Heinrich Herkner (27 June 1863 – 27 May 1932) was a German economist as well as a social reformer.

Herkner was born in Liberec (German: Reichenberg), Bohemia and died in Berlin, Germany.

Alexandra Kollontai went to Zürich to study under him, but found he had become a “revisionist” and spent much of her time at the university contesting his views.

[2] He was a founding member of the German Society for Sociology and along with Max Weber, Ferdinand Tönnies and Georg Simmel on its first board.

In 1917 he succeeded the deceased Gustav Schmoller as the President of the Verein für Socialpolitik, a position he held until 1929.