Ralph Leon Beals (July 19, 1901 – February 24, 1985) was an American anthropologist at the University of California, Los Angeles, a former president of the American Anthropological Association, and the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship.

He worked on community development in Egypt with UNESCO and studied Mexican students in American universities.[citation needed] His brother was journalist Carleton Beals.

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  • "UCLA Professor Ralph L. Beals Dies". Los Angeles Times. March 8, 1985. ISSN 0458-3035.
  • Krogh, David (ed.). "Ralph Leon Beals, Anthropology and Sociology: Los Angeles". University of California: In Memoriam, 1986. University of California Academic Senate.
  • Mears, Alyce A. (1981). "Register to the Papers of Ralph Leon Beals" (PDF). National Anthropoligical Archives, Smithsonian Institution.