Jean-Claude Guillebaud (born 21 May 1944 in Algiers) is a French writer, essayist, lecturer and journalist.

He is a member of the sponsorship committee of the Coordination française pour la Décennie [fr] of the culture of peace and non-violence.

He kept a weekly column on the life of the media in the television supplement of Le Nouvel Observateur before replacing Jacques Julliard as columnist at Le Nouvel Observateur from November 2010.

[1] He also keeps a chronicle of observation of French society and politics in the Catholic weekly La Vie.

In 2016, he presided the 23rd Prix Bayeux-Calvados des correspondants de guerre.