Herbert Eimert (April 8, 1897, Bad Kreuznach, Germany - Decembre 15, 1972, Düsseldorf, Germany) was a composer and a musicologist who studied at the Music Conservatory of Cologne and at Cologne University. He worked as a journalist and joined the station as a music editor and programmer.

Together with sound engineer colleague Robert Beyer, he succeeded in founding the famous electronic studio in 1951. From 1953, Eimert invited Karlheinz Stockhausen & Gottfried Michael Koenig to work in the studio he directed until 1962.