Franz Breithaupt (8 December 1880 – 29 April 1945) was a German SS functionary during the Nazi era who rose to the rank of SS-Obergruppenführer.

[2] In January 1929, he joined Der Stahlhelm (The Steel helmet, League of Front-line Soldiers), one of the many paramilitary organizations that arose after the German defeat of World War I.

By January 1931, he was chairman of the board of directors for "Ireks AG" in Kulmbach and acted as its business manager in Berlin.

[2] In December 1932, he joined the Schutzstaffel (# 39,719) as an SS-Sturmbannführer (major) and was assigned as an adjutant to the staff of Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler replacing Viktor Brack.

[3] He served as the official Polizeipräsident (police president) of Breslau (today, Wrocław) from 4 April 1941 to 15 August 1942.

Breithaupt was then chief of the Hauptamt SS-Gericht (SS Court Main Office) from 15 August 1942 until his murder on 29 April 1945.

[1] Breithaupt was murdered by gunshot by his aide SS-Untersturmführer (2nd lieutenant) Karl Lang in Bach on 29 April 1945.