Ernest "Doc" Paulin (June 22, 1907 – November 20, 2007) was a New Orleans jazz brass band leader and trumpeter.

Paulin was born in Wallace, Louisiana, in St. John the Baptist Parish to a Creole French speaking family.

He was active on the city's music scene since the 1920s and continued performing marching in long parades into the 1990s.

Son Rickey Paulin, a clarinet player, was displaced to Houston by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

He also performs on the CD by his sons' 1996 Paulin Brothers Jazz Band The Tradition Continues.