Gotthard Victor Lechler (18 April 1811 – 26 December 1888) was a German Lutheran theologian born in Kloster Reichenbach, near Freudenstadt, in Württemberg.
He studied at the University of Tübingen under Ferdinand Christian Baur, and later served as a deacon in Waiblingen and Knittlingen.
In 1858, he became pastor at the church of St Thomas and professor ordinarius of historical theology at the University of Leipzig.
In response to the idea of a sharp conflict between the Paulinists and Petrinists, he argued that "we find variety coupled with agreement, and unity with difference, between Paul and the earlier apostles; we recognize the one spirit in the many gifts.
An earlier work, Geschichte des englischen Deismus (1841), was a contribution to the study of religious thought in England.