Étienne Noël Damilaville (21 November 1723 – 13 December 1768) was an 18th-century French man of letters, friend of Voltaire, Diderot and d'Alembert.

[2] He was a member of the bodyguard of King Louis XV, and then a senior civil servant in the tax office responsible for supervising the Vingtième.

His official roles meant that his correspondence was unexamined by censors, enabling him to circulate letters between leading thinkers of the day,[3] most particularly during the Sirven affair.

Damilaville is believed to have coauthored an article in the Encyclopédie on the Vingtieme[4] tax regime with Diderot, his trusted associate.

[8] Opinion of Damilaville was not universally positive: Melchior Grimm said of him:[9] He had neither grace, nor mental wit, and he lacked the worldly savoir-faire which makes up for it.