Richard Schubert (1 July 1886 – 24 December 1955) was a German political activist who by the end of the First World War had become a peace activist. He joined the anti-war Independent Social Democratic Party when it was launched in 1917 and switched to the Communist Party soon after its establishment. He played a leading part in the turmoil in Zwickau during the months of revolution in the ports and cities that followed the war, and was a leading figure locally in the communist parties during the politically fractious 1920s. In 1931 he became a member of the , but his political career was cut short by the change of government and abolition of democracy during 1933.