Christopher Brendan Reginald Pelling, FBA (born 14 December 1947) is a British classical scholar. He was the Regius Professor of Greek, at Christ Church, Oxford, from 2003 to 2015. He was President of the Hellenic Society from 2006 to 2008. His research interests range over Greek and Latin historiography and biography, and also over other areas of Greek literature, especially tragedy.