Michael Grant (21 November 1914 – 4 October 2004) was an English classicist, a numismatist, and author of numerous books on ancient history.

Having studied and held a number of academic posts in the United Kingdom and the Middle East, he retired early to write full-time.

During World War II, Grant served for a year as an intelligence officer in London after which he was assigned (1940) as the UK's first British Council representative in Turkey.

[2] Immensely prolific, he wrote and edited more than 70 books of nonfiction and translation, covering topics from Roman coinage and the eruption of Mount Vesuvius to the Gospels.

He produced general surveys of ancient Greek, Roman and Israelite history as well as biographies of important figures such as Julius Caesar, Herod the Great, Cleopatra, Nero, Jesus, St. Peter and St.