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Astronomer Royal er en britisk titel som lang tid var knyttet til direktøren for observatoriet i Greenwich.
Embedet blev instiftet af Karl II den 22. juni 1675. Siden 1972 er Astronomer Royal en ærestitel for fortjente astronomer.
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