Alanson Skinner (May 21, 1794 in Westmoreland, Cheshire County, New Hampshire – June 7, 1876 in Brownville, Jefferson County, New York) was an American manufacturer and politician from New York.
In 1814, he removed to Brownville, and later ran a foundry and stove works there.
On September 29, 1819, he married Mary Woodward (1794–1851), and they had four children.
He was President of the National Union Bank of Watertown.
State Senator Avery Skinner (1796–1876) was his brother.