Herbert Levi Osgood | |
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| Born | April 9, 1855 Canton, Maine, US |
| Died | September 11, 1918 (aged 63) New York City, US |
| Occupation | Historian |
| Education | Amherst College (BA) Columbia University (PhD) |
| Period | 1886–1924 |
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| Relatives | Ernest Staples Osgood (nephew) Dixon Ryan Fox (son-in-law) |
Herbert Levi Osgood (April 9, 1855 – September 11, 1918) was an American historian of colonial American history. As a professor at Columbia University he directed numerous dissertations of scholars who became major historians. Osgood was a leader of the "Imperial historians" who studied, and often praised, the inner workings of the British Empire in the 18th century.