Hauptmann is a German surname. Notable people with this surname include:

Sports Caylin Hauptmann (born 1991), American football player Marius Hauptmann (born 1999), German footballer Niklas Hauptmann (born 1996), German footballer Ralf Hauptmann (born 1968), German footballer

Writing Elisabeth Hauptmann (1897–1973), German writer Gaby Hauptmann (born 1957), German journalist and writer Gerhart Hauptmann (1862–1946), German dramatist and novelist Helmut Hauptmann (born 1928), German writer

Other Listed alphabetically by given name Alex Hauptmann, American academic Alfred Hauptmann (1881–1948), German-Jewish psychiatrist and neurologist Anna Milder-Hauptmann (1785–1838), Constantinople-born operatic soprano Harald Hauptmann (1936–2018), German archaeologist Mark Hauptmann (born 1984), German politician Moritz Hauptmann (1792–1868), German music theorist, teacher and composer Richard Hauptmann (1899–1936), German-born carpenter, executed for the kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh's baby

See also Hauptmann (disambiguation) Hauptman