 Johann Paul Freiherr von Hocher

Johann Paul Freiherr von Hocher (12 August 1616 Freiburg (then in Austria) - 28 February 1683 Vienna) was an Austrian jurist and Supreme Court Chancellor ("Hofkanzler") to the Emperor Leopold I.

Johann Paul Hocher was the son of Johann Hocher Arbogast Hocher (or Hocherr) from Masmünster in Oberelsass (Upper Alsace), a professor at the University of Freiburg, and Magdalena von Mager of Fuchsstadt.At the university in Freiburg he studied law.