Claude-Hélène Perrot (13 September 1928 – 16 July 2019) was a French historian and Africanist who specialized in the history of Côte d'Ivoire.

Perrot's main areas of research concerned the history of the Akan of Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana before colonization, mainly the Anyi and the Eotile; the use of oral tradition by historians; as well as relations between traditional African religions and political power.

[3] Perrot completed a degree in history and geography at the Sorbonne in 1950,[4] and after obtaining further training, became a secondary education teacher in Cholet and Coulommiers,[2] from 1955 to 1961.

[4] Her interests in Africa occurred during a trip to Senegal, after which she enrolled at the École pratique des hautes études, where she studied under Roger Bastide and Georges Balandier.

[2] She retired from academia in 1993, while continuing to lead a university seminar and to travel to Côte d'Ivoire for conferences.