Benjamin Tammuz (Hebrew: בנימין תמוז; 11 July 1919 – 19 July 1989) was an Israeli writer and artist who contributed to Israeli culture in many disciplines, as a novelist, journalist, critic, painter, and sculptor.

He also took an avid interest in art history, going on to study that subject at the Sorbonne in Paris.

At first he wrote the popular column "Uzi & Co." Later he edited the children's newspaper Haaretz Shelanu.

From 1965, he edited Haaretz's literary and cultural supplement, serving as the art critic there.

The elder son is Onn Tammuz, an architect and a fine art restorer and the younger son is Jonathan Tammuz, a film director whose films have included a 1997 adaptation of his father's novel Minotaur.