Kenneth Pomeranz, FBA (born November 4, 1958) is University Professor of History at the University of Chicago.

[3] He then taught at the University of California, Irvine, for more than 20 years.

He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences in 2006.

[4] In 2013–2014 he was the president of the American Historical Association.

Pomeranz has been described as a major figure in the California School of economic history.