| Region: | Western philosophy |
| Era: | Contemporary philosophy |
| Paul Thieme | |
| Birth Date: | 18 March 1905 |
| Birth Place: | Berlin, German Empire |
| Death Place: | London, England, UK |
| Alma Mater: | University of Göttingen |
| Awards: | Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy (1988) |
Paul Thieme (pronounced as /de/; 18 March 1905 – 24 April 2001) was a German Indologist[1] and scholar of Vedic Sanskrit. In 1988 he was awarded the Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy for "he added immensely to our knowledge of Vedic and other classical Indian literature and provided a solid foundation to the study of the history of Indian thought".[2]