Lieutenant François Marie Noel Battesti (5 May 1890 – 24 August 1977) was a French World War I flying ace credited with seven aerial victories.

[3] On 1 January 1914, he transferred to the Army's military aviation branch, joining 1er Groupe d'aviation as a student pilot, and received Brevet militaire No.

[2][3][5] He gained his first aerial victory on 24 April 1917, destroying an enemy aircraft over Sainte-Croix, and his second on 4 July over Berry-au-Bac.

On 16 July he shared a victory with Sous-lieutenant Claude Fontaine,[3] and on 29 October 1918 having shot down a Fokker D.VII north of Château-Porcien, he was attacked by six other D.VIIs, and was forced to land south of Taizy with his lower wing shredded by bullets.

[2] Battesti ended the war credited with seven aerial victories,[2] having won the Médaille militaire, and was awarded the Croix de guerre with eight palms, and was made a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur.