August von Clemm

August Ritter von Clemm (8 December 1837 in Gießen – 28 October 1910 in Haardt) was a German businessman and politician.

In 1865, he founded BASF with his brother, Engelhorn, Seligmann Ladenburg, Friedrich Reiß and others and took over the management of aniline production in Ludwigshafen.

From 1872 to 1898, Clemm was President of the Palatine Trade and Commerce Bank (German: Pfälzischen Handels- und Gewerbebank) and in 1886 he co-founded the Palatine Mortgage Bank (German: Pfälzischen Hypothekenbank).

From 1883 to 1899, Clemm was one for the National Liberal Party members of the Bavarian Chamber of Deputies (German: der Bayerischen Abgeordnetenkammer des Königreichs Bayern).

In 1893, he was elevated to the status of nobility, and was thereafter known titled Ritter von Clemm and made a member of the Bavarian Imperial Council (German: Reichsrat).