Vivian Nutton FBA (born 1943) is a British historian of medicine.

in Classics at the University of Cambridge in 1965 and subsequently taught there as a Fellow of Selwyn College (1967–77).

[4] Since 1977, he has worked at the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine as a lecturer, and since 1993 as professor.

[4] He is a member of several international learned societies and a Fellow of the British Academy.

[4] Nutton's main field of research is the ancient Greek physician Galen.