Shmuel Gal (Hebrew: שמואל גל; born 1940) is a mathematician and professor of statistics at the University of Haifa in Israel.

He devised the Gal's accurate tables method for the computer evaluation of elementary functions.

[1][2] With Zvi Yehudai he developed in 1993 a new algorithm for sorting which is used by IBM.

[5][6][7] He has been working on rendezvous problems with his collaborative colleagues Steve Alpern, Vic Baston, and John Howard.

[8][9][10][11] Gal received a Ph.D. in mathematics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.