Neville Stuart Pillans (2 May 1884 - 23 March 1964) was a South African botanist.
[1][2] He joined the Bolus Herbarium in 1918 and retired from it in 1952.
In 1911, he worked with Henry Harold Welch Pearson in choosing the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden site.
[1][3] He was a member of the Royal Society of South Africa for a few years.
[1] Alain Campbell White and Boyd L. Sloane in The Stapelieae described Pillans as "the most eminent collector of Stapeliads in the eventful history of the tribe".