Donna Lee Boutelle (October 8, 1931 – January 17, 2008) was an American medieval historian and college professor.

She was a professor of history at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB), president of the West Coast Association of Women Historians from 1972 to 1973, and co-chair of the Coordinating Committee on Women in the Historical Profession from 1974 to 1975.

Boutelle was born in Sioux City, Iowa, the daughter of Jeanette Allison Milton, a photographer.

[10] For over forty years, Boutelle was a history professor on the faculty at California State University, Long Beach.

[11] She specialized in the early Middle Ages, and was associate vice-president for academic affairs at CSULB.