Samuel Phillips Savage (November 9, 1940 – January 17, 2019) was an American novelist and poet, best known for his 2006 novel Firmin: Adventures of a Metropolitan Lowlife. Other published works include The Cry of the Sloth, The Criminal Life of Effie O, and Glass.

He was a native of South Carolina but lived in Madison, Wisconsin. Savage received his bachelor's and doctoral degrees from Yale University, where he taught briefly. Beyond his academic and literary career, he worked as a bicycle mechanic, carpenter, commercial fisherman, and letterpress printer.