Joseph Nuttall (31 August 1869 – 1 June 1942) was an accomplished English swimmer in the 1880s and 1890s, and into the early 1900s.

[2] Nuttall was born in Manchester, and moved with his family to Stalybridge, learning to swim in one of England's first public pools.

[4] Other notable English swimmers of Nuttall's time included James H. Tyers, John Derbyshire, and John Arthur Jarvis.

Nuttall also had notable races against English swimmer James Finney (in 1890), American swimmer James L. McCusker (including in 1893 and 1904), and Australians Ernest Cavill in 1894 and his brother Percy Cavill in 1904.

[4] Nuttall died in Blackpool in 1942, survived by his wife Gertrude and one daughter.