Friedrich Wilhelm Ehrenfried Rost (11 April 1768 – 12 February 1835) was a German theologian, philosopher and classical philologist.
He studied theology and philology at the University of Leipzig, receiving his doctorate in 1792. In 1794 he served as a vespers minister at the university church, then relocated to Plauen as rector at the lyceum. In 1796 he returned to Leipzig as conrector at the "Thomasschule zu Leipzig", where from 1800 to 1835, he held the post of rector.
From 1804 to 1809 he was a privat-docent of philosophy at the University of Leipzig, where afterwards, he served as an associate professor until his death in 1835. He was a member of the "Lateinischen Gesellschaft zu Jena" and the "Historisch-Theologischen Gesellschaft zu Leipzig".
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