Étienne Taillemite (Poitiers, 18 April 1924 – Allogny, 24 August 2011)[1] was a French historian and archivist.

[2] Born to a military family,[2] Taillemite attended the École nationale des chartes, graduating in 1948 as an Archivist-paleographer with a thesis La vie économique et sociale à Bourges de 1450 à 1560 ("Economic and social life in Bourges between 1450 and 1560").

[3] He was first archivist at the Ministry of Overseas, then Director of the Departmental Archives of Cher.

[1][2] Taillemite devoted a large proportion of his career to naval history.

[1] From 1977, he was a member of the Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques (in Modern and Contemporary History).