Emile-Auguste Begin (24 April 1802 - 31 May 1888), also named as Émile Bégin, was a French physician and historian.
Begin was born at Metz on 24 April 1802 to François-Nicolas Bégin, a prominent physician, and Marie Victorine Ledoux.
In 1874, he was appointed assistant librarian at the Bibliothèque nationale de France a position that allowed him to continue his historical research.
In 1881, Émile Bégin was appointed chief librarian at the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
[2] Émile Bégin died on 31 May 1888, after visiting his hometown annexed by the German Empire .