Samuel Gardner
- Full Name: Samuel William Gardner
- Species: Human
- Gender: Male
- 2143: Commander, test pilot, Earth Starfleet; NX Program (ENT: "First Flight")
- By 2151: Captain, Earth Starfleet (ENT: "Shadows of P'Jem"; "First Flight")
- By 2154: Vice admiral, Chief of Staff, Earth Starfleet (ENT: "Awakening", "Kir'Shara", "Observer Effect", "United", "Affliction", "Terra Prime"; ENT Novel: The Good That Men Do, Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
- August 12, 2161: Admiral, Chief of Staff, UESPA, Starfleet (ENT Novel: A Choice of Futures, Uncertain Logic)
- 2165: Retirement from Starfleet (ENT Novel: Uncertain Logic)