Ferdinand Hellmesberger (24 January 1863 – 15 March 1940) was an Austrian cellist and conductor.
He studied at the Vienna Conservatory with Karl Udel (cello) and Anton Bruckner (music theory).
In 1884, aged twenty-one, he became teacher at the Vienna Conservatory and in 1889 he became professor, which he remained until 1902.
From 1910 and on he worked as Kurkapellmeister in Abbazia (now in Croatia), Baden bei Wien, Marienbad (now in Czech Republic), and Karlsbad (now in Czech Republic) At the time of his death in Vienna, he was the last of a family that played an important role in the Vienna musical life.
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