Benjamin Waller (1 October 1716 – 1 May 1786) was an American planter, lawyer, politician, military officer and judge.

[1] Waller was born on October 1, 1716 at his father's Enfield plantation in King William County in what was then the Colony of Virginia.

By 1738, Benjamin Waller had been admitted to the Virginia bar, and began serving as King's Attorney (prosecutor) in Gloucester County.

Despite his offices under King George III, Waller was a patriot as well as eminent lawyer, and his name is on the list of the Committee of Safety for the city of Williamsburg Dec. 1774 (Forces Archives.)

As clerk of courts, it fell to Benjamin Waller to read the United States Declaration of Independence from the Williamsburg courthouse steps on July 25, 1776.