Richard Laugs (10 March 1907 in Hagen - 1978 in Mannheim) was a well-known German conductor and pianist. Laugs was the son of conductor . He studied in Munich and Berlin under both and Artur Schnabel amongst others. After his academic studies he undertook a concert tour as a pianist and worked as a Répétiteur in Hannover and Berlin. In 2000 his widow and the Mannheimer law professor created the (Beethoven piano competition Richard Laugs) in Laugs' memory.