Richard Trunk (born Tauberbischofsheim, 10 February 1879 - died Herrsching, 2 June 1968) was a German composer, pianist, conductor, and critic.
He accompanied numerous singers (including Eugen Gura), taught singing for a time, and served as music critic for the Münchener Post from 1907.
He was invited to New York City and Newark, New Jersey to conduct the Arion Society in 1912; he returned home with the outbreak of World War I.
He later became music critic for the Bayrische Staatszeitung, and taught singing in Cologne from 1920 until 1934.
65 set to music texts by Baldur von Schirach and Hanns Johst.