Walter Krickeberg (June 27, 1885 - July 15, 1962) was a German ethnologist and anthropologist. His work focused on the indigenous North and Mesoamerican cultures and religions. His teacher was Paul Ehrenreich. From 1939 to 1954 he was director of the Ethnological Museum of Berlin, in addition to being a co-editor of the Nazi journal of ethnology.
He was best known for his collections Indian tale from North America as well as tales of Aztec and Inca Peruvians, Maya and Muisca in the series The Tales of world literature published by Friedrich von der Leyen.
He was an contributor to two popular and very common works: the German language magazines Illustrated Ethnology and Great Ethnology. He was a member of the Berlin Society for Anthropology, Ethnology and Prehistory and received in 1955 the Rudolf Virchow plaque.
During his studies he was a member of the Association of German students in Berlin.