Lewis Baxter Moore (1866–1928) was an American classicist, scholar, university teacher, and Presbyterian pastor.

He was the first African American to earn a Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD) from the University of Pennsylvania.

[3] His Ph.D. was received in 1896 from the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn), where he was the first African American to earn a Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD) from the school.

[4] He died at the age of 62 on December 12, 1928, in Philadelphia,[1][8] and is buried in Eden Cemetery in Collingdale, Pennsylvania.

Moore's work was included in a traveling group exhibition, "12 Black Classicists" (2003–present) presented by Prof. Michele Valerie Ronnick, from Wayne State University in Detroit.