François Pinel (Paris, c. 1624 - 18 May 1709) was a French lutenist and theorbo player.
His name was mentioned in January 1656, when he participated with his brother Germain and his nephew Séraphin in a "ballet de Psyché" in front of Louis XIV, and composed by Jean-Baptiste Lully and Jean-Baptiste Boësset.
They were part of a group of seven musicians whose game, that evening, "charmed the hearing" of the audience.
In October 1667, Louis XIV authorized him to buy back a charge of "ordinary music of the Chamber for theorbo".
He was quoted among the master theorbists of his time: Charles Hurel, Robert de Visée, Le Moine, etc.