). Roman Vetulani died on August 12, 1908 in Zawoja, Poland. As his grandson Jerzy said, he died in consequence of heart sickness.