William Richert (October 28, 1858 – June 16, 1912[1]) served as acting Mayor of Detroit, from March 22 to April 5, 1897, following the resignation of Hazen S. Pingree.

Richert's family moved from the German Empire to the United States when he was a teenager, and he became a grocer and wholesale liquor distributor.

He served on the Detroit City Council as a Republican[2] from 1890 to 1897, and as its president in 1895 and 1897.

[5] Richert later assisted a number of Germans to settle in Alameda, Saskatchewan.

William Richert died in Detroit on June 16, 1912.