Sir Michael Dixon DL (born 16 March 1956) is the principal of Green Templeton College at the University of Oxford and former director of the Natural History Museum, London.

He undertook postgraduate studies at the University of York, completing his Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) degree in 1984.

[3] The appointment of Dixon at the NHM is noteworthy in its marking a break with tradition in which the director has been an eminent practising scientist.

[5] Dixon was elected principal of Green Templeton College, Oxford in 2019 and took up office in September 2020.

In 2001, he married for a second time to Deborah Mary Reece (née McMahon).