Baron James Gustave Jules Alain de Rothschild (7 January 1910 – 17 October 1982) was a French banker and philanthropist.

[1] Alain de Rothschild studied at the École libre des Sciences politiques where he graduated in 1931.

[1] Through the CRIF, he negotiated with President Giscard d'Estaing for increased police forces to keep synagogues safe,[1] and set up tactics to influence the outcome of the 1981 French presidential election.

[1][2] They had three children:[1] In 2006, his daughter Béatrice sold part of his rare books collection with the auction house Sotheby's.

[3] A year later he died there of a heart attack on 17 October 1982 at the Lenox Hill Hospital on the Upper East Side.