Wilhelm August Ritter von Hartel (28 May 1839 – 14 January 1907) was an Austrian philologist specializing in classical studies.

In occasion of his 30th anniversary of working at the University of Vienna friends and students dedicated a medal to Wilhelm von Hartel made by the local engraver Anton Scharff.

[2] Through Victor von Renner [3] we know that the scene on the revers cites paintings of the Italian Renaissance painter Melozzo da Forlì picturing the passing down of knowledge.

Together with this medal Hartel received a marble bust made by Georg Leisek.

For the Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum (Vienna Academy of Sciences): He was made editor of the "Zeitschrift für Oesterreichische Gymnasien" in 1874.