Jean-Pierre Bourguignon (born 21 July 1947) is a French mathematician, working in the field of differential geometry.

Born in Lyon, France, he studied at École Polytechnique in Palaiseau, graduating in 1969.

For his graduate studies he went to Paris Diderot University, where he obtained his PhD in 1974 under the direction of Marcel Berger.

He was director of the Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques near Paris from 1994 to 2013.

Prof. Bourguignon received the Prix Paul Langevin in 1987 and the Prix du Rayonnement Français in Mathematical Sciences and Physics from the Académie des Sciences de Paris in 1997.