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Walther Wever | |
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| Born | 11 November 1887 Wilhelmsort, Bromberg district |
| Died | 3 June 1936 (aged 48) Dresden-Klotzsche |
| Allegiance |  German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany |
| Service/ | Luftwaffe |
| Rank | Generalleutnant |
| Commands | Chief of the Luftwaffe General Staff |
| Battles/wars | World War I |
| Relations | Walther Wever (son) |
Walther Wever (11 November 1887 – 3 June 1936) was a pre-World War II Luftwaffe Commander. He was an early proponent of the theory of strategic bombing as a means to wage war, while supporting the theories of Giulio Douhet. He died in an air crash in 1936.