Friedrich Wilhelm Grimme (25 December 1827, Assinghausen – 2 April 1887, Münster) was a German regional (Sauerland) writer and poet.
From 1847 he studied philology and theology at the University of Münster, followed by work as a schoolteacher at the gymnasium in Arnsberg.
Afterwards he taught classes in Brilon (1854) and at the Paulinum in Münster (1855).
From 1856 to 1872 he was a teacher at the Theodorianum in Paderborn, then later relocated to Heiligenstadt as director of the Catholic gymnasium (1872–85).The Friedrich-Wilhelm-Grimme-Weg, is an 85 km hiking trail maintained by the Sauerländischer Gebirgsverein (SGV, Sauerland Mountain Association).