Bernhard Afinger (6 May 1813 – 25 December 1882) was a German sculptor.

Afinger was born in Nuremberg, where he studied old German sculptures.

He was for a time a silversmith, and in 1840 began instruction under Christian Daniel Rauch at Berlin.

In portrait medallions and works of a religious character he was particularly successful.

There is an Arndt memorial by him at Bonn, a university memorial at Greifswald, and a statue of Newton in the National Museum, Pesth.