Sir Anthony Kevin Cheetham FRS (born 16 November 1946) is a British materials scientist.

[4] Cheetham was educated at Stockport Grammar School and read chemistry at St Catherine's College, Oxford, matriculating in 1965, and graduated with first class honours in 1969.

In 2007, Cheetham moved back to the United Kingdom to become Goldsmiths' Professor of Materials Science at University of Cambridge, a position he held until October 2017.

[7] Cheetham's area of research is inorganic and hybrid materials, and involves their synthesis, characterization and applications.

[3] Cheetham was knighted in the 2020 New Year Honours for services to materials chemistry, UK science and global outreach.