August Snieders

August Snieders (Bladel, 8 May 1825 – Brussels, 19 November 1904) was a Flemish journalist and writer.

He started his career in 's-Hertogenbosch, but later moved to Antwerp.

Under his management Het Handelsblad became the most important Flemish newspaper and he himself the most authoritative Flemish journalist of the nineteenth century.

He was a sound supporter of the catholic[clarification needed] and Flemish ideals in Belgium.

He was a brother of Jan Renier Snieders.