Paper hanger may refer to:
- A tradesman who applies wallpaper to a wall
- Cheque fraud, the unlawful use of cheques
- Paper hanger (Mundelein's speech), given by Cardinal George Mundelein regarding Adolf Hitler before World War II
- "Paper Hanger", song by American band mewithoutYou, from the album Catch for Us the Foxes
- Newspaper hangers, sticks or racks: sticks for holding a newspaper rigid, formerly widely used in libraries & cafes, to make reading easier & avoid folding or falling apart; often segmented to allow inserting section by section for easier access