Richard Wünsch (1 June 1869 in Wiesbaden – 17 May 1915 at Iłża) was a German classical philologist.
Following graduation, he spent two years on an extended study trip to Paris, Spain, Italy and Greece.
He obtained his habilitation in Breslau, and in 1902 was appointed professor of classical philology at the University of Giessen.
During World War I, he died at Iłża at the age of 45, while serving as a battalion leader during an assault on the Russian army.
[1][2] Wünsch supported his doctoral adviser Albrecht Dieterich on the latter's theory of manuum vellatio.