François le Métel de Boisrobert (1 August 1592 – 30 March 1662) was a French poet, playwright, and courtier.

He traveled to Paris in 1622 and established employment at court, for he had a share in the ballet of the Bacchanales performed at the Louvre in February.

In 1630 visited Rome, where he won the favour of Pope Urban VIII and was made a canon of Rouen.

It was Boisrobert who suggested to Richelieu the plan of the Académie française, and he was one of its earliest and most active members.

[1] He wrote a number of comedies and contributed to numerous others, including La Belle Plaideuse and Molière's L'Avare.