Stanley M. Wagner (January 4, 1932 – February 23, 2013) was an American rabbi, academic, and community leader.

"[2] Wagner worked at universities in Lexington Kentucky (1957–61) and Baldwin, New York (1961–70) before serving as the executive vice president of the Religious Zionists of America (1970–72).

[2] He led the Beth HaMedrosh Hagodol-Beth Joseph (1972–97) congregation and was the only rabbi chaplain of the Colorado Senate (1980–98).

[2][3] While serving as a congregational rabbi, Wagner also worked a professor of Jewish history at the University of Denver from 1972 to 1999.

In 1975, at the university, he founded and directed the Center for Judaic Studies, Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society, Beck Archives, and the Holocaust Awareness Institute.