| Herman Valentiner | |
| Birth Date: | 8 May 1850 |
| Birth Place: | Gjorslev |
| Death Place: | Copenhagen |
| Nationality: | Danish |
| Fields: | Mathematics |
| Alma Mater: | University of Copenhagen |
Herman Valentiner (8 May 1850 – 17 September 1913) was a Danish mathematician who introduced the Valentiner group in 1889.[1]
Valentiner earned his Ph.D. in 1881 from the University of Copenhagen with a thesis on space curves, and took a teaching position. However, soon afterwards he moved to a Danish life insurance company.[2]