Samuel Bickerton Harman (20 December 1819 – 26 March 1892) was a Canadian lawyer, accountant, politician, civil servant, and Mayor of Toronto from 1869 to 1870.

He returned to England in 1847 and moved to Upper Canada the following year in order to tend to some investments of his wife's family.

Harman was involved in many significant activities concerning Toronto's upper class: When the Institute of Accountants and Adjusters of Ontario failed to secure an Act of incorporation from the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Harman was named as its president.

His political skills and stage-managing of the Toronto business élite enabled its incorporation as the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario in 1883.

[1] Harman held many elected and appointed positions with the City of Toronto: