Stephen Gaylord Miller (June 22, 1942 – August 11, 2021) was an American historian and archaeologist who devoted over three decades of his career to the excavation and promotion of the archaeological site of Ancient Nemea in the Peloponnese, Greece.

However, upon attending two lectures by the visiting Greek scholar George Mylonas, he changed his mind and decided to become an archaeologist.

He then pursued graduate studies, earning a Masters and a PhD in Classical Archaeology from Princeton University in 1967 and 1970.

In 1971, he was elected Assistant Professor at the Department of Classics, University of California, Berkeley and appointed director of excavations at Nemea.

[2][3] He published extensively on his archaeological discoveries, including "Nemea II: The Early Hellenistic Stadium” (University of California Press 2001).