Korvettenkapitän Reinhard Hardegen (18 March 1913 – 9 June 2018) was a German U-boat commander during World War II. He was the 24th-most-successful German submarine commander of the war, credited with the having sunk 115,656 gross register tons (GRT) (22 ships). After the war, he spent a year and a half in British captivity before starting a successful oil trading business and serving as a member of Bremen's city council (the Bürgerschaft ) for over 32 years.

Richard Yarde (1939–2011) was an American artist and professor, who specialized in watercolor painting.

Reinhard is a German, Austrian, Danish, and to a lesser extent Norwegian surname (from Germanic ragin, counsel, and hart, strong), and a spelling variant of Reinhardt.

Reinhard Eiben (born 4 December 1951) is a retired East German slalom canoeist who won an individual gold medal at the 1972 Olympics. He won two more gold medals at the world championships, in the C-1 event in 1973 and in the C-1 team event in 1977.

Reinhard Gregor Kratz (* July 25, 1957, in Offenbach am Main) is a German biblical scholar, historian of ancient Judaism, and Protestant theologian. He currently serves as professor of Old Testament, or Hebrew Bible, in the Faculty of Theology at the University of Göttingen, in Germany. In his various authorial, editorial, advisory, and administrative capacities, Kratz has had a sizeable impact on research into the Hebrew Bible and ancient Judaism.

Dr. Reinhard Brandl (born 1 August 1977) is a member of the German Bundestag, representing Ingolstadt. He is a member of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria.

Reinhard Schwarzenberger (born 7 January 1977) is an Austrian former ski jumper.