Professor Jean Pouilloux (born 31 October 1917 in Le Vert (Deux-Sèvres), France; died 23 May 1996 at Pimontin (Rhone)) was a French hellenist archaeologist.
He completed his training and made his initial research at the French School at Athens, then was appointed in 1949 to the Faculty of Arts in Lyon.
Specialist in archeology and Greek epigraphy, he worked at Delphi, Rhamnus in Attica, the island of Thasos and Cyprus where he founded and directed an archaeological mission.
He was a member of the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres, several French and foreign academies and in 1988, president of the Institute of France.
In 1964, he obtained permission to excavate a large archaeological site in Cyprus, the ancient city of Salamis.