Richard Arauner (19 April 1902 – 1 November 1936) was an Oberführer in the Schutzstaffel (SS) and agricultural functionary.

Richard Arauner was born into an Evangelical quarry owner family and completed his farmer-diploma.

In 1923 he joined the Freikorps Oberland and participated in the Beer Hall Putsch in Munich.

On 1 May 1933 Arauner became a member of the Nazi Party and on 1 October 1933, he joined the SS.

[2] On 1 November 1936, Arauner died in a plane crash on the way back from the inauguration of the Farmers Council of Landesbauernschaft Saar-Pfalz.