George C. Peden (born 1943) is an emeritus professor of history at Stirling University, Scotland.
Peden was born in Dundee and educated at Grove Academy, Broughty Ferry.
He worked for eight years as a sub-editor of the Dundee Evening Telegraph before becoming a mature student at Dundee University, graduating MA with first class honours in modern history in 1972.
He was a postgraduate at Brasenose College, Oxford, completing his thesis under the supervision of Professor N. H. Gibbs and graduating with a D.Phil.
Peden lives in Callander, on the edge of the Scottish Highlands, and divides his time between hillwalking and research and writing.