Oliver Taplin, FBA (born 2 August 1943) is a retired British academic and classicist.
He was a fellow of Magdalen College and Professor of Classical Languages and Literature at the University of Oxford.
Taplin's primary focus as a scholar is Greek drama, especially from the viewpoint of staging and performance.
Subsequent books, including Comic Angels (1993) and Pots and Plays (2007) examine vase paintings as evidence for the performance of tragedy and comedy.
The same year, Oxford University Press published Performance, Iconography, Reception: Studies in Honour of Oliver Taplin, edited by Martin Revermann and Peter Wilson.