August Ferdinand Naeke (15 May 1788, in Frauenstein – 12 September 1838, in Bonn) was a German classical philologist.
He studied classical philology at the University of Leipzig as a pupil of Gottfried Hermann, receiving his doctorate in 1810.
In 1817 he became an associate professor of classical philology, and during the following year, relocated to the University of Bonn, where in 1820 he obtained a full professorship.
[1] His best written effort was a monograph on the epic Greek poet Choerilus, titled Choerili Samii quae supersunt, collegit et illustravit (1817).
[2] The following is a list of his other published works: With Friedrich Gottlieb Welcker, he was editor of the journal Rheinisches Museum für Philologie.