Heinz Bauer (31 January 1928 – 15 August 2002) was a German mathematician.

Heinz Bauer
Born	(1928-01-31)31 January 1928 Nuremberg, Germany
Died	15 August 2002(2002-08-15) (aged 74) Erlangen, Germany
Alma mater	University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Awards	Bavarian Order of Merit Fellow of the Leopoldina Chauvenet Prize (1980)
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Academic advisors	Otto Haupt
Doctoral students	Karl-Theodor Sturm

Bauer studied at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and received his PhD there in 1953 under the supervision of Otto Haupt and finished his habilitation in 1956, both for work with Otto Haupt. After a short time from 1961 to 1965 as professor at the University of Hamburg he stayed his whole career at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. His research focuses were potential theory, probability theory, and functional analysis.

Bauer received the Chauvenet Prize in 1980^[1] and became a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in 1986. Bauer died in Erlangen.