Alphonse Wauters (1817–1898) was a Belgian archivist and historian.

Alphonse Guillaume Ghislain Wauters was born in Brussels on 13 April 1817.

He was appointed archivist of the city of Brussels on 2 April 1842.

He became a correspondent of the Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium in 1860, and a member in 1868.

In January 1886, after the death of Louis Prosper Gachard, he became the academy's secretary-treasurer.