Herwig Görgemanns (born 2 September 1931) is a German classicist, former professor and emeritus of classical philology at Heidelberg University.
In Würzburg he presented his dissertation in classical philology: contributions to the interpretation of Plato's Laws (1959).
With an analysis on Plutarch's dialogue "De facie in orbe luna" he habilitated in 1965 in Heidelberg.
In this context he presented a hypothesis on a possible historical core of Plato's Atlantis story.
Together with church historian Heinrich Karpp (1908–1997) he translated Peri archon/De principiis by Origenes.