Richard Laqueur (27 March 1881 – 25 November 1959) was a German historian and philologist born in Strassburg.
He studied classical literature and history at the Universities of Bonn and Strassburg, and in 1904 received his doctorate of philosophy.
Because he was Jewish, Laqueur was removed from his position at Halle in 1936, and in 1939 emigrated to the United States.
After World War II, he returned to Germany, but was denied his former status at Halle due to bureaucratic obstacles.
He conducted extensive research of the ancient historians Polybius and Flavius Josephus, and made literary contributions to the Pauly-Wissowa- Realencyclopädie der Classischen Altertumswissenschaft.