Johannes Hubner (1668 - 1731) was a German historian, teacher, geographer and poet. Hübner taught at the University of Leipzig and there edited the first German language encyclopedia, the Reales Staats-, Zeitungs- und Conversationslexikon. He is known to have worked with the Homann Heirs in the early 18th century. Hübner died in Hamburg on 21 May 1731 at the age of 53.