Felix Scheffler (9 February 1915, in Hamburg, Germany – 13 March 1986, in Rostock, East Germany) was a World War II Wehrmacht veteran, Konteradmiral, and first Chief of the East German People's Navy (Volksmarine).

After leaving school, between 1930 and 1933 Felix Schaeffler undertook an apprenticeship as a pharmacist in Altona, which at this time was still administratively separate from nearby Hamburg.

He was part of a special intelligence unit of the German anti-fascists under the name "Group-117", which operated in the Lipichansk Forest.

This group also included Hugh Bars, Carl Rinagel, and Herbert Geynchke.

[2] From 1948 to 1950, he was a member of the Democratic Farmer's Party of Germany (DBD / Demokratische Bauernpartei Deutschlands) serving as the organizational secretary.