Robert Gernhardt (13 December 1937 – 30 June 2006) was a German writer, painter, graphic artist and poet.

Robert Gernhardt was born the son of a judge and a chemist in Tallinn, where his family was part of the Baltic German minority.

Robert Gernhardt was a regular contributor to the satirical magazine pardon, where he edited the section Welt im Spiegel ("World in the Mirror") with F. K. Waechter and F. W. Bernstein, using the pseudonym Lützel Jeman until 1971.

Gernhardt's satirical style combines social critique with a self-consciously irreverential attitude to cultural and literary traditions.

In 2009 a CD-ROM with the title: der ton im wörtersee was published in the German language.