Walter Douglas Hincks FRES (3 September 1906 – 12 June 1961) was a British entomologist and museum curator.

[2] He became passionate for entomology during his time as a member of the Leeds Naturalist's Club and was particularly encourage to take an interest in the Dermaptera by Malcolm Burr.

He, along with his technician (and eventual successor) Alan Brindle, were responsible for developing the extent and geographic scope of the Dermaptera collection at the museum.

[2] Hincks also served as the Assistant Secretary for the North Western Naturalists' Society, and was recorder of the Lancashire and Cheshire Fauna Committee.

Hincks published widely on the Dermaptera of the world, often in international journals, and was responsible for naming several new species of that order.