Jean Lehuérou Kérisel (18 November 1908 – 22 January 2005) was a French engineer and Egyptologist.
He had a rich career, as a civil servant (he notably led the reconstruction effort in France after World War II, from 1944 to 1951), as an entrepreneur (he founded the soil mechanics engineering firm called SIMECSOL), and as a teacher and a writer.
He received numerous distinctions for his work, becoming the President of the French Committee for Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering (1969-1973) and the President of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMFE - 1973-1979).
He was awarded an "honoris causa" PhD by the universities of Liege and Naples, and was honored by the Hungarian Science Academy and the British Geotechnical Association.
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