Wolfgang Heyda (14 November 1913 – 21 August 1947) was a German U-boat commander during World War II.

Heyda entered the Navy in 1932, serving aboard the cruiser Köln and studying at Mürwik Naval School, before joining the pocket battleship Admiral Scheer at the start of the war.

At dawn on 18 December U-434 was sighted by the convoy's destroyers north of Madeira, in position 36°15′N 15°48′W / 36.250°N 15.800°W / 36.250; -15.800 and attacked with depth charges.

He then traveled 1,400 kilometres (870 mi) to Pointe de Maisonnette, New Brunswick on Chaleur Bay where he was to be picked up by a U-boat.

Heyda was captured on the beach at Pointe de Maisonnette where Canadian Army and Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) were waiting for the U-boat to surface off-shore (the RCN had a substantial anti-submarine task force led by HMCS Rimouski hidden nearby).