| Daniel Friedrich Hecht | |
| Birth Date: | 8 July 1777 |
| Birth Place: | Sosa, Electorate of Saxony, now Germany |
| Death Place: | Freiberg, Kingdom of Saxony, now Germany |
| Field: | Mathematics, mechanics |
| Work Institutions: | Bergakademie, now University of Freiberg |
| Known For: | Textbooks |
Daniel Friedrich Hecht (8 July 1777 – 13 March 1833) was a German mathematician born in Sosa.[1] He was a mine manager, then a teacher and finally a professor of mathematics. He is most notable for writing high school textbooks on math and geometry. He died in Saxony.