Cleveland Thomas Johnson (born November 3, 1955) is an American academic, administrator, music historian, and early-music performer.
He has been the director of the National Music Museum in Vermillion, South Dakota since 2012.
Previously, he was Executive Director of the Thomas J.
Watson Fellowship (2008-2012, New York, New York), Dean of the School of Music at DePauw University (2006-2008, Greencastle, Indiana), Professor of Music at DePauw University (1985-2012), and Music Librarian at Old Dominion University (1983-1985; Norfolk, Virginia).
DePauw University awarded him the title, Professor Emeritus of Music, in 2012.