Erich Angermann (2 March 1927 − 9 November 1992) was a German historian for North American history at the University of Cologne.
From 1952 Angermann was scientific assistant of the Historical Commission at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences [de] (for the Neue Deutsche Biographie) and at the Amerika-Institut (Munich).
In 1961 followed the Habilitation with Franz Schnabel with a thesis on the liberal political scientist and politician Robert von Mohl.
He was elected Dean of The Faculty of Letters and Science for 1968/69 and assured that the student unrest were relatively mild in Cologne.
Angermann's pupils include Horst Dippel, Michael Klöcker, Hermann Wellenreuther, Arnd Krüger, Norbert Finzsch, Vera Nünning, Torsten Oppelland and Klaus Larres.