Hans Sachs (1494–1576) was a German poet, the inspiration for the character in Lortzing's opera and in Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. Hans Sachs may also refer to: Hans Sachs (serologist) (1877–1945), German serologist Hans Sachs (poster collector) (1881–1974), German poster collector See also Hanns Sachs (1881–1947), psychoanalyst; friend of Freud and author of The Creative Unconscious