Jean-Pierre Chaline (18 December 1939, Orléans), is a French contemporary historian, a specialist of the history of the French Third Republic.
The father of Olivier Chaline, a historian specializing in Central Europe in the modern era.
and husband of Nadine-Josette Chaline, herself an historian, Jean-Pierre Chaline is emeritus professor at the Paris-Sorbonne University.
He is also president of the "Société de l'histoire de Normandie", the Amis des Monuments Rouennais [fr], a member of the Académie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Rouen and director of the journal Études normandes [].
Jean-Pierre Chaline was awarded several prizes by the Académie française: On 14 December 2015, he was elevated to the rank of chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.