François-Pierre Cherrier (September 3, 1717 – July 21, 1793) was a French-born merchant and notary in Lower Canada.
He was born in Savigné-l'Évêque in Sarthe, the son of François Cherrier and Périnne Isambart, and came to Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil in New France, where his uncle was parish priest, in 1736.
After the conquest of New France by the British, Cherrier's commission as a notary was renewed but his finances suffered as the result of the conversion of the currency.
His sons Benjamin-Hyacinthe-Martin and Séraphin and his grandson Côme-Séraphin served in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada.
Her son, Louis-Joseph Papineau, was the leader of the Parti patriote in the Legislative Assembly and a major participant in the events leading up to the Lower Canada Rebellions of 1837–1838.