Covington Scott Littleton (July 1, 1933 – November 25, 2010) was an American anthropologist who was Professor and Chair of the Department of Anthropology at Occidental College.

[2] Attending El Camino College from 1952 to 1954, Littleton subsequently studied at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he received his A.B.

[3] Littleton's 1965 PhD dissertation was published in 1966 under the title The New Comparative Mythology: An Anthropological Assessment of the Theories of Georges Dumézil.

[1] Littleton was a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Indo-European Studies from its inception, and served as its Mythology Editor since 2000.

He was a member of the Democratic Party and an avid runner, cycler, swimmer, photographer, and reader of science fiction.