Hermann Friedrich Wilhelm Hinrichs (1794 - 1861) was a German philosopher.

He studied theology at Strassburg , and philosophy at Heidelberg under Hegel, who wrote a preface to his Religion im innern Verhältniss zur Wissenschaft (Heidelberg, 1722).

He became a Privatdozent in 1819, and held professorships at Breslau (1822) and Halle (1824).