Paul Bechtner (December 19, 1847 – February 12, 1914) was an American newspaper editor, manufacturer, and politician.

Paul Bechtner was born in Stuttgart, Kingdom of Württemberg on December 19, 1847.

[1] He emigrated to the United States in 1848, and settled in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1868.

In 1884, he was president of the Milwaukee County Insane Asylum Board of Trustees.

[3] Bechtner died at his daughter's house in Milwaukee on February 12, 1914, after a long illness.