Otto Beck (30 March 1846 – 19 May 1908) was a German politician, and former senior mayor for Mannheim from 1891 to 1908.

[1][2][3] Beck was born in Krautheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

He studied law at the Heidelberg University until 1871, where he obtained his Staatsexamen (equivalent to Juris Doctor).

Later in his life, Beck received an Honorary doctor from his alma mater.

Later, Beck, together with Heidelberg's economics professor Eberhard Gothein (1853–1923), initiated the foundation of the Handelshochschule Mannheim to revive academic education in Mannheim.