thumb|Anton Aškerc

Anton Aškerc (; 9 January 1856 – 10 June 1912) was a Slovenian poet and Roman Catholic priest who worked in Austria, best known for his epic poems.

Aškerc was born into a peasant family near the town of Rimske Toplice in the Duchy of Styria, then part of the Austrian Empire (now in Slovenia), and baptized Anton Askerz. His place of birth is recorded as at house no. 5 in Senožete, which at the time was a hamlet of Rimske Toplice (). However, family tradition says that he was born at house no. 15 in Globoko.