Richard Gyptner (3 April 1901 – 2 December 1972) was a German communist politician, activist, and later a diplomat in East Germany.

After graduating from a public school in Hamburg, he gained an apprenticeship in an electrical shop and then joined the Verband Deutscher Handlungsgehilfen ('Association of German Clerks').

In 1933 Gyptner went to Paris and worked in the office of the International Red Aid of Willi Münzenberg as a representatives of the Comintern.

[1] Gyptner returned to Germany on 30 April 1945 as a member of the Ulbricht Group, and in June 1945 he became secretary of the KPD Central Committee.

Between March 1949 and May 1950 he was Vice President of the Berlin People's Police and held a leading position in the Political Information Department.