Gerhard Zimmer (born 23 May 1949, Dillingen an der Donau, Germany) is a German classical archaeologist, currently in residence as Professor of Classical Archaeology at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt. He is the author of several books on classical archeology, primarily of the Western Roman Empire and its successor barbarian states. Zimmer's research currently focuses on processing workshop findings and reconstructing technologies of ancient bronze casting, using experimental verification to corroborate reconstructed methods.