Christian Waagepetersen (6 September 1787 – 23 November 1840) was a Danish wine merchant and patron of the arts.

The Waagepetersen House, his home on Store Strandstræde in Copenhagen, was a meeting place during the 1820s and 1830s for many leading figures of the Danish Golden Age.

She was the daughter of the wealthy merchant Albrecht Ludvig Schmidt (c. 1754–1821) and his wife Frederikke Christiane Restorff (c. 1759–1822).

He was particularly fond of music as witnessed by the fact that he named three of his sons after Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven.

Christian Waagepetersen's second eldest daughter Albertine was married to Carl Harald Mønster, another prominent wine dealer.