Nikephoros Ouranos (fl.

c. 980 – c. 1010), Latinized as Nicephorus Uranus, is a high-ranking Byzantine official and general during the reign of Emperor Basil II (r. 976–1025).

One of the emperor's closest associates, he is active in Europe in the wars against the Bulgarians, scoring a major victory at Spercheios, and against the Arabs in Syria, where he holds command during the first decade of the 11th century as Basil's virtual viceroy.

A well-educated man, he writs a military manual (Taktika) and composes several surviving poems and hagiographies.