Henri Cordier (8 August 1849 – 16 March 1925) was a French linguist, historian, ethnographer, author, editor and Orientalist.

"Cordier," as the Bibliotheca Sinica "is sometimes affectionately referred to," is "the standard enumerative bibliography" of 70,000 works on China up to 1921.

Endymion Wilkinson also praises Cordier for including the full titles, often the tables of contents, and reviews of most books.

[5] Cordier was a founding editor of T'oung Pao, which was the first international journal of Chinese Studies.

[3] Cordier's published writings encompass 1,033 works in 1,810 publications in 13 languages and 7,984 library holdings.